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This is a page dedicated to Saint Kassiani, the 9th Century Byzantine abbess, poet, composer, and hymnographer


St Kassiani's secular name is Kassia.  Her saint name has

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Saint Kassiane, hymnographer, poet and nun
O Lord God, the woman who had fallen into many sins, having perceived Thy divinity received the rank of ointment-bearer, offering Thee spices before Thy burial wailing and crying: "Woe is me, for the love of adultery and sin hath given me a dark and lightless night; accept the fountains of my tears O Thou Who drawest the waters of the sea by the clouds incline Thou to the sigh of my heart O Thou Who didst bend the heavens by Thine inapprehensible condescension; I will kiss Thy pure feet and I wi... View More
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