Kassiani

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Kassiani was a 9th-century Byzantine abbess, poet, and hymnographer renowned for her liturgical hymns, especially the Hymn of Kassiani still sung in Orthodox Christian Holy Week services.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine abbess
Byzantine writer
Christian saint
poet
alsoKnownAs Kassia NERFINISHED
Kassia the Hymnographer NERFINISHED
Kassiani the Melodist NERFINISHED
associatedWith Byzantine monasticism
Constantinopolitan aristocracy NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 9th century
culture Byzantine
era Middle Byzantine period
feastDay September 7
field hymnography
music composition
theology
gender female
genre liturgical hymn
religious poetry
hasWorkInCanon Menaion NERFINISHED
Orthodox Holy Week services
Orthodox Octoechos NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Iconoclast controversy aftermath
influenced Byzantine liturgical music
Eastern Orthodox hymnography
knownFor Hymn of Kassiani sung on Holy Wednesday in Holy Week
composition of Orthodox liturgical hymns
languageOfWork Greek
literaryForm canon
sticheron
troparion
notableWork Hymn of Kassiani NERFINISHED
Troparia and stichera for the Orthodox liturgy
occupation abbess
composer of liturgical music
hymnographer
poet
placeOfActivity Constantinople NERFINISHED
region Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
survivingWorksCountApproximate a number of epigrams and verses
about 50 hymns
tradition Byzantine chant NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite NERFINISHED
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

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Kassia knownAs Kassiani