The liturgy (Greek: λειτουργία or λῃτουργία, leitourgia, from λαός / Laos, "the people" and the root ἔργο / ergon, "work" ) was in ancient Greece a public...
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also refer to: Liturgy (ancient Greece) a public service by the richest citizens Liturgy (ballet), Christopher Wheeldon's ballet Liturgy (band), a black...
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an action with the divine. The word liturgy (/lɪtərdʒi/), derived from the technical term in ancient Greek (Greek: λειτουργία), leitourgia, which means...
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The economy of ancient Greece was defined largely by the region's dependence on imported goods. As a result of the poor quality of Greece's soil, agricultural...
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Divine Liturgy (Greek: Θεία Λειτουργία, translit. Theia Leitourgia) or Holy Liturgy is the usual name used in most Eastern Christian rites for the Eucharistic...
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Religious practices in ancient Greece encompassed a collection of beliefs, rituals, and mythology, in the form of both popular public religion and cult...
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Greek tragedy (Ancient Greek: τραγῳδία, romanized: tragōidía) is one of the three principal theatrical genres from Ancient Greece and Greek inhabited...
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(1972). Chivalry Euergetism Honour High Tory "The Gospel of Wealth" Liturgy (ancient Greece) Mandate of Heaven National Honor Society (USA) Paternalistic conservatism...
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The Liturgy of Saint James is a form of Christian liturgy used by some Eastern Christians of the Byzantine rite and West Syriac Rite. It is developed...
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Papyrus, the Strasbourg papyrus and the ancient Anaphora of Saint Mark in Greek, which developed in the Coptic Liturgy of Saint Cyril. Scholars find structural...
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The "Mithras Liturgy" is a text from the Great Magical Papyrus of Paris, part of the Greek Magical Papyri, numbered PGM IV.475–829. The modern name by...
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Agriculture was the foundation of the Ancient Greek economy. Nearly 80% of the population was involved in this activity. Most Greek language agricultural texts...
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continuity with the apostolic church, its liturgy, and its territorial churches. Aderny, Walter F. The Greek and Eastern Churches (1908) online Constantelos...
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Music was almost universally present in ancient Greek society, from marriages, funerals, and religious ceremonies to theatre, folk music, and the ballad-like...
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Byzantine Rite (redirect from Greek liturgy)
Diakonia of the Church of Greece and some Greek-orthodox bishops have also published certain old liturgies. Such as the Liturgy of St. James and others...
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Ateleia (Attic Greek: ἀτέλεια; privative a + τέλος telos (tax); see also philately) in ancient Greece was a general immunity (ἄδεια adeia) or exemption...
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solea/ambon itself. The last public prayer of the Divine Liturgy is the "Prayer Before the Ambon" (Greek: euche opisthambonos), originally a prayer of thanksgiving...
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Coptic Rite (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
a corruption of Greek Aígyptos (Ancient Greek: Αἴγυπτος, “Egyptian”). The Coptic Rite traditionally uses the Coptic language and Greek. Arabic and a number...
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Let all mortal flesh keep silence (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
composed in Greek as a Cherubic Hymn for the Offertory of the Divine Liturgy of St James; it probably antedates the rest of the liturgy and goes back...
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Capital levy (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
to raise revenues. In ancient Athens during its democracy, there was a form of capital levy known as a liturgy (Ancient Greek: λειτουργία, romanized: leitourgia...
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Liturgy of Preparation, also known as Prothesis Prothesis (altar) Prothesis (linguistics) A form of the custom of lying in repose in Ancient Greece;...
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Euergetism (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
Justinian's death and was replaced by the ecclesial charitable schemes. Liturgy (ancient Greece) Noblesse oblige Paternalistic conservatism Philanthropy The Giving...
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Kyrie (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
a transliteration of Greek Κύριε, vocative case of Κύριος (Kyrios), is a common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, also called the Kyrie...
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Coptic is still used in the liturgy of the Egyptian Orthodox Church, and traces of it are found in modern Egyptian Arabic. Ancient Egyptian has 25 consonants...
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Alexandrian liturgical rites (redirect from Alexandrine Liturgy)
Gregory Nazianzus. The Liturgy of St Cyril in the Coptic language is the Liturgy of Saint Mark that has been translated from Koine Greek.[citation needed]...
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The Liturgy of Addai and Mari (or the Holy Qurbana of Mar Addai and Mar Mari) is the Eucharistic liturgy belonging to the East Syriac Rite and was historically...
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Epistle (redirect from Epistle (liturgy))
An epistle (/ɪˈpɪsəl/; from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) 'letter') is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of people, usually an elegant...
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denomination on a regular basis. The term liturgy comes from Greek and means "public work". Within Christianity, liturgies descending from the same region, denomination...
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or denomination on a regular basis. The term liturgy comes from Greek and means "public work". Liturgy is especially important in the Historical Protestant...
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most of present-day Greece in the fourth century BC, with his son Alexander the Great rapidly conquering much of the known ancient world from the eastern...
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