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Prokeimenon — In the liturgical practice of the Orthodox Church, a Prokeimenon (Greek Προκειμενον, plural prokeimena; sometimes prokimenon/prokimena) is a psalm or canticle refrain sung responsorially at certain specified points of the Divine Liturgy or the… … Wikipedia
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Gradual — • In English often called Grail, is the oldest and most important of the four chants that make up the choir s part of the Proper of the Mass Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gradual Gradual … Catholic encyclopedia
Acolouthia — Acolouthia, (from the Greek: akoloutheo , to follow ; Slavonic: posledovanie ) in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, signifies the arrangement of the Divine Services (Canonical Hours or Divine Office), perhaps because the parts… … Wikipedia
Polyeleos — The Polyeleos (Greek: Πολυέλεος, lit. much oil or, by connotation, much mercy ) is a festive portion of the Matins or All Night Vigil service as observed on higher ranking feast days in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches.… … Wikipedia
Epistle — An epistle (pronounced [ɪˈpɪsəl] ) (Greek επιστολη, epistolē, letter ) is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of persons, usually a letter and a very formal, often didactic and elegant one. The letters in the New Testament from… … Wikipedia
Matins Gospel — Gospel Book from 1772. The central medallion depicts the Resurrection of Jesus, in the corners are the Four Evangelists (Moscow) The Matins Gospel is the solemn chanting of a lection from one of the Four Gospels during Matins in the Orthodox… … Wikipedia
Alleluia — The Alleluia is chanted before the Gospel lesson in the Eucharistic liturgies of the various Christian liturgical rites. Alleluia will be solemnly chanted at other times also, usually in conjunction with Psalm verses.HistoryThe Hebrew word… … Wikipedia
Trisagion — The Trisagion ( Thrice Holy ) is a standard hymn of the Divine Liturgy in most of the Eastern Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodox Churches and Eastern Catholic Churches.In those Churches which use the Byzantine Rite, the Trisagion is chanted… … Wikipedia
Sext — Sext, or Sixth Hour, is a fixed time of prayer of the Divine Office of almost all the traditional Christian liturgies. It is consists mainly of psalms and is said at noon. Its name comes from Latin and refers to the sixth hour of the day after… … Wikipedia
