The Basilica Hymns

The "Basilica Hymns" or 'onyatha d-basaliqe are the proper hymns for Ramsha, or Evening Prayer, in the Church of the East. They are deep reflections on the meaning of each Sunday and Feast Day, and therefore of each liturgical Season, from Advent to the Sanctification of the Church, and unparalleled commentaries on Sacred Scripture.

Subara/Advent
First Sunday of Subara
Second Sunday of Subara
Third Sunday of Subara
Fourth Sunday of Subara

Nativity/Christmas
Feast of the Birth of Our Lord
Feast of Our Lady
Memorial of the Infants
First Sunday after the Nativity

Dinha/Epiphany
The Feast of Dinha/Epiphany
Fifth Sunday of Dinha

Sixth Sunday of Dinha
Seventh Sunday of Dinha

Lent
First Sunday of Lent
Second Sunday of Lent
Third Sunday of Lent
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Sixth Sunday of Lent
Palm Sunday
Holy Saturday

Easter/Ascension
Easter Sunday
Week of Weeks
Second Sunday of Easter
Third Sunday of Easter
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Feast of the Ascension
Sunday After the Ascension

Pentecost/Apostles
Pentecost
Golden Friday
Second Sunday of Apostles

Corpus Christi
Third Sunday of Apostles
Fourth Sunday of Apostles
Fifth Sunday of Apostles
Sixth Sunday of Apostles
Seventh Sunday of Apostles
Commemoration of 72 Disciples

Summer
First Sunday of Summer
Second Sunday of Summer
Third Sunday of Summer
Fourth Sunday of Summer
Feast of the Transfiguration
Fifth Sunday of Summer
Assumption of Mary
Sixth Sunday of Summer
Commemoration of Shim'un Bar Sabba'e
Seventh Sunday of Summer

Elijah
First Sunday of Elijah
Second Sunday of Elijah
Third Sunday of Elijah

Cross
Feast of the Cross
First Sunday of the Cross/Fourth of Elijah
Second Sunday of the Cross/Fifth of Elijah
Third Sunday of the Cross/Sixth of Elijah
Fourth Sunday of the Cross/Seventh of Elijah

Moses
First Sunday of Moses
Second Sunday of Moses

Church
First Sunday of the Sanctification of the Church
Second Sunday of the Sanctification of the Church
Third Sunday of the Sanctfication of the Church
Fourth Sunday of the Sanctification of the Church


All translations and commentaries by Fr. Andrew Younan.


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