Parakletike

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Parakletike is a liturgical book of the Eastern Orthodox Church containing hymns and chants arranged in an eight-week cycle of tones.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Parakletike canonical 1
Parakletiki 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Orthodox liturgical book
liturgical book
appliesTo weekly cycle of services
associatedWith Orthodox liturgical chant
contains canons
chants
hymns
stichera
troparia
hasAlternativeName Octoechos
Oktoechos
Parakletike
surface form: Parakletiki
hasGenre liturgical poetry
hasLanguage Greek
hasLiturgicalFunction ordering hymns by tone and day
hasMusicalSystem octoechos system
hasNumberOfTones 8
hasOriginPeriod Byzantine period
hasPurpose to provide hymns according to the tone of the week
hasStructure weekly cycle of tones
hasTitleEtymology derived from Greek "paraklētikos" meaning consolatory or supplicatory
influencedBy Byzantine chant
organizedAs eight-week cycle
organizedBy eight tones
partOf Byzantine liturgical books
relatedTo Menaion
Pentecostarion
Resurrection hymns
Theotokos hymns
Triodion
tradition Byzantine Rite
usedBy cantors
choirs
clergy
usedDuring liturgical year
usedFor Matins
Vespers
daily services
other offices of the daily cycle
usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches
surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
usedInLanguage Greek Orthodox tradition
Slavic Orthodox tradition

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Octoechos hasAlternativeName Parakletike
Parakletike hasAlternativeName Parakletike
this entity surface form: Parakletiki