Cherubic Hymn

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The Cherubic Hymn is a solemn liturgical chant in the Eastern Orthodox Church that accompanies the Great Entrance, calling worshippers to mystically represent the cherubim as the Eucharistic gifts are brought to the altar.

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Label Occurrences
Cherubic Hymn canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Christian hymn ⓘ
Eucharistic hymn ⓘ
liturgical chant ⓘ
accompanies procession of Eucharistic gifts ⓘ
addressedTo worshippers ⓘ
associatedWith Great Entrance ⓘ
genre Byzantine chant ⓘ
hasVersionIn Arabic ⓘ
Church Slavonic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Georgian ⓘ
Romanian ⓘ
languageOfOriginal Greek ⓘ
liturgicalAction sung while bread and wine are carried to the altar ⓘ
liturgicalContext Eucharistic liturgy ⓘ
liturgicalFunction accompanies the Great Entrance ⓘ
prepares for the Eucharistic sacrifice ⓘ
liturgicalRank fixed hymn of the Divine Liturgy ⓘ
mentions cherubim ⓘ
musicalStyle solemn chant ⓘ
partOf Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ
performedBy cantor ⓘ
choir ⓘ
congregation ⓘ
replacedBy festal antiphons on Holy Thursday in some traditions ⓘ
special hymns on Great Saturday in some traditions ⓘ
replacedDuring certain festal liturgies ⓘ
requires reverent silence from clergy during Great Entrance ⓘ
symbolizes Corpus Christi processions ⓘ
surface form: procession of Christ the King

union of earthly and heavenly worship ⓘ
textOpening "Οἱ τὰ Χερουβεὶμ μυστικῶς εἰκονίζοντες" ⓘ
textOpeningTranslation "Let us who mystically represent the Cherubim" ⓘ
textTheme bringing the King of all invisibly escorted by angelic hosts ⓘ
theologicalTheme heavenly worship ⓘ
laying aside earthly cares ⓘ
mystical representation of the cherubim ⓘ
usedBy Antiochian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
Melkite Greek Catholic ⓘ
surface form: Melkite Greek Catholic Church

Romanian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Ukrainian Orthodox Church ⓘ
usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite

Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

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