Reply To: Week 2 Discussion Topic: Do You Think We Need a New Typikon?
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There would be great benefits from revising the Typikon. The focus could be on resolving the known controversial practices that have been introduced and further adapting the services to the modern era, especially the issues created by the calendar change. These are some of the major reasons for the revisions that have developed throughout the centuries. We know that “change” can be a threatening concept to we Orthodox, so it has to be approached as opportunity for growth and development.
Accomplishing this would be the challenge given the range of practices throughout the different Orthodox jurisdictions. Maybe there needs to be a “Great Council” of protopsaltai to embark such a major project. Could it be a first foothold on unifying the Orthodox Archdioceses within the United States? It seems that the “System of the Typikon” by Fr. Konstantinos Papagiannis was an attempt to rectify these issues and maybe should be adopted.