Biblische Oden
Die Biblischen Oden sind neun Lobgesänge (Hymnen aus der Bibel. Sie werden im Orthros gelesen oder gesungen und zwar nach der Lesung des Evangeliums.
Die neun Oden sind folgende:
- Der Lobgesang Moses am roten Meer (Exodus 15:1-19)
- The (Second) Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32:1-43)<ref>Canticle Two is normally only said on Tuesdays of Great Lent.</ref>
- The Prayer of Hannah (1 Samuel 2:1-10)
- The Prayer of Habakkuk (Habakkuk 3:1-19)
- The Prayer of Isaiah (Isaiah 26:9-20)
- The Prayer of Jonah (Jonah 2:2-9)
- The Prayer of the Three Holy Children (Daniel 3:26-56])<ref>In many Protestant versions of the Bible, this is found separately in the Apocrypha.</ref>
- The Song of the Three Holy Children (Daniel 3:57-88)<ref>Ibid.</ref>
- The Song of the Theotokos (the Magnificat, Luke 1:46-55); the Song of Zacharias (the Benedictus, Luke 1:68-79)
Originally, these odes were chanted in their entirety every day, with a short refrain inserted between each verse.
Eventually, short verses (troparia) were composed to replace these refrains, a process traditionally inaugurated by Saint Andrew of Crete.<ref>Ware, Kallistos, The Festal Menaion (Faber and Faber, London, 1969), p. 546.</ref> Normally the second ode is omitted owing to its severe nature. The most notable exception to this is in the Great Penitential Canon of St. Andrew of Crete which is chanted during Great Lent.
Gradually over the centuries, the verses of the Biblical Canticles were omitted (except for the Magnificat), and only the composed troparia were read, linked to the original canticles by an irmos. During Great Lent, however, the original Biblical Canticles are still read.
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