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Bilingual Serbian-English Orthodox Enamel Gospel Book
The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Or- thodox Church commissioned this most important liturgical book to be published in 2023 in English and Serbian.
The Divine and Sacred Gospel is a 1100-page, full color, hardbound book with dozens of illumi- nated medieval initials and eight beautiful icons of the Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
The handmade Gospel Book Cover (silver or gold plated) is masterfully made in Greece with decorative carving complete with icons of the Cru- cifixion, 4 Evangelists on the front and the Resur- rection on the back.
The Gospel is not a good, beneficial, edifying book. It is not, as it has been called, “the king of books”. It is the book of life. It is the Word of God. It is the voice of the Trinitarian God treasured in the Church and con- veyed by the Church and through the Church to the world, for the salvation of humanity and the world.
For the Church, the Gospel has always been and always is the Image in words of the God-Man Bride-
Material: Gold or Silver plated brass
Size: 9 x 14 in
Price: $800.00
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groom and Savior, the Image in paper and ink. This is in any case why so great honor is attributed to the Gospel: it is placed on the fearful altar, indeed in its center; it is covered with gold and silver ornaments, studded with precious stones; it is taken in procession with the festal proclamation and command: “Wisdom, let us attend!”; it is kissed and venerated etc.
Furthermore, the Holy Gospel and the Epistle readings are chanted, not simply read. The chanting signifies that it is not a normal reading of this world, but a harmonious melody of theology, the product of the musical harp of the All-Holy Spirit whose chords are the Evangelists.
This book is a living testimony to the phenome- nal efforts of the Serbian Orthodox Church to create an exceptional spiritual and material culture, pre- serving its heritage of the Americas. This book, therefore, belongs in every Orthodox Parish, Chapel, Monastery—and our homes. It will serve as a symbol to us all and to all future Serbian Orthodox genera- tions.
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