Acathist Hymn In Honor of the Mother of God

Archbishop Joseph Raya

ISBN 10: 1897145985 ISBN 13: 9781897145982

Publisher: Madonna House Pubns, 2016

This Hymn to the Mother of God was probably composed in the year 532. It is to the Byzantine Church what the Rosary and Litanies of the Blessed Mother are to the Latin rite. In the Oriental Church, there is no better prayer expressing love and veneration for Mary. We praise her in all the figures under which she has been represented in the Scriptures. This hymn always brings us back to the theological truth that Mary is great because she is the Mother of God. The text presented here by Archbishop Raya is suitable either for recitation in a parish church or for reading as a private devotion.

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About the Author:

Archbishop Joseph Raya, the first associate priest of Madonna House, was deeply involved in the American civil rights movement, and later, while serving as Archbishop of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth and all Galilee, he campaigned for justice for Palestinians. A priest of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church who taught at universities in the U.S.A., Canada and Lebanon, Archbishop Raya is one of the world s foremost writers on Byzantine Christianity. He strives to bring a better understanding of the Byzantine rite Eastern Church to the Latin rite Western world.

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