On Holy Saturday, St. John the Baptist prays to his Crucified Lord and speaks to the inhabitants of hades as the Paschal Lamb is on His way to liberate them, as He told St. John six months earlier before his martyrdom. This prayer, which is akin to a poem, comes from 10th century England when…


On Holy Saturday, St. John the Baptist prays to his Crucified Lord and speaks to the inhabitants of hades as the Paschal Lamb is on His way to liberate them, as He told St. John six months earlier before his martyrdom. This prayer, which is akin to a poem, comes from 10th century England when the Isles were still Orthodox.

This prayer is found in the Exeter Book, and the translation of this reading comes from this wonderful blog: https://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2015/04/open-ws-t-eorrn-harrowing-of-hell.html

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