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    The Trisagion (Greek: Τρισάγιον; 'Thrice Holy'), sometimes called by its opening line Agios O Theos, is a standard hymn of the Divine Liturgy in most...
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    The Trisagion rosary (usually called a chaplet) has three groups of nine beads. In reciting the chaplet, each group is preceded by the Trisagion and the...
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    the Trisagion is sung three times, each time with a different reference to the Incarnation, Passion, Resurrection, thus addressing the Trisagion to Christ...
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    Christians still use a burial shroud, usually decorated with a cross and the Trisagion. The special shroud that is used during the Orthodox Holy Week services...
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    after the schism. This is certainly the case at one point, that of the Trisagion. One Syriac writer is James of Edessa (d. 708), who wrote a letter to...
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    the Trisagion is sung three times, each time with a different reference to the Incarnation, Passion, Resurrection, thus addressing the Trisagion to Christ...
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    temple are lit. The Great Doxology concludes with the chanting of the Trisagion and leads into the chanting of the Troparion of the Day. If the bishop...
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    during the divine liturgy, at the Trisagion. For this reason, the consecration of a bishop takes place at the Trisagion, so that he may ascend to the high...
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  • Oriental Orthodox elements in their liturgies, including introduction of the Trisagion and deletion of the filioque clause from the Nicene Creed. For their part...
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  • language derived from the New Testament in the liturgy itself (e.g., the Trisagion may be based on Apocalypse 4:8, and the beginning of the "Hymn of Praise"...
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    often intricately embroidered with the instruments of the Passion and the Trisagion (the angelic hymn). The Greek form does not have a hood, the Slavic form...
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    Service Prothesis The Second Service Reading from the Holy Books The Trisagion Antiphon before the Pauline Epistle (Galatians 1:8-9) The Epistle of Saint...
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    Small Doxology, the Nicene Creed, the Canon followed by Axion Estin, the Trisagion, Troparia for the day, Kyrie eleison (40 times), the Prayer of the Hours...
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    been baptized into Christ have put on Christ", is sung in place of the Trisagion. Although the forty days of Great Lent end on the day before Lazarus Saturday...
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  • choir assembled on the raised platform, and, turning eastwards, sang the Trisagion, the whole people listening in silence. When the moment arrived for the...
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    and carried in procession around the outside of the church, while the Trisagion is sung, as is done when carrying the body to the cemetery in an Orthodox...
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    "Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come", Trisagion, and Jesus Prayer. Even if the icon inscription is Behold the Man. "The...
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    of the cross and instruments of the Passion as well as the text of the Trisagion hymn. Since Orthodox funerals are normally open casket, the pall comes...
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  • frequently sing the Trisagion and reside in Makon, the 5th Heaven, alongside the Ishim. If any of these angels fail to perform the Trisagion at the right time...
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    rarer name for the Sanctus. The same name is sometimes used for the Trisagion. In Western Christianity, the Sanctus forms part of the Ordinary and is...
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    helped God maintain perfect order and are not limited to chanting the trisagion. Taking his cue as well from writings in the Rabbinic tradition, the author...
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    are used. Greek funerals are generally held in churches, including a Trisagion service. There is usually a 40-day mourning period, and the end of which...
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  • longer, and is embroidered with the Instruments of the Passion and the Trisagion. The Greek form does not have a hood, but the Slavic form has a hood and...
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    Sundays.[citation needed] At the end of the Great Doxology, while the Trisagion is sung, the epitaphios is taken in procession around the outside the...
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    occurs in other services also preceded by a similarly varying prayer. The Trisagion. Incense is used before this. In the Eastern Rite at low Mass the elements...
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  • temple (church building and worshippers). Glory... Both now... and the Trisagion prayers. The Royal troparia: A brief litany by the priest (not the deacon...
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    been baptized into Christ have put on Christ" (Romans 6:3) replaces the Trisagion indicating that this had been a day on which baptisms were performed and...
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  • by itself, the Usual beginning, a series of prayers which include the Trisagion (thrice-holy) is often said as a prelude to the akathist hymn. The akathist...
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    Church. Archived from the original on 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2007-10-18. "Trisagion and Jesus Prayer". King of Peace Episcopal Church. Retrieved 2007-10-18...
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    our God, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages," reads the Trisagion Prayers and the Psalm 50 (in the Septuagint; in the KJV this is Psalm...
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