Kyrie

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Kyrie is a traditional Christian liturgical prayer and chant, typically invoking "Lord, have mercy," used in various forms of the Mass and other worship services.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kyrie eleison 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian liturgical prayer
liturgical chant
addressedTo God the Father NERFINISHED
Jesus Christ NERFINISHED
alsoPrayedInLanguage English
Latin
various vernacular languages
associatedWithDenomination Anglican Communion NERFINISHED
Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
Lutheran Church NERFINISHED
Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED
other Protestant churches
associatedWithRite Byzantine Rite NERFINISHED
Roman Rite NERFINISHED
componentOf Ordinary of the Mass NERFINISHED
genre sacred music
hasFamousSettingsBy Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina NERFINISHED
Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED
Ludwig van Beethoven NERFINISHED
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NERFINISHED
historicalOriginPeriod early Christian liturgy
languageOfTitle Greek
liturgicalCategory acclamation
prayer of the faithful
liturgicalFunction act of supplication
prayer for mercy
liturgicalLanguage Greek
liturgicalSeasonUsage used throughout the liturgical year
meaningOfTitleInEnglish Lord, have mercy
musicalSetting congregational hymnody
plainchant
polyphonic mass settings
oftenPrecedes Gloria in excelsis Deo
performedBy cantor
choir
congregation
positionInMass early part of the Mass
religiousTradition Christianity
textStructure short repeated acclamations
theologicalTheme divine mercy
human sinfulness
petition
titleComesFromPhrase Kyrie eleison
typicalForm threefold Kyrie, threefold Christe, threefold Kyrie
typicalInvocation Christ, have mercy
Lord, have mercy
usedIn Christian worship service
Divine Liturgy NERFINISHED
Liturgy of the Word NERFINISHED
Mass NERFINISHED
Penitential Act NERFINISHED

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Missa (Kyrie and Gloria) usesText Kyrie
this entity surface form: Kyrie eleison
Mass movement Kyrie
subject surface form: Mass (Stravinsky)