Posts in Comfortable Words tagged ‘Hymns’
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An eighth-century hymn of the Greek Church, for Easter Day
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By an anonymous artist from Constantinople (14th century), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence Public domain.
A hymn for the vigil of Easter, recalling Christ’s descent into the abode of the dead and his triumphant return.
By an anonymous artist (?1700s) from Kostroma, Russia, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
A hymn for Holy Saturday by the eighth-century Syrian hymnographer St John Damascene.
By Léon Bonnat (1833-1922), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
A superlative Christian poem based on Righteous Jacob’s encounter with an angel.
From the Oswald Psalter (ca. 975-1000), via the British Museum and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
A meditation on the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth.
© John Sutton, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
One of the best-loved of all hymns in the English language.