A Nativity Homily of St Isaac the Syrian This night bestowed peace on the whole world; so, let no one threaten; This is the night of the...

The above is a translation of the kontakion of the Nativity/Christmas composed by St Romanos the Melodist in the late 5th or early 6th...

For the past couple of weeks we have been comparing the hymns before Christmas with another set of hymns which inspired them, those of...

Last week we noted that the hymnographers who composed some of the hymns of the forefeast of Nativity deliberately modeled them on the...