{"product_id":"hymns-of-repentance","title":"Hymns of Repentance","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-block isbn\"\u003eISBN:978-0-88141-657-2\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-block translator\"\u003eTranslator:Andrew Mellas\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-block series\"\u003eSeries:Popular Patristics Series\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-block volume\"\u003eVolume:61\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-block published\"\u003ePublished:2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-block pages\"\u003ePages:160\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-block pages\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-block pages\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"\u003ePopular Patristics Series Volume 61\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"\u003eSt 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"\u003eThis volume brings together for the first time a selection of Romanos’ hymns about repentance, featuring the original Greek opposite a new and accurate 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. The hymns are meant to bring us into the reality of the sacred narrative and to make us the protagonists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"\u003eRomanos is highly imaginative. He writes very daring and inventive dialogue that doesn’t appear in the Bible, a practice from the Syriac tradition. Remember that this is theology in poetry. It is not dogmatic but doxological. The result is simply exciting reading.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator:  \u003c\/strong\u003eAndrew Mellas is the author of \u003cem\u003eLiturgy and the Emotions\u003c\/em\u003e (Cambridge University Press), and the editor of \u003cem\u003eHymns, Homilies, and Hermeneutics in Byzantium\u003c\/em\u003e (Brill).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"St. Vladimir's Seminary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769954566425,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0884\/9100\/0089\/files\/hymnsofrepentance.jpg?v=1765817365","url":"https:\/\/www.convent-stmarym.org\/products\/hymns-of-repentance","provider":"Convent of St. Mary Magdalene","version":"1.0","type":"link"}