Saint Cosmas of Maiuma Canon of the Octoechos to Our Lord Jesus Christ, Sung During the Attack of Filthy and Impure Thoughts

Translation from Ancient Greek, preface and notes by priest Evgeny A. Fadeev

Abstract

This article presents a translation from Ancient Greek into Church Slavonic and modern Russian of the «Canon to Our Lord Jesus Christ, sung when attacked by filthy and impure thoughts». This Canon is part of the corpus of twenty Octoechos canons attributed to St. Cosmas of Maiuma, of which only five are used in modern liturgical practice. A brief preface provides general information about the corpus of Octoechos canons attributed to St. Cosmas of Maiuma, as well as the structural features of the penitential Canon in question.