Comfortable Words

The following five items have been tagged Hymns of the Eastern Church.

The posts are sorted in the order in which they were added to the site.

O Gladsome Light

Translated by Robert Bridges

A hymn from the Evensong of the Eastern Churches.

Teach Me, for I Do Not Know

By St Ephraim the Syrian

A song placed on the lips of the Virgin Mary, as she bent over her newborn child.

The Day of Resurrection

By St John Damascene

An eighth-century hymn of the Greek Church, for Easter Day

When in the Name of Jesus’ Cross

By St John Damascene

A hymn for Holy Saturday by the eighth-century Syrian hymnographer St John Damascene.

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

From The Liturgy of St James

A deep and mysterious poem from the fourth century, describing what cannot be seen at the communion service.