The great canon of st. Andrew of Crete. Scriptural, liturgical and hesychastic invitation for an encounter with God

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ID20512066
AuthorsKrzysztof Leśniewski (0000-0001-6484-9941, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume69
Pages429-447
Publication date2018-12-16
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVox Patrum (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0860-9411 • E-ISSN: 2719-3586
PublisherJohn Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (PUBLISHER • PL)
DOI10.31743/vp.3268
OpenAlexW2996694773
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited6

The Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete is a masterpiece of Byzantine hym­nography. Due to its liturgical use during the Great Lent in the Orthodox Church for more than a thousand years it has played a very important role in the process of spiritual preparing for the feast of the Resurrection of Christ. In the Orthodox con­sciousness the Great Canon is first of all the Lenten special invitation for personal repentance (and more specifically “a change of mind” – met£noia) and compunc­tion (kat£nuxij). The whole content of the Great Canon, in the vast majority wo­ven from biblical phrases and referring to the essential events of salvation history, has the purpose of reshaping a believer’s life according to the Divine Wisdom. This “ecclesial liturgical act” helps to release the faithful not only from the bond­age of sin but also from evil thoughts (ponhroˆ logismo...) and destructive pas­sions (p£qoi). Based on an analysis of issues and terminology of the Great Canon it seems to be a well-founded argument that it is a work that combines the Eastern Orthodox use of the Bible, and the hesychastic tradition in the liturgical context

Archaeology · Art · Canon · Canon Law · Linguistics · Literature · Repentance · Sermon · Terminology · Theology · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Philosophy

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