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The Church Fathers · c. 730–750
The Canons
Cosmas of Maiuma · c. 675–c. 751
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What it is
Festal hymns in the canon form for Christmas, Epiphany, and Holy Week, written at Mar Saba alongside his foster-brother John of Damascus.
Why it lasted
With John's, the hymns that fixed the shape of the Byzantine festal office, still sung unchanged.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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