Saint gregory of narek also called grigor narekatsi was born in the city of narek in presentday turkey in 951. Grigor narekatsi, book of lamentations, armenian classical. The youngest of three sons, grigor narekatsi was born sometime between 945 and. Commentary of the prayer book by saint grigor narekatsi, vol. Tenets of prayer prayer 1 prayer 2 prayer 3 prayer 4 prayer 5 prayer 6. It has pages in which our poet has reached the force of prophets and pages in which one can sense the spirit of shakespeare. Commentary of the prayer book the book of lamentations commentary by patriarch hacop nalyan. Tenets of prayer prayer 1 prayer 2 prayer 3 prayer 4 prayer 5 prayer 6 prayer 7 prayer 8 prayer 9 prayer 10 prayer 11 prayer. Book of lamentations in the context of legalphilosophical analysis. Grigor narekatsi was an armenian mystical and lyrical poet, monk, and theologian.
Grigor narekatsi, the book of lamentations, judiciary science, the trial of. The way of selfpurification is sincere confession of sins and that is what the poet chose, aspiring to clean with verbal. His book of prayers, also known as book of lamentations, a long. Saint gregory of narek also called grigor narekatsi was born in the city of. For narekatsi, peoples absolute goal in life should be to reach to god. The book, the work of his mature years remains one of the definitive pieces of armenian literature. Watch our overview video on the book of lamentations, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. At the end of book of lamentations, narekatsi tells us that the middle brother. Prayer 7 prayer 8 prayer 9 prayer 10 prayer 11 prayer 12 prayer prayer 14. The son of a bishop, narekatsi was educated by a relative based at the narekavank, the monastery of narek, on the southern shores of lake van. Book of prayer is known in armenian as girk aghotits literally, book of prayer or matean voghbergutyan literally book of tragedy or lamentation.
Although the commentary on the song of songs is gregorys only surviving complete commentary on a biblical book, there is also a single. New brief explanation of the prayer book narek with cautious commentaries, venice, 1801. The book of job the real meaning of justice, faith and evilness. Commentary on the prayers and lamentations of grigor.
Gregorys book of prayer is also sometimes called the book of lamentations. His book of prayers or book of lamentations, a long mystical poem in 95 sections written around 977. Commentary of the prayer book the book of lamentations. Gregory of narek book of lamentations prayer 95b by haik hakopian. He is a saint of the armenian apostolic church and was declared a doctor of the church by pope francis in 2015. Gregory of narek book of lamentations prayer 95a by haik hakopian. The millennium of the book of lamentations, by grigor narekatsi. He is best known for his book of lamentations, a major piece of mystical literature.
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