November 14, 2014
Rev. Alexopolous Publishes New Article
Rev. Stefanos Alexopoulos published an article, "When Art, Canon Law and Liturgy Meet: The Case of the Liturgical Pyxides" in Bert Groen, Daniel Galadza, Nina Glibetic, Gabriel Radle (eds.), Rites and Rituals of the Christian East. Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of the Society of Oriental Liturgy, Lebanon 10-15 July, 2012. Eastern Christian Studies 22 (Leuven: Peeters, 2014) 377-385. In this article he examines pyxides (small boxes made of precious material) dating from the 5th to the 7th century, and proposes a liturgical interpretation of their use based on canon 101 of Penthekte, which forbids the reception of the Eucharist in precious receptacles.