O Wisdom

The First O Antiphon

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

the O Antiphons (pronounced “an’-ti-phuns”) are among the oldest Christian worship resources available to us today. By 600 A.D., the O Antiphons were being developed, sung, and used in advent worship. By 800 A.D., they had reached a finished form, providing readings, prayers, scriptures, and music for Advent. For the last 1,500 years…