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Agni Parthene - O Virgin Pure in English (Devotional)
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| 08-21-2011
Posted on 12/25/2017 5:32:37 PM PST by NRx
An ancient Orthodox hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary commonly chanted at Christmas.
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TOPICS: Orthodox Christian; Worship
KEYWORDS: agniparthene; christmas; hymn; mary; orthodox; theotokos; virginmary
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posted on
12/25/2017 5:32:38 PM PST
by
NRx
To: NRx
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posted on
12/25/2017 6:22:07 PM PST
by
sneakers
(It's not the democraTIC party! It's the demoCRAT party!)
To: NRx
Splendid. Thank you so much for posting this! Perhaps you can answer this question: on the icon of the Theotokos pictured, there are saints (crowned? possibly royalty?) on the right and left holding symbolic structures on their hands: the one on the left evidently a church, and the one on the right possibly a secular structure, a castle of some sort.
Who are these saints, and what do these buildings signify?
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posted on
12/26/2017 1:40:15 PM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
(What the world needs now, is Christ.)
To: NRx
Thank you for posting this harmonious hymn.
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posted on
12/26/2017 3:40:14 PM PST
by
af_vet_1981
(The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
I am uncertain as I cannot read the script. However if I were to take an educated guess the one on the right may be the Emperor Constantine the Great who is credited with founding the city that bore his name until about a century ago as the Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. The figure on the left may be the Emperor Justinian I who built the Hagia Sophia. Justinian is not generally recognized as a saint but the halo was commonly applied in those days to all depictions of the Emperor.
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posted on
12/26/2017 3:45:09 PM PST
by
NRx
(A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
To: NRx
Sounds like a plausible guess. I know so little about the history and culture of the Eastern Church but I am fascinated by the fragments I encounter: your contributions are especially appreciated.
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posted on
12/26/2017 6:51:47 PM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
(L'Chaim!)
To: Mrs. Don-o
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posted on
12/26/2017 7:17:19 PM PST
by
NRx
(A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
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