The Wheel #31/32. Embodied. Fall 2022 - Winter 2023

The Body in Byzantine Hymnography

“Lord, save our souls!” This end of many liturgical hymns sounds like familiar music to anyone who regularly attends divine services of the Byzantine liturgical tradition. “Glorify God in your body!” instructs Saint Paul, on the other hand (1 Cor. 6:20). Are the two ideas in contradiction?