Marian moleben

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Marian moleben is a traditional Eastern Christian service of supplication and praise dedicated to the Virgin Mary, often involving hymns, litanies, and prayers for her intercession.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Marian litanies 1
Marian moleben canonical 1
Moleben 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian devotional service
Eastern Christian paraliturgical service
service of praise
service of supplication
associatedWith Marian devotions
paraliturgical services
coreElements hymns
litanies
prayers of praise
prayers of supplication
dedicatedTo Virgin Mary
devotionalCharacter communal prayer
sung devotion
devotionalFocus intercession of the Mother of God
includes chants
invocations of Mary’s titles
responses
languageTraditions Church Slavonic
Russian
Ukrainian
liturgicalFunction expression of praise to the Virgin Mary
supplication for intercession of the Virgin Mary
participation congregation
performedBy cantor
deacon
priest
purpose seeking help in personal and communal needs
seeking protection of the Virgin Mary
relatedForm Akathist to the Theotokos
linked to: Akathist

general moleben
setting chapel
church
pilgrimage site
structureFeature refrains addressed to the Virgin Mary
repeated petitions
theologicalContext Eastern Christian Mariology
timeOfCelebration Marian feast days
Marian months such as May
tradition Byzantine Rite
Eastern Christianity
usedInChurch Russian Orthodox Church
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Ukrainian Orthodox Church
other Byzantine-rite Eastern Catholic Churches
veneratedFigure Theotokos

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Referenced by (3)

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

Marian devotions hasForm Marian moleben
O Lord, Save Thy People liturgicalUse Moleben
linked to: Marian moleben
Nuestra Señora usedIn Marian litanies
linked to: Marian moleben