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Hymns of Repentance

Saint Romanos The Melodist (Popular Patristic Series, Book 61)

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Hymns of Repentance

By: Andrew Mellas
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St Romanos the Melodist composed many hymns in Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Justinian, an age of political and cultural transformation, when the synthesis of Christian, Roman, and Greek elements gave birth to a new civilization. Romanos straddled the worlds of antiquity and Byzantium, and his hymns are a unique fusion of classical rhetoric, Syriac poetry, and the theology of the Cappadocian Fathers. Scripture comes to life in his hymns, inviting the faithful to encounter biblical events in their own liturgical experience, where the human-divine encounter was enriched with sacred music and holy ritual, amplifying moments of desire, sadness, and joy.

This volume brings together for the first time a selection of Romanos’ hymns about repentance, featuring the original Greek opposite a new English translation. These hymns, which were sung in church during the Lenten journey to Pascha, explore the story of the prodigal son, the crucifixion of Christ, and other important themes, evoking compunction and its purifying power, and praying to God for his great and abundant mercy.

Andrew Mellas is the author of Liturgy and the Emotions (Cambridge University Press), and the editor of Hymns, Homilies, and Hermeneutics in Byzantium (Brill). The SVS Press audiobook program is sponsored by The Orthodox Vision Foundation.

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Protestants… Listen and meditate upon these ancient songs in preparation for the Paschal Feast. Thanks be to God.

A fantastic Lenten listen

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love seeing all of these Popular Patristics books coming to audible. it's really incredible and rich content that's great to have. narration is a little monotonous but the overall product is very solid and useful

Grateful to have this resource on audible

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The poetry in this book is amazing and the Church History background is very rich. This is not a book use can easily come across in the Western educational entity, but once you come across this book, consider yourself Blessed and favored. Enjoy this book in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ! Amen 😁❤🤝🏽😇🙏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

The unique prayers in the Book

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