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St. Romanos the Melodist was a sixth century Byzantine hymnographer. Regarding the star that the magi followed (Matthew 2:1-12, the Feast of the Epiphany in the Western Church) he writes that Christ uttered in spirit to his mother:
To all appearances, it is a star; but in reality, it is a power. It went with the magi in service of Me; and still it stands outside fulfilling its ministry, and revealing with its beams the place where there has been born a young child, the pre-eternal God.
© Michael K. Marsh and Interrupting the Silence, 2009-2025, all rights reserved.
[…] Some people have said that star wasn’t really a star. “No natural star could have traveled such a course nor could it have shone so brilliantly at midday and, furthermore, it stood still over the child,” said one person. He doesn’t believe it was a star in the sky and it’s not because he’s not a Christian or because he’s an unfaithful Christian. To the contrary he is one of the greatest preachers and bishops of the early church, St. John Chrysostom of the fourth century. And he’s not alone in his belief. Others have made similar statements. […]
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