# Recommendations # Liturgical Resources? ##### Start with: - How to Benefit from the Holy Liturgy - HG Bishop Mettaous - [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/7j5ep7fpqu5p1sc3y70m1/AA28Gu9Xkm16bKXEv\_Mu1II?rlkey=dupmatad7y90hxptmfsd795vl&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/7j5ep7fpqu5p1sc3y70m1/AA28Gu9Xkm16bKXEv_Mu1II?rlkey=dupmatad7y90hxptmfsd795vl&dl=0) - Spirituality of the Holy Liturgy - HG Bishop Mettaous - [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/20p2nl5hstf3p4hu4lok1/ACX5HxWtd-g-p4Gp9\_HAht0?rlkey=nnh7xcpafe7iwppq7rmcwroy5&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/20p2nl5hstf3p4hu4lok1/ACX5HxWtd-g-p4Gp9_HAht0?rlkey=nnh7xcpafe7iwppq7rmcwroy5&dl=0) - Sacrament of the Eucharist - HG Bishop Mettaous - [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/uylukgznfc3xzz8mj63az/AHHsqoNQcsi6LYcRFXnf1oQ?rlkey=s28mwcnbrp7xr7rk66am2s44d&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/uylukgznfc3xzz8mj63az/AHHsqoNQcsi6LYcRFXnf1oQ?rlkey=s28mwcnbrp7xr7rk66am2s44d&dl=0) - This is My Body: The Rite of the Liturgy Explained - HG Bishop Raphael - [https://www.amazon.com/This-My-Body-Liturgy-Explained/dp/0645770450](https://www.amazon.com/This-My-Body-Liturgy-Explained/dp/0645770450) - Scriptural Basis of the Divine Liturgy: Meditations on the Coptic Orthodox Liturgy of Saint Basil - Rany Makaryus - [https://www.amazon.com/Scriptural-Basis-Divine-Liturgy-Meditations/dp/1732891818](https://www.amazon.com/Scriptural-Basis-Divine-Liturgy-Meditations/dp/1732891818) ##### Coptic Liturgical History - Fr Athanasius al-Makary books translated to English by Mena Fawzy Abdelsayed (Theology Academy) - Below link is to an Amazon search for Fr Athanasius al-Makary sorted by publication date - [https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p\_27%3AFr.%2BAthanasius%2Bal-Makary&s=date-desc-rank&ds=v1%3AwfjRSykSCXPwcm6DEFyFLsuEEL%2BTryfbwwyOuyrleSc&qid=1730355711&text=Fr.+Athanasius+al-Makary&ref=sr\_st\_date-desc-rank](https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AFr.%2BAthanasius%2Bal-Makary&s=date-desc-rank&ds=v1%3AwfjRSykSCXPwcm6DEFyFLsuEEL%2BTryfbwwyOuyrleSc&qid=1730355711&text=Fr.+Athanasius+al-Makary&ref=sr_st_date-desc-rank) - Fr Arsenius Mikhail (formerly, Ramez Mikhail) - The Presentation of the Lamb: The Prothesis and Preparatory Rites of the Coptic Liturgy - [https://www.amazon.com/The-Presentation-of-the-Lamb/dp/340221766X](https://www.amazon.com/The-Presentation-of-the-Lamb/dp/340221766X) - The Liturgy of the Word: Scripture, Song, Prayer, and Preaching in the Coptic Liturgy of Medieval Egypt - Forthcoming - Guides to the Eucharist in Medieval Egypt: Three Arabic Commentaries on the Coptic Liturgy - [https://www.amazon.com/Guides-Eucharist-Medieval-Egypt-Commentaries/dp/0823298329/](https://www.amazon.com/Guides-Eucharist-Medieval-Egypt-Commentaries/dp/0823298329/) - For Our Salvation: Lectures and Readings on Holy Week in the Coptic Tradition - [https://www.amazon.com/Our-Salvation-Lectures-Readings-Tradition/dp/1956395105/](https://www.amazon.com/Our-Salvation-Lectures-Readings-Tradition/dp/1956395105/) - Albair Mikhail - Coptic Orthodox Liturgical History - Book 1: Regular Days - [https://www.amazon.com/Coptic-Orthodox-Liturgical-History-Liturgies/dp/B0BDJB5KB2](https://www.amazon.com/Coptic-Orthodox-Liturgical-History-Liturgies/dp/B0BDJB5KB2) - Coptic Orthodox Liturgical History - Book 2: Liturgical Seasons - [https://www.amazon.com/Coptic-Orthodox-Liturgical-History-Special/dp/1939972507](https://www.amazon.com/Coptic-Orthodox-Liturgical-History-Special/dp/1939972507) ##### General Liturgical History - Robert Taft - The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West - [https://www.amazon.com/Liturgy-Hours-East-West/dp/0814614051](https://www.amazon.com/Liturgy-Hours-East-West/dp/0814614051) - Paul Bradshaw - Daily Prayer in the Early Church - [https://www.amazon.com/dp/1606081055](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1606081055) - Origins of Feasts, Fasts, and Seasons in Early Christianity - [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0814662447/](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0814662447/) - Thomas Talley - The Origins of the Liturgical Year - [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0814660754/](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0814660754/) - Maxwell Johnson - Origins of Feasts, Fasts, and Seasons in Early Christianity (Above) - The Eucharistic Liturgies: Their Evolution and Interpretation - [https://www.amazon.com/Eucharistic-Liturgies-Evolution-Interpretation-Pueblo/dp/0814662404](https://www.amazon.com/Eucharistic-Liturgies-Evolution-Interpretation-Pueblo/dp/0814662404) - The Rites of Christian Initiation: Their Evolution and Interpretation - [https://www.amazon.com/Rites-Christian-Initiation-Evolution-Interpretation/dp/0814662153/](https://www.amazon.com/Rites-Christian-Initiation-Evolution-Interpretation/dp/0814662153/) - Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy - [https://www.amazon.com/Documents-Baptismal-Liturgy-Revised-Expanded/dp/0814662005](https://www.amazon.com/Documents-Baptismal-Liturgy-Revised-Expanded/dp/0814662005) - Sacraments and Worship: The Sources of Christian Theology - [https://www.amazon.com/Sacraments-Worship-Sources-Christian-Theology/dp/0664231578](https://www.amazon.com/Sacraments-Worship-Sources-Christian-Theology/dp/0664231578) - Praying and Believing in Early Christianity - [https://www.amazon.com/Praying-Believing-Early-Christianity-Interplay/dp/0814682596](https://www.amazon.com/Praying-Believing-Early-Christianity-Interplay/dp/0814682596) - Introduction to Eastern Christian Liturgies - [https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Eastern-Christian-Liturgies-Maxwell/dp/0814663559](https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Eastern-Christian-Liturgies-Maxwell/dp/0814663559) - Dom Gregory Dix - The Shape of the Liturgy - This book is good and it's big and it's heavy, but by many it's considered out of date - [https://www.amazon.com/Shape-Liturgy-New-Dom-Gregory/dp/0567661571/](https://www.amazon.com/Shape-Liturgy-New-Dom-Gregory/dp/0567661571/) ##### Spirituality of the Liturgy - Fr Alexander Schmemann - The Eucharist - [https://www.amazon.com/Eucharist-Sacrament-Kingdom-Alexander-Schmemann/dp/0881410187/](https://www.amazon.com/Eucharist-Sacrament-Kingdom-Alexander-Schmemann/dp/0881410187/) - [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/v3oeld3j31bwmns0fbhjf/AHpGnRO97dITCaM6zS6sh54?rlkey=0x3dyrkei2tzkm5bnhxkuo2sb&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/v3oeld3j31bwmns0fbhjf/AHpGnRO97dITCaM6zS6sh54?rlkey=0x3dyrkei2tzkm5bnhxkuo2sb&dl=0) - Liturgy and Life - [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/rraomdx2ibgc3etwtab8i/AJ7xtpgM8Ye9zdYk0zKcdu8?rlkey=mjsjj3vhhru37pb655vr145e9&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/rraomdx2ibgc3etwtab8i/AJ7xtpgM8Ye9zdYk0zKcdu8?rlkey=mjsjj3vhhru37pb655vr145e9&dl=0) - Introduction to Liturgical Theology - [https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Liturgical-Theology-Alexander-Schmemann/dp/0913836184](https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Liturgical-Theology-Alexander-Schmemann/dp/0913836184) - [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/mxcf8a5kt4wv6yyn35hgt/AMZfCVjJIluLNawE8Fvjp28?rlkey=iwx2l2f2ay67n6al2idwx9lsu&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/mxcf8a5kt4wv6yyn35hgt/AMZfCVjJIluLNawE8Fvjp28?rlkey=iwx2l2f2ay67n6al2idwx9lsu&dl=0) - Sacraments