Trisagion Hymn

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Christian liturgical hymn Christian prayer liturgical chant

The Trisagion Hymn is an ancient and central Christian liturgical chant that repeatedly acclaims God as “Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal,” used especially in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic worship.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Trisagion Hymn canonical	4
Kyriai Doxai	1
Trisagion (Holy, Holy, Holy) in the Sanctus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T191560 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Trisagion Hymn
Context triple: [Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, component, Trisagion Hymn]

A. Te Deum
Te Deum is a traditional Christian hymn of praise and thanksgiving, historically used in liturgical celebrations and special religious or civic ceremonies.
B. Great Litany
The Great Litany is a series of solemn, responsive petitions offered at the beginning of Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite liturgies, invoking God’s mercy and help for the Church and the world.
C. Te Deum ecuménico
El Te Deum ecuménico es una ceremonia religiosa interconfesional celebrada en Chile para agradecer y pedir por la nación en el marco de las Fiestas Patrias.
D. A Sun-Day Hymn
"A Sun-Day Hymn" is a religious poem by American physician and author Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., reflecting his characteristic blend of piety, reflection, and lyrical grace.
E. Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is a solemn Eastern Christian service, celebrated mainly on weekdays of Great Lent, in which Holy Communion is distributed from previously consecrated Eucharistic gifts without a full Eucharistic consecration.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Trisagion Hymn
Target entity description: The Trisagion Hymn is an ancient and central Christian liturgical chant that repeatedly acclaims God as “Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal,” used especially in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic worship.

A. Te Deum
Te Deum is a traditional Christian hymn of praise and thanksgiving, historically used in liturgical celebrations and special religious or civic ceremonies.
B. Great Litany
The Great Litany is a series of solemn, responsive petitions offered at the beginning of Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite liturgies, invoking God’s mercy and help for the Church and the world.
C. Te Deum ecuménico
El Te Deum ecuménico es una ceremonia religiosa interconfesional celebrada en Chile para agradecer y pedir por la nación en el marco de las Fiestas Patrias.
D. A Sun-Day Hymn
"A Sun-Day Hymn" is a religious poem by American physician and author Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., reflecting his characteristic blend of piety, reflection, and lyrical grace.
E. Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is a solemn Eastern Christian service, celebrated mainly on weekdays of Great Lent, in which Holy Communion is distributed from previously consecrated Eucharistic gifts without a full Eucharistic consecration.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian liturgical hymn ⓘ Christian prayer ⓘ liturgical chant ⓘ
addressedTo	God ⓘ
approximateCenturyOfOrigin	5th century ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine	Christology ⓘ Trinity ⓘ
category	Eastern Christian hymn ⓘ Greek liturgical hymn ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Eastern Christian liturgical commentaries ⓘ
controversy	Christological disputes in the 5th century ⓘ
hasVariant	Trisagion with the addition "who wast crucified for us" ⓘ
includedIn	Eastern Christian devotional practice ⓘ Orthodox prayer rule ⓘ
influenced	later Eastern Christian hymnography ⓘ
languageOfEarliestForm	Greek ⓘ
liturgicalFunction	acclamation of God ⓘ penitential supplication ⓘ processional chant ⓘ
liturgicalRank	fixed ordinary element of the Divine Liturgy ⓘ
musicalForm	chant ⓘ
openingWords	Agios o Theos, Agios Ischyros, Agios Athanatos, eleison imas ⓘ
originPeriod	late antiquity ⓘ
performancePractice	antiphonal singing ⓘ responsorial singing ⓘ
petition	have mercy on us ⓘ
recitedBefore	Scripture readings in the Divine Liturgy ⓘ
refrainStructure	threefold acclamation of God ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
repetitionCount	threefold ⓘ
textType	short acclamatory hymn ⓘ
theologyFocus	divine holiness ⓘ divine immortality ⓘ divine power ⓘ
traditionallyLinkedTo	Byzantine liturgical development ⓘ
translationOfOpeningWords	Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us ⓘ
usedBy	choir ⓘ clergy ⓘ congregation ⓘ
usedDuring	Divine Liturgy ⓘ linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Great Compline ⓘ Orthros ⓘ funeral services ⓘ various sacramental services ⓘ
usedIn	Byzantine Rite ⓘ Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy Syriac liturgical tradition ⓘ
veneratedAs	ancient and central element of Eastern Christian worship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom → component → Trisagion Hymn ⓘ

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → hasComponent → Trisagion Hymn ⓘ

Liturgy of the Catechumens → includes → Trisagion Hymn ⓘ

Little Entrance → precedes → Trisagion Hymn ⓘ

Coptic Anaphora of Saint Basil → contains → Trisagion (Holy, Holy, Holy) in the Sanctus ⓘ

linked to: Trisagion Hymn

Principal Doctrines → hasAlternativeName → Kyriai Doxai ⓘ