Winter Holy Saturday - translation and analysis of the canon of the vigil
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Zimowa Wielka Sobota – tłumaczenie i analiza kanonu wigilii Narodzenia Chrystusa
Winter Holy Saturday - translation and analysis of the canon of the vigil of the Nativity of Christ

Author(s): Pantelejmon Karczewski
Subject(s): Eastern Orthodoxy, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Nativity of Christ; Christmas; vigil; hymnography; Orthodoxy;

Summary/Abstract: The Feast of the Nativity of Christ in its liturgical celebrations resembles the most important of all feasts - the Resurrection of Christ.One similarity is the extended pre-Christmas period, the last days of which (20-24 December) resemble Holy Week. The apogee ofspiritual preparation is the vigil, at which a canon is sung that paraphrases the canon of the Holy Saturday Matins. This article isa translation of the canon with commentary.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 171-182
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English
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