The Flowery Triode
The feast of the Resurrection of the Righteous Lazarus opens a new liturgical season of the year — the Flowery Triode. The term Triode comes from the word tripesnets (three-ode canon) — the earliest compositions in this book were canons consisting of just three odes, dedicated to the Passion of Christ. Over time, additional canons were added, and the Triode…