Great Supplicatory Canon
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The Great Supplicatory Canon is a lengthy Byzantine hymn of supplication in the Orthodox Christian tradition, chanted especially during the Dormition Fast in honor of the Virgin Mary.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine hymn
ⓘ
Orthodox Christian hymn ⓘ supplicatory canon ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Virgin Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedFeast | Dormition of the Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPractice |
fasting
ⓘ
vigils ⓘ |
| category |
Byzantine liturgical poetry
ⓘ
Marian hymn ⓘ |
| chantedDuring |
Dormition Fast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paraklesis services ⓘ |
| devotionalRole |
communal supplication
ⓘ
personal supplication ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
penitential
ⓘ
supplicatory ⓘ |
| function |
intercessory prayer
ⓘ
supplication ⓘ |
| genre | canon ⓘ |
| honors | Virgin Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| invokes |
Christ
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| liturgicalContext |
Marian devotion
ⓘ
Orthodox evening service ⓘ |
| liturgicalLanguageVariant |
Church Slavonic translations exist
ⓘ
modern vernacular translations exist ⓘ |
| liturgicalRank | non-Eucharistic service component ⓘ |
| liturgicalSeason | Dormition Fast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse |
Dormition Fast
ⓘ
Paraklesis service ⓘ |
| musicalTradition | Byzantine chant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedBy |
chanter
ⓘ
choir ⓘ |
| performedIn | church ⓘ |
| purpose |
to implore the protection of the Theotokos
ⓘ
to seek help in times of distress ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Small Supplicatory Canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativeLength | longer than the Small Supplicatory Canon ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Byzantine Rite
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure |
refrains addressed to the Theotokos
ⓘ
series of odes ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
divine mercy
ⓘ
intercession of the Theotokos ⓘ repentance ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Greek Orthodox Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other Byzantine-rite Orthodox Churches ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.