Hymns of Repentance

by Saint Romanos the Melodist

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881416576
• ISBN13: 9780881416572
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.0"