The great penitential canon of Andrew of Crete is read.in the first four days of Lent, one piece at a time. Fully creation is read in the seventh week. The canon teaches people to repent. Accept your sins and learn to deal with them. Also this scripture teaches to take an example from pure and disinterested people.
Rev. Andrew was born somewhere in the 660sAD in the city of Damascus. Legends say that up to seven years the child could not talk. Andrei's parents were believers and often visited the church. Once, during a communion, God's blessing descended on Cretan and he spoke. After this miracle, parents gave Andrew to learn the basics of religion.
When the boy was 14 years old, he was transferred to serve in Jerusalem, in the Holy Sepulcher Monastery. Andrei was a very diversified young man, so he was immediately identified as a notary.
Then Andrew moved to Constantinople, whereserved in the house of orphans in the rank of deacon for 20 years. In the same city, he began to write his chants, which are still widely used in the Orthodox Church.
After this, the future saint was sent to the islandCrete in the rank of bishop. There he faithfully served the church, guiding the true heretics on the path and giving support to believers. Andrei on Crete built several orphanages and temples. For his faithful service received the rank of archbishop. In 1740, the monk died on the way from Constantinople to the island of Crete.
Andrew the Cretan first began writing canons insteadkondak. The saint has hymns for all major holidays: Christmas, Easter, Palm Sunday, and others. Many of them are also used in modern liturgical mines. The canons are closely related to "bible songs." The structure of this chants is as follows. First comes the Hirmos, which is the connecting chain between the biblical song and the content of the canon. Further there are tropari. They are sung alternately with songs. The most outstanding creation, of course, is the great canon of St. Andrei of Crete. He teaches us to repent. It is best to apologize to the Lord for Lent when the canon of Andrew of Crete is read.
In his canon, Andrew briefly refers to the entire Bible.From the 1st to the 8th song this is the Old Testament, after - the New. Andrei assesses each story of the biblical characters of the canon from the point of view of human morality. If this is a bad act, then he talks about his sinfulness, and if it’s a good deed, he claims that this should be sought. The author hints to us that we can save our soul when we give up our vices and strive for virtue.
In the first song the canon of Andrew of Cretetalks about original sin. Eve yielded to the temptation of Satan and gave the apple to Adam. He, in turn, was tempted by the power and tried it. In this song, Andrew says that we are all sinners, and if the Lord punished Adam and Eve for breaking one of the commandments, how can he punish us for violating almost everything. We can only repent and ask forgiveness from God.
In the second song, the great canon of Andrew of Cretetalks about how we all succumbed to carnal consolation. First, they put on their clothes, ashamed of their naked body, which was created in the image of the Lord. Secondly, they placed at the head of the pleasure and beauty of physical, not spiritual. Even in this song of the great canon Andrei of Crete it is said that we are subject to all earthly passions and, unfortunately, we don’t want to fight them. For all these sins, you need to sincerely ask God to forgive us. The main thing is to understand your own bad deeds and strive to get rid of them.
In it is the great penitential canon of Andrew of Crete.tells how the Lord could not bear the disgrace that was happening in Sodom, and burned the city. Only one righteous Lot managed to escape. Andrew encourages each person to renounce the pleasures of Sodom and soon run away. The sins of this city pursue us every day, tempting us to repeat them, I think many are amenable. But, the main thing is to stop, to think about what awaits us in the future. What will be the afterlife after the Sodom fun?
It indicates that laziness is a great sin.If a person, like a vegetable, moves forward without being aware of himself and the world around him, then his end will be appropriate. The patriarch from the song worked day and night to have two wives. One of them meant industriousness, and the other - reason. With this combination, we can improve the contemplation and their activities.
The penitential canon of Rev. Andrew of Cretetalks about Saint Joseph, who was betrayed by the brothers and the beloved, and sold him into slavery. He calmly suffered everything, did not be angry at his fate. Andrew says that each of us can betray his neighbor. But the trouble is that every day we betray ourselves and our soul. Not enduring any disasters, we break the commandments of the Lord and do not even think about it.
Andrew in this song calls for humanity to becomeon the true path. Do not turn away from the Lord like some historical personages. And to believe that as God with the hand of Moses delivered the sick from leprosy, so our soul can be forgiven for its sins.
In the seventh song canon of St. AndrewCretan says that no matter how serious a person a man has committed, if he sincerely repents, he will be forgiven. In the opposite case, the punishment of the Lord will be great. We must pray to God in his three guises and the Mother of God with repentance and asking for forgiveness.
