Purpose: To exhibit an understanding of the elements of worship and the use of time and space within the Christian faith tradition achieved through observation, analysis, assessment, and integration.
What: Write a paper based on your video experience of a time and space of Christian worship.
For this assignment, you will need to “attend” by video a Christian worship service other than one of your own faith tradition.
Reminder: within the Christian faith there are Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions.
Select one of these sites on the attached page: Worship sites
Roman Catholic Mass, Christmas: December 25, 2019
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.
Celebrant and Homilist: Most Reverend Wilton Gregory, Archbishop of Washington, D.C.
Note: the beginning shows the large basilica with its upper church, but the Mass is being held in the lower church or crypt.
An Introduction to the Byzantine Divine Liturgy – see this first.
What is the priest doing with the loaf of bread? This video from the Orthodox Church explains it in detail:
https://www.goarch.org/liturgy The Proskomide Service
