This is the fifth volume of the long-awaited Answers to Liturgical Questions series, featuring questions 501-600. This volume features intriguing questions such as...
"Why is the twelfth gospel reading of the service of the Holy Passions read by the deacon from the ambōn and "Glory to you, O Lord, glory to you" is chanted at the end, while the eleven preceding readings are read by the priest from the beautiful gate and "Glory to your forbearance, O Lord, glory to you" is chanted at their conclusion?"
"Two archangels, Michael and Gabriel, are depicted on the door panels of the altar's side doors. What is their proper placement? Why in some temples is Michael placed on the south door and Gabriel on the north and vice versa in others?"
"What is more correct, for us to chant a special apolytikion for every saint or for us to be content with the common ones, which are contained in the old Horologia and Menaia?"
