First Fruits of Prayer
Subtitle: A Forty-Day Journey Through the Canon of St. Andrew
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
Published: December 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781557254696
Subjects: Christian prayerbooks; Orthodox Churches; Spirituality - General; Religion; Christianity; Spiritual Healing; Religion - Inspirational/Spirituality; Spiritual life; Christianity - Orthodox; Devotional; Prayerbooks - Christian; Devotional exercises; Orthodox Eastern Church; Repentance
Description: Regardless of your denominational background, First Fruits of Prayer will bring to life the prayer experience of first-millennium Christianity through immersion in the text of St. Andrew's Canon. A poetic hymn written in the eighth century, this extraordinarily beautiful work is still chanted by Eastern Christians during Lent. It weaves together Old and New Testament Scriptures with prayers of hope and repentance, offering ancient ways of seeing Christ that nevertheless feel new today.