Canon

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Canon is a structured set of hymns or chants used in Eastern Christian liturgical services, particularly within the Orthodox tradition.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Canon canonical 5

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Orthodox Christian liturgical chant
liturgical hymnographic form
associatedWithService Akathist service (as part of office)
Compline
Great Lent services
Orthros (Matins)
linked to: Lenten Matins

Paraklesis
composedOf odes
developedFrom earlier kontakion form
historicalPeriodOfDevelopment 7th century
language Church Slavonic
Greek (originally)
various modern vernaculars
liturgicalBook Menaion
Octoechos
Pentecostarion
Triodion
liturgicalFunction commemoration of feasts and saints
doctrinal teaching
penitential prayer
praise of God
liturgicalSeasonAssociation Great Lent
majorComposer Saint Andrew of Crete
linked to: Andrew of Crete

Saint Cosmas of Maiuma
Saint John of Damascus
linked to: Ioannes Damaskenos

Saint Theodore the Studite
mayOmit second ode
metricalModel biblical canticles
modeSystem Byzantine Octoechos
linked to: Octoechos
notableExample Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
performanceStyle chant
religiousTradition Eastern Christianity
scripturalSource New Testament canticles
Old Testament canticles
structureElement irmos
katavasia
troparia
sungBy chanter
choir
congregation (in some traditions)
theologicalContent Christology
Mariology
Trinitarian theology
hagiography
tradition Byzantine Rite
typicalNumberOfOdes 9
usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
Eastern Christian liturgical services
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Churches
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

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Referenced by (5)

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

Orthros hasComponent Canon
Cannon hasVariant Canon
Polykleitos authoredWork Canon
Gilles Wach title Canon
Philippe Mora title Canon