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An Akathist or Acathist Hymn (Greek: Ἀκάθιστος Ὕμνος, "unseated hymn") is a type of hymn usually recited by Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Christians, dedicated to a saint, holy event, or one of the persons of the Holy Trinity.
The Akathist Hymn is a very popular chant sang in both Greek and Latin. The hymn begins with: to you, invincible champion addressed to the Panagia Theotokos (Virgin Mary). It contains 24 components with musical stories mostly venerating the Virgin Mary. Some parts include Christ. Artists created the pictorial representation of the Akathist Hymn.
Russian Orthodox priest leading a Moleben on the patronal feast day, Holy Protection Church, Düsseldorf.. In the Russian Orthodox Church, the equivalent of a Paraklesis is the moleben, molében (Slavonic: молебенъ), molieben, service of intercession or service of supplication, which is similar in structure, except that the canon is omitted, retaining only the refrains and Irmoi of the ...
Eastern Orthodox icon of the Praises of the Theotokos, before which the Akathist hymn to Mary may be chanted. Marian hymns are Christian songs focused on Mary, mother of Jesus. They are used in devotional and liturgical services, particularly by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches. [citation ...
In the modern practice it is reduced to heirmologic melos which allowed the celebration of the whole Akathist on the morning service of the fourth Sunday of Great Lent. [11] [12] This Akathist was traditionally ascribed to Romanos, but recent scholarship has disapproved it. In Slavic hymnography the so-called Akafist became a genre of its own ...
A Canon or Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos (Mother of God): 500. Over the centuries, various cell rules [8] have developed to help the individual in the daily use of the prayer rope. However, there is no single, standardized method in use universally throughout the Church.
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Marian devotions are external pious practices directed to the person of Mary, mother of Jesus, by members of certain Christian traditions. [1] They are performed in Catholicism, High Church Lutheranism, Anglo-Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, but generally rejected in other Christian denominations.