Little Entrance

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Little Entrance is a ceremonial procession of clergy and servers with the Gospel Book that marks a key transition in the early part of the Divine Liturgy in Eastern Christian worship.

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Label Occurrences
Little Entrance canonical 4
Μικρὰ Εἴσοδος 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf liturgical procession
rite of the Divine Liturgy
accompaniedBy chant by choir or people
incense in many traditions
alsoCalled Small Entrance
associatedWith Byzantine Rite
Eastern Catholic Churches
surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodox adaptations
category Byzantine liturgical practices
Christian liturgy
centralObjectCarried Codex Marianus
surface form: Gospel Book
contrastedWith Great Entrance
hasElement chanting of the Entrance Hymn
elevation of the Gospel Book
entrance into the nave or solea
liturgical exclamation by the deacon or priest
procession from the sanctuary
hasGesture bowing by clergy and faithful
sign of the cross with the Gospel Book
historicalOrigin entrance of clergy from a side building or skeuophylakion
languageOfTerm English
liturgicalFunction gathering and focusing of the congregation
solemn introduction of the Gospel
location nave of the church
sanctuary of the church
marksLiturgicalTransition beginning of the Liturgy of the Word
transition from opening litanies to scriptural proclamation
performedBy altar servers
clergy
deacon carrying the Gospel Book
priest blessing the entrance
performedOn Sundays and feast days
most celebrations of the Divine Liturgy
precedes Epistle reading
Gospel reading
Trisagion Hymn
relatedConcept Entrance Hymn (Eisodikon)
Liturgy of the Catechumens
religiousTradition Eastern Christianity
requiresVestments liturgical vestments of clergy
symbolism Christ’s coming to preach the Gospel
manifestation of the Word of God to the people
termInGreek Little Entrance self-linksurface differs
surface form: Μικρὰ Εἴσοδος
timeInService early part of the Divine Liturgy
usedIn Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
surface form: Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

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

Great Entrance precededBy Little Entrance
Liturgy of the Catechumens includes Little Entrance
Little Entrance termInGreek Little Entrance self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Μικρὰ Εἴσοδος
Entrance Hymn (Eisodikon) sungDuring Little Entrance