Akathist to our Most Holy Lady Mother of God
Ben Ajaero · ed. Ben Ajaero, Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)ChristianityByzantine & OrthodoxSt. Romanos the MelodistPatriarch Sergius IISt. George PisidaHymnMedievalGreekEnglishTextLibrary
ChristianityByzantine & OrthodoxSt. Romanos the MelodistPatriarch Sergius IISt. George PisidaHymnMedievalGreekEnglishTextLibrary
The Akathist Hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos — the great Byzantine hymn of praise to the Mother of God, chanted standing (a-kathistos, 'not sitting'). Traditionally ascribed to St. Romanos the Melodist, its proem was added in thanksgiving for the deliverance of Constantinople from the siege of 626.
Byzantine & Orthodox St. Romanos the Melodist Patriarch Sergius II St. George Pisida Hymn Medieval Greek English Text
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