The Archeratikon
The Archieratikon (Gk., "hierarch's book"; Slav. Činovnik) is the bishop's book for the Divine Liturgies, and also contains the various services and blessings reserved to the bishop.
Note that the traditional Slavic title for this book, Činovnik, is also used for certain collections of monastic rules and ordinances.
Contents of the Archieratikon
The Ruthenian Archieratikon (1973), which is the normative Liturgikon for the Byzantine Catholic Church, contains:
Hierarchical Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Hierarchical Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
Hierarchical Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Ordination of a subdeacon
Ordination of a deacon
Ordination of a priest
Elevation of an archdeacon or protodeacon
Elevation of a protopresbyter
Elevation of an archimandrite
Blessing of the foundation for a church
Consecration of a church
Blessing of an antimension
Consecration of chrism
Washing of feet on Holy and Great Thursday
The Archeratikon in Church Slavonic
As part of the Ruthenian reform of the 1940's, a new Archieratikon for the Ruthenian Recension of the liturgy was published in Rome in 1972. This Archieratikon is is reprinted occasionally by the Vatican Polyglot Press. It is also available online, courtesy of Patronage of the Mother of God Catholic Church, Baltimore, Maryland.


