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of the Nativity, "Today the Virgin gives birth to Him Who is above all being…." The emperor, the patriarch, the clergy, and the entire congregation were amazed at both the profound theology of the hymn and Romanos' clear, sonorous voice as he sang. According to tradition, this was the very first
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In poetic talent, fire of inspiration, depth of feeling, and elevation of language, he far surpasses all the other melodes. The literary history of the future will perhaps acclaim Romanos for the greatest ecclesiastical poet of all
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and other sacred subjects, some 60 to 80 of which survive (though not all those attributed to him may be genuine). The earliest manuscripts of his works are dated centuries after his lifetime, akin to those of his successors
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His Kontakion of the Nativity is still considered to be his masterpiece, and up until the twelfth century it was sung every year at the imperial banquet on that feast by the joint choirs of Hagia Sophia and of the
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published in Munich several previously unpublished chants of Romanos and other hymnographers, from manuscripts discovered in the library of the Monastery of St John the Theologian in
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Of his other Kontakia, one of the most well-known is the hymn, "My soul, my soul, why sleepest thou..." which is chanted as part of the service of the "Great Canon" of
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If those scholars who believe that he lived during the reign of the earlier Anastasius are correct, then he may have continued writing during the reign of Emperor
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is celebrated in the Byzantine rite on 25 December, rather than on 6 January when Western Christians celebrate the visit (in the Orthodox Church, January 6, the
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of rhythmic poetry", he flourished during the sixth century, though the earliest manuscripts of his works are dated centuries after this. He was the foremost
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of the Nativity written on it. He is surrounded by the Patriarch, the Emperor, and members of the congregation. His icon is often a combined with that of
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for October. Beyond this, his name is mentioned by only two other ancient sources. once in the eighth-century poet St. Germanos and once in the
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in Sarah Gador-Whyte, “Changing Conceptions of Mary in Sixth-Century Byzantium: The Kontakia of Romanos the Melodist,” in
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Sometimes he is depicted as a deacon holding a censer in his right hand and a small model of a church in his left.
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Young man vested as a deacon, standing on a raised platform in the middle of a church, holding a scroll with his
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which contains kontakia and oikoi for the whole year, but does not include all compositions of Romanos.
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Although in more recent icons Saint Romanos is depicted standing on the ambo (directly in front of the
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in Constantinople. Most of the poem takes the form of a dialogue between the Mother of God and the
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Koder, Johannes (2008). "Imperial Propaganda in the Kontakia of Romanos the Melode".
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Digitalized manuscripts of Romanos the Melodist at the Princeton University Library
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According to legend, Romanus was not at first considered to be either a talented
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Romanos is one of many persons who have been credited with composing the famous
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because of his great humility. Once, around the year 518, while serving in the
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Theology and Poetry in Early Byzantium: The Kontakia of Romanos the Melodist
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commemorates Saint Romanos on the Saturday before the third Sunday of the
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Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Musical Instruments
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The main source of information about the life of Romanos comes from the
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Romanos le Mélode et les origines de la poésie religieuse à Byzance
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during the reign of the emperor Anastasius—on the question whether
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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The Virgin in Song: Mary and the Poetry of Romanos the Melodist
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and standing on a raised platform in the middle of the church.
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Liturgy and the Emotions in Byzantium: Compunction and Hymnody
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and composer, who is a central early figure in the history of
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Schork, R. J. (1962). "Typology in the Kontakia of Romanos".
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Oxford: 203:; late 5th-century – after 555) was a 1260: 1246: 704:Sanctus Romanus Veterum Melodorum Princeps 60: 966:Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia 670:83. Cambridge, Mass., 2024. (18 kontakia) 312:or singer. He was, however, loved by the 266:in the Church of the Resurrection there. 30:For other people with the same name, see 1117: 915:Questions of Gender in Byzantine Society 798: 794: 792: 718:Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur 595: 445:, each with a refrain, and united by an 427:of each kontakion is chanted during the 374: 1040:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.04494 994:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23748 984:. Revised by Alexander Lingas. Oxford: 971: 760: 692:. Oxford, 1963–1970. (complete edition) 470:Among his known works are kontakia on: 388:Romanos wrote in an Atticized literary 14: 1891:History of the Jews in the Middle East 1838: 1065: 1056: 827: 702:, i. (1876), containing 29 poems, and 1241: 1163: 789: 650:and the Armenian Apostolic Church is 543:, celebrates the Baptism of Christ). 403:celebrating various festivals of the 1017: 839: 439:composed of from 18 to 30 verses or 1267: 172:The Protection of the Mother of God 66:Icon of Romanus the Melodist (1649) 24: 1136: 25: 1922: 1193: 925:, 77–92 (Farnham: Ashgate, 2013). 575:. There exists in the library of 1823: 1811: 1799: 1787: 1762: 1761: 1403: 1219: 1199: 1105: 786:1 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 708:Hymnographie de l'église grecque 666:Ed. and trans. Thomas Arentzen. 435:. 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Index

Saint Roman
Romanus (disambiguation)
Saint-Roman
Saint

Emesa
Homs
Syria
Constantinople
Istanbul
Turkey
Eastern Orthodox Church
Catholic Church
Armenian Apostolic Church
Feast
N.S.
Attributes
Kontakion
The Protection of the Mother of God
Patronage
Greek
Byzantine
hymnographer
Byzantine music
Pindar
Kontakion
Menaion
Souda
Emesa
Damascus

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