Typological Motifs and Principles of Composing of Liturgical Texts: The Example of a Service to a Reverend Wife

Abstract

The article examines the problem of the lack of methodological guidelines for composing services to newly-glorified saints in contemporary church practice. Using the work on the compilation of a service for Abbess Taisia of Leushinskaia, whose canonization is being prepared in the Russian Orthodox Church, as an example, the author proposes his own methodology for composing liturgical texts for a reverend wife, using the set of stichera at “Lord, I have cried” as an illustration. The methodology is based on the analysis of model services to reverend wives and abbesses, which makes it possible to reveal the specific features of holiness and the moral image of the ascetic. The result of the research is a practical approach to writing new liturgical texts that maintain a connection with tradition.