Excerpt from Hymns of the Holy Eastern Church: Translated From the Service Books, With Introductory Chapters on the History, Doctrine, and Worship of the Church NO apology is needed for this additional volume on a subject too little known, the contents of Which are an earnest attempt to acquaint our people still further with the valuable praise literature of the Eastern Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.