Great Litany
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The Great Litany is a series of solemn, responsive petitions offered at the beginning of Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite liturgies, invoking God’s mercy and help for the Church and the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Great Litany canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T191558 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Litany Context triple: [Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, component, Great Litany]
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A.
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is a solemn Eastern Christian service, celebrated mainly on weekdays of Great Lent, in which Holy Communion is distributed from previously consecrated Eucharistic gifts without a full Eucharistic consecration.
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B.
Te Deum
Te Deum is a traditional Christian hymn of praise and thanksgiving, historically used in liturgical celebrations and special religious or civic ceremonies.
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C.
Holy Eucharist
The Holy Eucharist is the central Christian sacrament in which believers share consecrated bread and wine as the sacramental presence of Christ and a memorial of his death and resurrection.
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D.
Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer is a central Christian prayer taught by Jesus as a model of how to pray, widely used in both personal devotion and public worship across Christian traditions.
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E.
Te Deum ecuménico
El Te Deum ecuménico es una ceremonia religiosa interconfesional celebrada en Chile para agradecer y pedir por la nación en el marco de las Fiestas Patrias.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Litany Target entity description: The Great Litany is a series of solemn, responsive petitions offered at the beginning of Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite liturgies, invoking God’s mercy and help for the Church and the world.
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A.
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is a solemn Eastern Christian service, celebrated mainly on weekdays of Great Lent, in which Holy Communion is distributed from previously consecrated Eucharistic gifts without a full Eucharistic consecration.
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B.
Te Deum
Te Deum is a traditional Christian hymn of praise and thanksgiving, historically used in liturgical celebrations and special religious or civic ceremonies.
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C.
Holy Eucharist
The Holy Eucharist is the central Christian sacrament in which believers share consecrated bread and wine as the sacramental presence of Christ and a memorial of his death and resurrection.
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D.
Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer is a central Christian prayer taught by Jesus as a model of how to pray, widely used in both personal devotion and public worship across Christian traditions.
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E.
Te Deum ecuménico
El Te Deum ecuménico es una ceremonia religiosa interconfesional celebrada en Chile para agradecer y pedir por la nación en el marco de las Fiestas Patrias.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Christian liturgical element
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litany ⓘ liturgical prayer ⓘ |
| addressedTo | God ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Great Ektenia
ⓘ
surface form:
Ektenia
Great Ektenia ⓘ Great Litany of Peace ⓘ |
| includesInvocationOf |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Theotokos
saints ⓘ |
| includesPetitionsFor |
abundance of the fruits of the earth
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captives ⓘ city, country, and the faithful who dwell therein ⓘ civil authorities ⓘ clergy and faithful ⓘ deliverance from all tribulation, wrath, danger, and necessity ⓘ favorable weather ⓘ peace from above ⓘ peaceful times ⓘ the good estate of the holy churches of God ⓘ the peace of the whole world ⓘ the salvation of our souls ⓘ the sick ⓘ the suffering ⓘ the union of all ⓘ this holy house and those who enter it ⓘ travelers by land, sea, and air ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | Greek ⓘ |
| ledBy |
deacon
ⓘ
priest ⓘ |
| liturgicalFamily | Byzantine liturgical tradition ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction |
intercession for the Church and the world
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invocation of God’s mercy ⓘ series of solemn responsive petitions ⓘ |
| modeOfRecitation |
chanted
ⓘ
intoned ⓘ |
| occasion |
daily offices in the Byzantine Rite
ⓘ
festal Divine Liturgy ⓘ regular Sunday Divine Liturgy ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
deliverance from danger
ⓘ
forgiveness of sins ⓘ mercy ⓘ peace ⓘ protection of the Church ⓘ salvation ⓘ welfare of the world ⓘ |
| respondedBy |
choir
ⓘ
congregation ⓘ |
| responsePattern | call-and-response ⓘ |
| structure |
congregational responses
ⓘ
series of deacon’s petitions ⓘ |
| termEtymology | from Greek ‘ektenia’ meaning ‘fervent supplication’ ⓘ |
| typicalPositionInService |
beginning of Matins
ⓘ
beginning of Vespers ⓘ beginning of the Divine Liturgy ⓘ |
| typicalResponse |
Grant this, O Lord
ⓘ
Lord, have mercy ⓘ |
| usedInRite |
Byzantine Rite
ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
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Referenced by (6)
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