First Fruits of Prayer A Forty-Day Journey Through the Canon of St. Andrew

First Fruits of Prayer will bring readers of all denominational backgrounds into the prayer experience of first millennium Christianity through immersion in this fascinating text, a poetic hymn written in the eighth century. This extraordinarily beautiful work, still chanted by Eastern Christians every Lent, weaves together Old and New Testament scriptures with prayers of hope and repentance. It offers ancient ways of seeing Christ that will nevertheless feel new to most readers today. This insightful book offers all readers an opportunity to walk through a classic text from the Christian East in a series of 40 prayerful readings, with accompanying commentary and questions for further reflection.Mathewes-Green, Frederica is the author of 'First Fruits of Prayer A Forty-Day Journey Through the Canon of St. Andrew' with ISBN 9781557254696 and ISBN 1557254699.