Kajúce slohy Oktoicha – vybrané slohy z utorka 2. hlasu
Penitential sticheras of Octoechos – selected sticheras from the Tuesday of 2nd tone
Author(s): Marcel MojzešSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Theory of Literature
Published by: Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Octoechos; Katanyxis; Sinful passions; Martyrs; Spiritual life;
Summary/Abstract: The author deals with selected penitential sticheras from the Tuesday of 2nd tone of Octoechos with the help of their liturgical-theological analysis and from the point of view of spiritual theology. Part of the attitude of repentance is awareness of one‘s own situation. Soul is insensible by itself to calls to conversion; conversion is a gift of God, which is expressed by the repeated request „convert me“. The attitude of repentance is, like martyrdom, a way of witnessing faithfulness to Christ in the midst of the onslaught of sinful passions. Sinful passions are often compared to an immense storm causing confusion and turmoil in the human soul, whereas several penitential sticheras express a person‘s desire to be saved by Jesus Christ. Octoechos can rightly be called a school of piety and the richness of the prayer tradition of the Christian East is still relevant even for today‘s people.
Journal: Slavica Slovaca
- Issue Year: 58/2023
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 301-307
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Slovak