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The Theotokos Kecharitomene Monastery (Greek: Θεοτόκος Κεχαριτωμένη, lit. ' Theotokos Kecharitomene', Mother of God, full of grace [ 1 ] ) was a female convent built in the early 12th century in the Byzantine capital, Constantinople , by Empress Irene Doukaina .
Mary, the mother of Jesus in Christianity, is known by many different titles (Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady, Holy Virgin, Madonna), epithets (Star of the Sea, Queen of Heaven, Cause of Our Joy), invocations (Panagia, Mother of Mercy, God-bearer Theotokos), and several names associated with places (Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of Fátima).
The opening word of greeting, χαῖρε (chaíre), here translated "hail", literally has the meaning "rejoice" or "be glad". This was the normal greeting in the language in which the Gospel of Luke is written and continues to be used in the same sense in Modern Greek. Accordingly, both "hail" and "rejoice" are valid English translations of ...
13th-century Great Panagia from Yaroslavl.. Panagia (Greek: Παναγία, fem. of panágios, pan-+ hágios, the All-Holy, or the Most Holy; pronounced Ancient Greek pronunciation:) (also transliterated Panaghia or Panayia), in Medieval and Modern Greek, is one of the titles of Mary, mother of God, used especially in Orthodox Christianity and Eastern Catholicism.
Hapax legomenon is a transliteration of Greek ἅπαξ λεγόμενον, meaning "said once". [ 3 ] The related terms dis legomenon , tris legomenon , and tetrakis legomenon respectively ( / ˈ d ɪ s / , / ˈ t r ɪ s / , / ˈ t ɛ t r ə k ɪ s / ) refer to double, triple, or quadruple occurrences, but are far less commonly used.
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