Entrance Hymn (Eisodikon)

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Entrance Hymn (Eisodikon) is the liturgical chant sung during the Little Entrance in the Byzantine Divine Liturgy, accompanying the clergy’s procession with the Gospel Book into the sanctuary.

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Entrance Hymn (Eisodikon) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine chant
liturgical chant
processional hymn
accompanies clergy procession into the sanctuary
procession with the Gospel Book
addressedTo Jesus Christ
surface form: Christ
associatedGesture blessing with the Gospel Book
incensation during the entrance
associatedWithAction solemn entrance of clergy
associatedWithObject Codex Marianus
surface form: Gospel Book
associatedWithPlace sanctuary
associatedWithRite Byzantine Rite
distinguishedFrom Cherubic Hymn
Communion Hymn
etymology from Greek "eisodos" meaning "entrance"
hasAlternativeName Aposticha
surface form: Eisodikon

Entrance Chant
hasVariantText Sunday entrance hymn
festal entrance hymn
weekday entrance hymn
historicalDevelopment evolved from early Christian processional psalmody
languageOfTerm Greek
liturgicalBook Euchologion
Horologion
Typikon
liturgicalFunction introductory hymn of the Liturgy of the Word
processional
liturgicalPosition after the antiphons
before the Trisagion Hymn
mayBeChantedIn different Byzantine echoi (modes)
musicalTradition Byzantine chant
surface form: Byzantine chant tradition
performedBy chanter
choir
congregation
performedFacing holy doors (royal doors)
relatedTo Great Entrance
sungDuring Little Entrance
symbolism Christ entering to proclaim the Gospel
entrance of the Word of God among the faithful
timeOfUse during Divine Liturgy
typicalContent short verse or troparion
usedIn Divine Liturgy
surface form: Byzantine Divine Liturgy

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Eastern Catholic Churches
surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

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