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[[Image:Roman the Melodist.jpg|right|frame|Cuviosul Roman Melodul]]

Sfântul şi Prea [[Cuvios]]ul Părintele nostru '''Roman Melodul''' (cunoscut şi sub numele ''Romanos'', de la grec. Ρομανοσ), un prolific scriitor de [[imn]]uri grec, s-a născut la Emesa (Hems), în Siria. [[Prăznuire|Prăznuirea]] sa în [[Biserica Ortodoxă]] este pe [[1 octombrie]], în aceeaşi zi cu

*the Last Judgment

*the treachery of [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]]

[[Kontakion]] (Tone 8)

:You were adorned from childhood with the godly virtues of the Spirit;

:and shone on the world as God's poet.

:We lovingly honor you, righteous Roman.

*JB Pitra, Analecta Sacra, i. (1876), containing 29 poems, and Sanctus Romanus Veterum Melodorum Princeps (1888), with three additional hymns from the [[monastery]] of St [[Apostle John|John]] in Patmos. See also Pitra's Hymnographie de l'église grecque (1867)

*Karl Krumbacher, Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur (1897).

{{note|1}} On the question whether Anastasius I (491-518) or II (713-716) is meant, see Krumbacher, who is in favour of the earlier date.

*This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

*Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "[[wikipedia:Romanos]]."

*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=102826 Venerable Romanus the Melodist, "Sweet-Singer"] - from [[OCA]] web site.

*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=225 Romanos the Melodist] - from [[GOARCH]] web site.