SPEAR Factoids about Liturgy

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event: Severus wrote a letter to Caesaria explaining the meaning of the priest lifting the veil covering the eucharist during the liturgy. See factoid page


event: Severus wrote a letter to Caesaria Hypatissa discussing liturgical traditions in different regions. See factoid page


event: Between 513 and 518, Severus wrote a letter to Antoninus bishop of Berrhoea about forms of worship, Church property, and treatment of the Jews. See factoid page


event: Antoninus had accused Severus of staying silent after administering the Eucharist. See factoid page


event: The Brother and Sister of Peter taught the people they held as slaves the psalms, prayers, and liturgy of the hours. See factoid page


event: For five yearsthe community attracted many into their company, some coming as far as Ingilene. All were impressed by the religious devotion of the community; all who joined them turned from sin, committing their lives to prayer, worship, singing, and monastic devotion. See factoid page


event: Sometime between 519 and 525 Severus of Antioch anwered a letter he received from Photius and Andrew on the subject of receiving clergy from Nestorian and Diphysite groups who renounce their heresy and make a right confession and on whether or not catechumens, the demon possed, and penitents should be present for the Lord's Supper. Severus of Antioch states that after a period of repentance they should be received into the same rank without re-baptism or re-ordination. See factoid page


event: Hala kept silence except when he prayed the psalms and the liturgy and read scripture without interruption and taught his disciples throughout the night. See factoid page


event: After dinner, the man began to weep. During evening worship, he appeared to sleep on his rug, crying throughout the night. See factoid page


event: Nine years previously, when John was ministering in Amida, a handsome man and a beautiful woman often would put on the garb of a mime actor, that they might entertain the public. See factoid page


How to cite:

“Keyword Page for Liturgy,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, https://dev.spear-prosop.org/aggregate/taxonomy/liturgy.html, 2025-07-01.