Andrew tells that our Lord gives everyoneaccording to his merits. If a man lived righteously, then he would ascend to heaven, like Illya on a chariot. Or in life will receive the support of God, as Elisha for the separation of the river Jordan. If you live in sin, like Gehazi, the soul will burn in a fiery hyena.
В этой песне великий канон Андрея Критского says that people have forgotten the Ten Commandments of God, carved on the tablets by Moses. They do not dry out in the writing of the Gospel. Once Jesus came to our world to save us. He blessed infants and old men, because some had not yet had time to repent of their sins, while others could no longer. If a person is sane, then he must himself ask the Lord for forgiveness.
Song 1
It tells how Cain killed his brother,envy him. Andrew asks to live his life righteously, not thinking to whom and what the Lord gave. If a person lives according to the commandments of God, then grace will come to him soon. One should strive to be like Abel, who, with a pure soul, brought his gifts to the Lord.
Призывает людей покаяться в том, что отвергли spiritual wealth and attach importance only material. In pursuit of clothes and other benefits, they completely forgot to pray to the Lord. We forget that a mentally rich person will be much happier.
Song 3
This song of the canon Andrei of Crete calls to live.as Noah, to whom the Lord alone gave a chance to be saved. Or as Lot, the only survivor of Sodom. Because if we sin, then the fate of people in the flood will befall us.
Song 4
In knowledge is power. One must strive to see God in oneself, and a ladder to heaven, like those of the patriarchs, shall be built. We in everyday life imitate Esau, who hates everyone. We must live in love and harmony.
Song 5
How all Jewish people lived in slaveryEgyptian, so our soul lives all the time in sin. It takes courage to end slavery. Even if at the first time it is necessary to suffer, then in the end result we will gain true freedom of the spirit. Then life will become much easier and more pleasant.
Song 6
Continues to talk about the adventures of Moses,who sought to bring the people out of Egyptian slavery. People do not have much faith to suffer a little wandering for the good purpose. So we all need at the same time. We must believe in the Lord and ask for forgiveness, and then we can free our soul from the slavery of sins.
Song 7
Song of the great canon of St. AndrewCretan tells us how we repeat the sins and cravings of the biblical characters, but we do not have the strength and desire to follow the great martyrs. Our body attempts upon sinful acts, such as adultery, without thinking about the consequences for the soul.
Song 8
The eighth song tells about the people whowere able to find the strength to repent and receive the Lord into their souls. So Andrew calls us to renounce the past life of a sinner and go towards God. The end of the eighth song summarizes the Old Testament - you need not to repeat the sins of the biblical characters and strive to live like the righteous of this Holy Scripture.
Song 9
In the ninth song, the canon of St. Andrew of Cretegives comparisons from the New Testament. Just as Jesus resisted the temptation of Satan in the wilderness, so must we resist all temptations. Christ began to work miracles on earth, thereby showing that everything in this world is possible. The main thing is to believe and live according to the precepts of the Lord, and then our soul can be saved on the day of judgment.
Wednesday also read 9 songs.Since the first days of the creation of the world, there have been people who praised the Lord our God with their deeds. Andrew urges people to repent of their sins and become like the saints in everyday life. Praise the name of the Lord by doing deeds worthy of it. I remember also in the songs and the big sinners, who turned away from God, gave preference to material benefits or were tempted to try the forbidden fruit. The Lord punished them for their deeds. In the same way, after death our soul awaits the Day of Judgment, where it will not be possible to lie, it will not be possible to hide our atrocities with some imaginary excuses. Therefore, Andrei urges us to repent in life, ask the Lord for the forgiveness of sins and strive to change our actions for the better. Learn to resist temptation. There is nothing complicated about it. Just by remaining a person, you will see that most of the covenants of the Lord indicate to live without envy and gluttony, without betrayal and the desire to get someone else's.
В этот день Великого Поста читается последняя part of the canon. As in the previous songs, the virtues are sung here and the sins of mankind that have been committed over the centuries are condemned. Also in this part, they appeal to the Lord, Jesus, the Virgin Mary, asking them to forgive their sins and give them the opportunity to repent.
Also, the canon of St. Andrew of Crete teachesadmit their mistakes, do not seek blame for bad life in others. Accept their sinfulness as a proven fact. But this does not mean that you should accept. On the contrary, admission of guilt is the first step to forgiveness. If we stop now, we have chances of eternal life after death.
It is when the canon of Andrei is read.Cretan, in Lent, we have the opportunity to realize their sins and start a new life. A life that will be pleasing to God. Then humanity can feel the grace, peace and peace of mind to wait for the day of judgment.
