Fr Bogdan Bucur was born in Romania. He is married to Cristina and they are the parents of Irina, Andrei, and Miruna. After studying at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest (1994-1999), Fr Bogdan left for the USA, where he earned his MA (2002) and PhD (2007) in Religious Studies at Marquette University under the direction of (now Archbishop) Alexander Golitzin.
“The murderers of God, the lawness nation of jews …”
Coming to Grips with Some of Our Holy Week Hymns
This article draws on a larger study, “Anti-Jewish Rhetoric in Byzantine Hymnography: Exegetical and Theo logical Contextualization” in St. Vladimir’s Theo logical Quarterly 62 (2017).