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The Body in Byzantine Hymnography

by Olga Lossky

“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?

Olga Lossky

A French writer who has published novels as well as a biography of the Orthodox theologian Elisabeth Behr-Sigel. She is currently completing a PhD in theology on links between the Scriptures and Byzantine hymnography.

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