First Fruits of Prayer

A Forty-day Journey Through the Canon of St. Andrew

• Author(s): Frederica Mathewes-Green,
• Publisher: Paraclete Press
• Pages: 195
• ISBN_10: 1557254699
  ISBN_13: 9781557254696
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Religious , Religion / Devotional , Religion / Christianity / Orthodox , Religion / Prayerbooks / General , Religion / Prayerbooks / Christian ,

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.