Paschal canon
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The Paschal canon is a central Orthodox Christian hymnographic work chanted at Easter, celebrating Christ’s Resurrection with a series of odes composed primarily by St. John of Damascus.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Orthodox Christian hymnographic work
ⓘ
canon (hymnography) ⓘ liturgical hymn ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paschal Stichera
ⓘ
Paschal troparion ⓘ |
| attributedTo | John of Damascus ⓘ |
| author | John of Damascus ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 8th century ⓘ |
| commemorates | Resurrection of Christ on the third day ⓘ |
| contains |
irmos of each ode
ⓘ
troparia of each ode ⓘ |
| genre | festal canon ⓘ |
| influenced |
Slavic liturgical hymnography
ⓘ
later Byzantine hymnography ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | Greek ⓘ |
| liturgicalBook |
Paschal services books
ⓘ
Pentecostarion ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction |
Easter Matins hymnography
ⓘ
festal canon for Pascha ⓘ |
| liturgicalRank | principal canon of the liturgical year in the Byzantine tradition ⓘ |
| liturgicalSeason |
Paschal cycle
ⓘ
surface form:
Paschal season
|
| liturgicalTimeOfDay |
early morning of Pascha
ⓘ
night ⓘ |
| mainLiturgicalOccasion |
Easter
ⓘ
Easter ⓘ
surface form:
Pascha
|
| mode | Byzantine chant ⓘ |
| musicalTradition | Byzantine chant tradition ⓘ |
| numberOfOdes | 9 ⓘ |
| openingWords | “It is the Day of Resurrection” ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Byzantine Rite
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ |
| structure | series of odes ⓘ |
| theme |
Jesus as Lamb of God
ⓘ
surface form:
Christ as Paschal Lamb
joy of the Resurrection ⓘ light overcoming darkness ⓘ renewal of creation ⓘ |
| theologicalFocus |
Christ’s triumph over Hades
ⓘ
resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form:
Resurrection of Jesus
victory over death ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
Church Slavonic
ⓘ
English ⓘ Romanian ⓘ Russian ⓘ Serbian language ⓘ
surface form:
Serbian
|
| usedIn |
Midnight Office of Pascha
ⓘ
Easter Vigil ⓘ
surface form:
Orthodox Easter Vigil
Paschal Divine Liturgy ⓘ
surface form:
Paschal Matins
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.