Horologion

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The Horologion is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical book that contains the fixed daily cycle of services, including prayers, hymns, and psalms used throughout the liturgical year.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox liturgical book
liturgical book
alternativeName Horologion
surface form: Book of Hours (Byzantine usage)
contains fixed hymns of the daily cycle
fixed psalmody of the daily cycle
rubrics for daily services
distinguishedFrom Liturgy of the Hours
surface form: Roman Catholic Liturgy of the Hours
follows Byzantine Rite
hasContent fixed daily cycle of services
hymns
prayers
psalms
hasSection dismissals
opening prayers
troparia and kontakia of the day in some editions
hasVariant Horologion self-linksurface differs
surface form: Great Horologion

Horologion self-linksurface differs
surface form: Short Horologion
includesService Compline
Daily Molebens and Akathists in some editions
First Hour
Inter-Hours
Matins
Midnight Office
Ninth Hour
Sixth Hour
Third Hour
Aposticha
surface form: Typika

Vespers
languageOfTypicalEdition Church Slavonic
Greek
various modern vernacular languages
organizedBy hours of prayer
partOf Byzantine liturgical books
relatedTo Menaion
Octoechos
Pentecostarion
Triodion
timeScope used throughout the liturgical year
tradition Eastern Orthodox liturgical tradition
usedBy chanters
clergy
readers
usedFor celebration of the daily office
ordering liturgical services
usedIn Byzantine Catholic Church
surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
usedWith Menaion and other variable-text books
Psalter

Referenced by (17)

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Horologion alternativeName Horologion
this entity surface form: Book of Hours (Byzantine usage)
Lord’s Prayer componentOf Horologion
this entity surface form: Liturgy of the Hours
Typikon coordinatesWith Horologion
Armenian Rite hasComponent Horologion
this entity surface form: Liturgy of the Hours
this entity surface form: Coptic Horologion
Latin Rite hasLiturgicalBook Horologion
this entity surface form: Liturgy of the Hours
Horologion hasVariant Horologion self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Great Horologion
Horologion hasVariant Horologion self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Short Horologion
Byzantine Rite liturgicalBook Horologion
Coptic Rite liturgicalBook Horologion
this entity surface form: Coptic Agpeya (Book of Hours)
Benedictines liturgy Horologion
this entity surface form: Liturgy of the Hours
Vespers partOf Horologion
this entity surface form: Byzantine Daily Office
Euchologion relatedTo Horologion
Octoechos relatedTo Horologion
Byzantine chant usedIn Horologion
this entity surface form: Hours (Byzantine office)
Armenian Rite usesLiturgicalBook Horologion
this entity surface form: Jashots (Book of Hours)