Kassia the Hymnographer Kassiani

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The earliest female composer. A woman of music, wisdom, spirituality, and a dangerously quick wit! Kassia is also called Kassiani, Cassia, Cassiani • LINKS: • The main icon of Saint Kassia in this episode is by our friend Julia: https://www.ikonographics.net/ • Our intro to icons video (for more on the iconoclastic heresy): • Introduction to Icons • An absolutely beautiful rendition of Saint Kassia's hymn: • Hymn of Cassia • An article about Saint Kassiani from the British Library which houses some copies of her works: https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscri... • An article on Byzantine Bride Shows : https://www.jstor.org/stable/44172691 • Also of interest is this book of the Gospels written by the hand of the Empress Theodora, in golden ink: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011... • A comic book about Kassia: https://www.deviantart.com/nikosbouko... • A video about Saint Kassiani from ‪@ClassicalNerd‬ : • Great Composers: Saint Kassiani • Another life story video: • The Story of the Hymn of Saint Kassiani • Our friends at Orthodox Youth Ministries are supporters of our work, and you can find out more about their helping of young Christians here: https://www.theoym.org/ • Consider a donation towards the continuation of this channel: https://ko-fi.com/patristix • You can also help us by getting Patristix graphic designs on ALL SORTS of merch at our Redbubble shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/patr... • Also follow us on social media for cool graphics, pictures and info: • Facebook - / patristix • Instagram - / patristixgram • Twitter - / patristix

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