26th Annual Lecture - Rethinking Liturgical Commemoration in the Byzantine Rite of Proskomide

Fr. Muksuris’ presentation will explore the liturgical commemoration of names in the holy prothesis from historical, theological, ecclesiological, and liturgiological perspectives. While the practice of commemoration in Orthodox Liturgy today typically excludes non-Orthodox Christians, Fr. Stel will challenge us to rethink the Church’s boundaries of grace and to envision the completed proskomide as the future kingdom of all believers in Christ. He proposes that remembering all Christians in the prothesis is consistent with the Church’s teaching on salvation, all the while stressing pastoral opportunities and initiatives to achieve a unity of love and solidarity among all peoples.