Worship traditions in Armenia and the neighboring Christian East : An International Symposium in honor of the 40th Anniversary of St. Nersess Armenian Seminary / Editor : Roberta R. Ervine.

Includes bibliogr. references.

Was the Eucharistic anaphora recited secretly or aloud? - The ancient tradition and what became of it / Robert F.Taft - On the formation of the Armenian anaphoras : a preliminary overview / Gabriele Winkler - A response to Prof. Winkler on the formation of the Armenian anaphoras / Maxwell Johnson - On the "preparatory rites" of the Armenian divine liturgy : some remarks on the ritual of vesting / Hans-Jurgen Feulner -- A response to Prof. Feulner on the "preparatory rites" of the Armenian divine liturgy / Peter Galadza - The influence of iconoclasm on liturgy : a case study / Stefanos Alexopoulos - Some distinctive features in Syriac liturgical texts / Sebastian P. Brock - A first glance at the Armenian prayers attributed to Sourb Ep'rem Xorin Asorwoy / Edward G. Mathews, Jr. - Homilies and biblical commentary in classical Armenian writers / Robert W. Thomson - Mandakuni's "Encyclical" on fasting / Abraham Terian - The liturgical imagination of medieval Armenian monasticism / Sergio LaPorta - Vahan Aygekc'i's holy places prayerbook / Roberta R. Ervine - The altar and the martyr : theological comparisons in liturgical texts and contexts / Lizette Larson-Miller - Armenian spirituality : an attempt to define some of its main features and inner dynamics / Boghos Levon Zekiyan - Toward a modern mystagogy of Eastern liturgies / Steven Hawkes-Teeples - Rediscovering the didactic and missiological aspects of liturgy for today / Eugen Aydin - The monastery and applied liturgical renewal / Brother Stavros of New Skete - The question of modern liturgical reform in the Armenian Church : a clergyman's perspective / Arshen Aivazyan.