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Kerstmis, Pasen, Pinksteren. Ze geven aanleiding tot cadeaus, lekker eten of gewoon een extra dag vrij. Steeds meer verliezen deze speciale momenten hun christelijke verbinding. Maar wat is de oorspronkelijke zin en betekenis van deze christelijke feesten? Een herbronning dringt zich op. De grote kerkvader Augustinus dient daarbij in dit boek als gids. Hij herinnert ons eraan dat deze feesten een meerwaarde bieden ver voorbij de grenzen van consumptie en vermaak.Zonder afbreuk te willen doen aan het belang van volkse culturele gewoontes en waarden als vriendschap en verbondenheid tijdens de kerstdagen, vertelt Kerstmis ons over de geboorte van Jezus Christus, het Woord van God dat mens is geworden, ter wille van ons heil. Pasen kunnen we niet begrijpen zonder de initiatieperiode van veertig dagen, de zogenaamde vastentijd en de hoopvolle getuigenis dat de Gekruisigde Christus verrezen is en leeft. Met het feest van Pinksteren ontvangen we de inspirerende kracht van de Heilige Geest, de bezieling van ons engagement, het haardvuur dat moet worden aangewakkerd. Ten slotte daagt de aandacht van Augustinus voor de martelaren ons uit om zelf daadwerkelijk te getuigen, niet alleen met woorden, maar vooral met ons leven en onze dad

Augustinus, Aurelius --- Christelijke feesten --- Fasts and feasts

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"How do liturgies fashion and communicate theology? With the Ecclesiastic Rite of Constantinople--once celebrated not only in the city's Great Church (Hagia Sophia) but in churches throughout the Byzantine world--as evidence, this study demonstrates that hymnography offers one avenue by which to approach this question and, thus, one of the most important points of direct access to liturgical theology. The volume presents, firstly, a comparative edition of the corpus of Greek hymns found in the oldest witnesses to this Middle Byzantine "cathedral" or "asmatic" patriarchal liturgical tradition, together with an English translation. It situates the hymns in their historical and liturgical contexts and reassesses the relationship between the earliest manuscript sources. Secondly, it offers a commentary on twenty exemplary troparia for the highest feasts of the liturgical year, setting them within a heortological, ritual, and literary frame of reference. The systematic analysis of the living hymn texts shows that they are part of an ancient Christian textual world fundamentally characterised by diverse receptions of biblical texts and themes. This work closes a gap in research in historical and theological liturgical studies and Byzantine literary history, renders accessible an important but hitherto neglected corpus of Greek Christian hymns, and lays the textual ground for numerous future studies."--

Hymns, Greek --- Christian poetry --- Fasts and feasts --- Church year --- History and criticism --- History --- Constantinople (Ecumenical patriarchate) --- Orthodox Eastern Church --- Liturgy --- Texts

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This is the first comprehensive study of the associations of athletes and artists in the Roman empire. The xystic synod of athletes and the thymelic synod of artists were the only ancient associations that operated on a pan-Mediterranean scale. They were active from southern Gaul to Syria and Egypt and were therefore styled 'ecumenical synods'. They played a key role in Greek festival culture during the imperial period: not only did they defend the professional interests of their members, they also contributed to the organisation of competitions and the maintenance of the festival network. Due to their cultural activities, their connections with the imperial court and their ramified social networks, they left a distinctive stamp on Greco-Roman elite culture during the Principate. Drawing on all available documentation, this book offers new insights into the history and workings of these remarkable associations.

Athletics --- Art --- Festivals --- Civilization, Greco-Roman --- Societies, etc. --- History. --- Greco-Roman civilization --- Civilization, Classical --- Days --- Manners and customs --- Anniversaries --- Fasts and feasts --- Pageants --- Processions --- Art, Occidental --- Art, Primitive --- Art, Visual --- Art, Western (Western countries) --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Visual --- Fine arts --- Iconography --- Occidental art --- Visual arts --- Western art (Western countries) --- Arts --- Aesthetics --- Physical education and training --- Sports --- Civilization, Greco-Roman.