Homily for the Annunciation of our most holy sovereign the Mother of God
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This article offers the first French translation of a homily by Saint Andrew of Crete devoted to the Annunciation. The text belongs to the Byzantine homiletic genre and presents itself as a gloss on the Gospel narrative of Luke enriched with poetic acclamations addressed to the Mother of God. The author develops a reflection on the mystery of the Incarnation: God, seeing humanity estranged from Him, chooses to become a creature and to take flesh in the womb of a Virgin. The Marian mediation thus appears as the place of encounter between the divine and the human. This translation constitutes a significant contribution for French-speaking readers by making accessible a major text of the Greek homiletic tradition, shedding light on the theology of the Incarnation and the veneration of the Theotokos in the Orthodox tradition.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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