The Liturgy reflects the work of the
Cappadocian Fathers to both combat heresy and define
Trinitarian theology for the Christian Church. This liturgy was probably used originally by the
School of Antioch (John having been a deacon and priest in Antioch) and, therefore, most likely developed from
West Syriac liturgical rites. In Constantinople, it was refined and beautified under John's guidance as Archbishop (398–404). As a divine liturgy of the Church of Holy Wisdom,
Hagia Sophia, it became over time the usual divine liturgy in the churches within the
Byzantine Empire. Just two divine liturgies (aside from the
presanctified), those of Saints John and
Basil the Great, became the norm in the Byzantine Church by the end of the reign of
Justinian I.[1] After the
Quinisext Council and the liturgical reforms of Patriarch
Theodore Balsamon, the Byzantine Rite became the only rite in the
Eastern Orthodox Church, remaining so until the 19th and 20th Century re-introduction by certain jurisdictions of
Western Rites.
The liturgy of Chrysostom was translated into
Latin by
Leo Tuscus in the 1170s.
Modern classical musical compositions
Besides numerous traditional chants of several schools, the following
classical compositions by famous composers include:
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Stanković), a choral work composed by
Kornelije Stanković in 1862.
The Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom (Kurt Sander) composed in 2016 using English-language setting; professionally recorded by The PaTRAM Institute Singers, Peter Jermihov-conductor and Soundmirror-Blanton Alspaugh, producer (08/2017); world-premiere performance in Howell, New Jersey (09/20/2017); published by Musica Russica (2019); released by Reference Recordings (04/2019); nominated for Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance (nominations-11/2019; award ceremony-01/2020).
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Sheehan), a choral work composed by
Rowan Benedict Sheehan in 2018. Recorded for commercial release by St. Tikhon's Choir, Rowan Benedict Sheehan, conductor and Soundmirror, Blanton Alspaugh.
^The ROC
severed full communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2018, and later severed full communion with the
primates of the Church of Greece, the Patriarchate of Alexandria, and the Church of Cyprus in 2020.
^
abcdefghAutocephaly or autonomy is not universally recognized.
^UOC-MP was moved to formally cut ties with the ROC as of May 27th 2022.
^
abSemi-autonomous part of the
Russian Orthodox Church whose autonomy is not universally recognized.