and Orthodoxy - [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/0k4e8fkk39kc0403ohibz/ACrTYg0J9A3wTwQlHOesFDw?rlkey=12d3sfbk0hl0mq35agkmen395&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/0k4e8fkk39kc0403ohibz/ACrTYg0J9A3wTwQlHOesFDw?rlkey=12d3sfbk0hl0mq35agkmen395&dl=0) - Of Water and the Spirit - [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/4fco06pgnhpzbd11krvp1/AFuR8ALaiwWlXveXN2bzCAM?rlkey=nphk7f65bhivir2y93l6g68fj&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/4fco06pgnhpzbd11krvp1/AFuR8ALaiwWlXveXN2bzCAM?rlkey=nphk7f65bhivir2y93l6g68fj&dl=0) - Great Lent - [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/hhrxb6ldmo13aci9u07gt/ADsQXs8T46ojZHDYiGOglrU?rlkey=cylq52u2xzykhkpdx2chy1w5o&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/hhrxb6ldmo13aci9u07gt/ADsQXs8T46ojZHDYiGOglrU?rlkey=cylq52u2xzykhkpdx2chy1w5o&dl=0) - A Liturgical Explanation of Holy Week - [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/po0kbbohag3hp1bfslj16/AMaKKS-Rg0t\_sdEvMrMY1Rc?rlkey=dpfl33v8pcmeylu95y6osdg6t&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/po0kbbohag3hp1bfslj16/AMaKKS-Rg0t_sdEvMrMY1Rc?rlkey=dpfl33v8pcmeylu95y6osdg6t&dl=0) ##### Fr Maximus Liturgical Theology Servants Meeting Series - Raising of Incense -
[https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/v12zd8gqwgcqe8ddz2f1j/AFrr7zbOcI\_33UjERBK\_5cg?rlkey=3vbj3r4x2n0heoy8bjkbnymxs&st=v6f2ymle&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/v12zd8gqwgcqe8ddz2f1j/AFrr7zbOcI_33UjERBK_5cg?rlkey=3vbj3r4x2n0heoy8bjkbnymxs&st=v6f2ymle&dl=0)
- Offertory -
[https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/vcfd222rc0ngme6guwvut/ADNcuSJ0Yxlu7T0PUYxKlh0?rlkey=ir97nv6p0gt8wtcon1up5140k&st=o2vire4n&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/vcfd222rc0ngme6guwvut/ADNcuSJ0Yxlu7T0PUYxKlh0?rlkey=ir97nv6p0gt8wtcon1up5140k&st=o2vire4n&dl=0)
- Liturgy of the Word -
[https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/083g0d3vd2zb9cz8yb34i/APBkSvtNB4hEKa09P7bLoOQ?rlkey=22x71op90ym1xldjatjcq4mgl&st=4zzpzx2v&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/083g0d3vd2zb9cz8yb34i/APBkSvtNB4hEKa09P7bLoOQ?rlkey=22x71op90ym1xldjatjcq4mgl&st=4zzpzx2v&dl=0)
- Liturgy of the Believers -
[https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/2kyrcmzx43yiol2f99cum/ACczEDB3Hs03GYC95QpWOIc?rlkey=o8pwv4shw1ujvl6hrsxsqu3gq&st=t47nhjjg&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/2kyrcmzx43yiol2f99cum/ACczEDB3Hs03GYC95QpWOIc?rlkey=o8pwv4shw1ujvl6hrsxsqu3gq&st=t47nhjjg&dl=0)
- S1: Nayrouz & Feasts of the Cross -
[https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/4d5fx8uliip98u8i5m162/ADUajBulXslo--l8eF0wkNM?rlkey=oebmti91nvgtgpmlkp6pm7tpz&st=zbkb9r9m&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/4d5fx8uliip98u8i5m162/ADUajBulXslo--l8eF0wkNM?rlkey=oebmti91nvgtgpmlkp6pm7tpz&st=zbkb9r9m&dl=0)
- S2: Nativity & Theophany -
[https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/z8zni9f7y75cbpzjqclyn/AM-dVnt28ool6otDVzr\_iss?rlkey=rtl435njsup4akm4gvlnmz2l8&st=5m0dihvk&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/z8zni9f7y75cbpzjqclyn/AM-dVnt28ool6otDVzr_iss?rlkey=rtl435njsup4akm4gvlnmz2l8&st=5m0dihvk&dl=0)
- S3: Christian Passover -
[https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/83jmtdojp5hbchkquzft6/AEdmQVTW-NOF35MesK0xotA?rlkey=46dna973gn1gmphkt3bgm0qzt&st=1zhobi1q&dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/83jmtdojp5hbchkquzft6/AEdmQVTW-NOF35MesK0xotA?rlkey=46dna973gn1gmphkt3bgm0qzt&st=1zhobi1q&dl=0)