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Faith melted


Faith melted
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Copyright: Elias Castillo (manatee) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 744 W: 5 N: 1125] (3858)
Genre: Lieux
Média: Couleur
Date de prise de vue: 2006-05-13
Catégories: Cérémonies
Exposition: f/2.6
More Photo Info: [view]
Versions: version originale
Date de soumission: 2007-03-30 19:58
Vue: 683
Points: 8
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Out side of the Catedral in Lisboa.
In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, during Holy Week, Orthros (Matins) services for each day are held during the preceding evening. Thus, the Matins service of Monday is sung on Palm Sunday evening, and so on. (The services of Sunday through Tuesday evenings are often called Bridegroom Matins, because of their theme of Christ-as-Bridegroom.) Towards the end of the Tuesday evening Bridegroom service, the Hymn of Kassiani is sung. The Hymn, (written in the 9th century by Kassiani the nun) tells of the woman who washed Christ's feet in the house of Simon the Pharisee. (Luke 7:36-50) Much of the hymn is written from the perspective of the sinful woman:

O Lord, the woman who had fallen into many sins, sensing Your Divinity, takes upon herself the duty of a myrrh-bearer. With lamentations she brings you myrrh in anticipation of your entombment. "Woe to me!" she cries, "for me night has become a frenzy of licentiousness, a dark and moonless love of sin. Receive the fountain of my tears, O You who gathers into clouds the waters of the sea. Incline unto me, unto the sighings of my heart, O You who bowed the heavens by your ineffable condescension. I will wash your immaculate feet with kisses and dry them again with the tresses of my hair; those very feet at whose sound Eve hid herself from in fear when she heard You walking in Paradise in the twilight of the day. As for the multitude of my sins and the depths of Your judgments, who can search them out, O Savior of souls, my Savior? Do not disdain me Your handmaiden, O You who are boundless in mercy."
The Byzantine musical composition expresses the poetry so strongly that it leaves many people in a state of prayerful tears. The Hymn can last upwards of 25 minutes and is liturgically and musically a highpoint of the entire year. In many places in Greece, the Bridegroom Matins service of Great Tuesday is popular with sex workers and those engaged in prostitution, who may not often be seen in church at other times of the year. They come in great numbers, in order to hear the Hymn of Kassiani, as the hymn is traditionally associated with the woman fallen in many sins.
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hi like you'r pic.
this one is very good.
very clear and nice comp. but more contrast would be good. well done

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  • BMYNBR (104)
  • [2007-03-31 1:41]

Cool textures, I like this unusual subject.
Looks really neat
TFS, Dave

Hola Elias, congratulations for this creative idea. A jump from Spain to Portugal, but continuing the same theme. The title is very well chosen and the note is excellent. Good shallow dof in this strong perspective and very beautiful abstract effect from the melted faith. I like it a lot, my friend!
Have a great weekend,
Ricardo

Parece una obra de arte. Muy bonita la forma que las candelas se derriten y crean estas figuras coloridas. Es una buena foto pues captaste muy bien esta acto natural y humano. Tu nota es larga e interesante. Buen trabajo Elias.

Roberto

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