concept
Proskomedia
proskomedia
also: проскомидия, the rite of preparation
The preparatory rite of the Orthodox Divine Liturgy, performed privately at the altar before the main service, during which the priest commemorates the living and the dead by name from notes submitted by worshippers along with prosphora (offering bread) -- the rite at which Andrei Andreich submits his fatal note for Maria.
Reading notes
- The Bishop §19 proskomedia
The preparatory rite of the Divine Liturgy, performed privately at the altar beforehand, at which the priest commemorates the living and the dead by name from submitted notes.
- The Requiem §8 proskomedia
The preparatory rite of the Orthodox Divine Liturgy, performed at a side table before the main service, at which the priest cuts particles of bread (prosphora) and commemorates the living and the dead by name from written notes submitted by the congregation. Andrei Andreich's note, submitted here, is the story's inciting object.