Events Tagged: "liturgy"

Eighteen Benedictions revised - Birkat ha-Minim curse added specifically targeting Jewish Christians (Nazarenes) and heretics

St. Alexander I becomes sixth pope - introduces holy water and mixing water with wine at Mass

Peter the Fuller usurps See of Antioch - adds 'who was crucified for us' to Trisagion, multiple depositions and restorations

St. Vitalian becomes seventy-sixth pope - introduces organ into liturgy, reconciles with Constantinople

Stephen V becomes hundred-tenth pope - forbids Slavonic liturgy despite predecessors

Odilo becomes fifth abbot of Cluny, introduces All Souls' Day (November 2) for commemoration of all faithful departed

Cluny develops elaborate liturgical practices with nearly perpetual prayer - monks spend up to 8 hours daily in choir, influencing Western liturgy