Rejoice: You Bring Opposites Together

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Detailed analysis and commentary on the Akathistos to the Theotokos, the Mother of God.

Description

Beginning from a new critical Greek text including Slavonic and Latin witnesses, Fr. Custer explores the historical context of the Akathist Hymn, its possible authors and its place in Byzantine worship. A detailed commentary identifies the biblical and homiletic sources of the Hymn’s praise of Christ and His Mother. Paperback. 312 pages. $25.00. ISBN: 978-1-940219-65-3.