Little Ektenia

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Little Ektenia is a brief, repeated litany in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic liturgical tradition, consisting of short petitions led by the deacon or priest and answered by the congregation.

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Little Ektenia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf litany
liturgical prayer
addressedTo God
hasOriginalTerm Mala Ektenija
Mikrá Ektenía
hasPart short petitions
isBrief true
isRepeated true
languageOfTerm English
leaderRole deacon
priest
liturgicalFunction intercessory prayer
liturgicalRole punctuates sections of the service
liturgicalUse Divine Liturgy
Matins
Vespers
originalLanguage Church Slavonic
Greek
positionInService often follows longer litanies
religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches
Eastern Orthodox Church
respondentRole congregation
structure series of brief petitions with congregational refrains
theologicalTheme communal prayer
mercy
supplication
typicalResponse Lord, have mercy

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Little Litany alsoKnownAs Little Ektenia