Acathistus

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• Acathistus (Akathistos) —     Acathistus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Acathistus     (Greek akathistos; a privative, kathizo sit ; i.e. not sitting; standing).     The title of a certain hymn or, better, an Office in the Greek Liturgy in honour of the …   Catholic encyclopedia

• ACATHISTUS Hymnus — vigilia maxime sollennis, Sabbato quintae hebdomadae Quadragesimae, in matutinis in honorem B. Virginis, observata, in Ecclesiâ Graecâ, in memorlam multiplicis liberationis a Barbarorum incursionibus; quam eiufdem sanctiss Virginis apud Deum pro… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

• acathistus — ac·a·this·tus …   English syllables

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• Akathist — The Akathist Hymn (Ἀκάθιστος Ύμνος, unseated hymn ) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian hymn dedicated to a saint, holy event, or one of the persons of the Holy Trinity. The name derives from the fact that during the chanting of the hymn, or… …   Wikipedia

• Byzantine literature — may be defined as the Greek literature of the Middle Ages, whether written in the territory of the Byzantine Empire or outside its bordersEncyclopaedia Britannica Greek literature: Byzantine literature ] . It forms the second period in the… …   Wikipedia

• Gračanica monastery — Gračanica (Serbian: Манастир Грачаница or Manastir Gračanica , Albanian: Manastiri i Graçanicës ) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Kosovo. [See also: International reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence.] It was founded …   Wikipedia

• Karion Istomin — ( ru. Карион Истомин) (Late 1640s, Kursk no earlier than 1718, Moscow) was a Russian poet, translator, and one of the first Muscovite enlighteners (student of Simeon Polotsky). Karion Istomin was a celibate priest and then a hegumen at the Chudov …   Wikipedia

• Amphilochius of Pochayiv — Infobox Saint name=Amphilochius of Pochayiv birth date=birth date|1894|11|27|df=y death date=death date and age|1971|1|1|1894|11|27|df=y feast day= venerated in=Ukrainian Orthodox Church imagesize=230px caption=Portrait of Saint Amphilochius… …   Wikipedia

• Literatura bizantina — Literatura griega Literatura griega antigua (hasta el siglo IV) Literatura bizantina (siglo IV siglo XV) Literatura griega moderna (posterior al siglo XI) Literatura bizantina se refiere a la literatura del Imperio romano de Oriente, también… …   Wikipedia Español