Tag: Good Friday

The Origins of Anti-Jewish Rhetoric in the Hymns of Good Friday
Church History, Liturgical life

The Origins of Anti-Jewish Rhetoric in the Hymns of Good Friday

by George Demacopoulos | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Română | Русский | Српски The oldest-surviving Christian hymns designed exclusively for Holy Week are a set known as the Idiomele.  In the modern Orthodox Church, they are sung during the Royal Hours service of Good Friday morning (the final hymn is sung during two…

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The Good Friday Lamentation and Universal Salvation
Liturgical life, Theology

The Good Friday Lamentation and Universal Salvation

by George Demacopoulos | ελληνικά  |  Română  |  ру́сский It is striking just how many verses of the central hymn of the most widely attended service in the Orthodox Church assert that Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection provide salvation to everyone—yes, everyone. If hymnography reflects the prayer and thinking of the community, what might this contribute to the millennia-long…

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