Posted on 03/12/2019 7:56:05 AM PDT by NRx
Video of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete for Clean Monday, the first day of Lent. The Great Canon (also known as the Canon of Repentance or the Great Canon of Repentance), is the longest canon ever composed (250 strophes). It is written primarily in the first person, and goes chronologically through the entire Old and New Testaments drawing examples (both negative and positive) which it correlates to the need of the sinful soul for repentance and a humble return to God. It is divided into four parts (called methymony) which are chanted at Great Compline on the first four nights of Great Lent (one part per night); later, it is chanted in its entirety at Matins on Thursday of the fifth week of Great Lent.
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I’ve got to start doing squats the rest of the year so I can survive these prostrations whenever Great Lent comes.
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