„Manual of ceremonies for students of the theological seminary” of 1907 as one of the examples of the liturgical formation of seminarians in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

The author examines the structure, historical and theological background and sources of the Manual of Ceremonies for seminarians, which has been published more than a century ago. This is one of the first and few such manuals for students of theological seminaries of the Byzantine rite, in which the specifics of the prescriptions of divine services in the Lviv Theological Seminary for the movable and immovable periods of the Liturgical year, the ceremonies of pontifical services, orders of ordination and instructions for shortening the Liturgy of the Hours are given. The analysis of this manual, which now remains nothing more than a historical monument, should be meaningful from the point of view of today. Some rubrics should be changed according to modern liturgical reforms, however the liturgical formation of candidates to priesthood remains a problem with new challenges. These problems need to be resolved by studying and researching liturgical sources.