Course Content (Syllabus)
Unceasing Prayer and the Psalter
This specific area of study aims to:
a) Inform undergraduate students in the liturgical dimensions of unceasing prayer and the liturgical structure and use of the Psalter.
b) Study the Service of the Twelve Psalms in the ascetic texts and the manuscript tradition.
c) Research the evolution of the Service of the Twelve Psalms in the Service of the Mesoria (Mid-Hours).
d) Examine the liturgical use of the Mesoria (Mid-Hours).
e) All this liturgical richness can assist the undergraduate students in their academic training and their pastoral activity in the Church.
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Παναγιώτη Ι. Σκαλτσή, "Ως είναι την ευχήν άπαυστον". Η ακολουθία των δώδεκα ψαλμών, εκδ. Δέσποινα Κυριακίδη, Θεσσαλονίκη 2014.
2. Παναγιώτη Ι. Σκαλτσή, Η παράδοση της κοινής και της κατ' ιδίαν προσευχής, με ειδική αναφορά στο Ωρολόγιο του Θηκαρά, εκδ. Π. Πουρναρά, Θεσσαλονίκη 2008.