Great Supplicatory Canon
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The Great Supplicatory Canon is a lengthy Byzantine hymn of supplication in the Orthodox Christian tradition, chanted especially during the Dormition Fast in honor of the Virgin Mary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Supplicatory Canon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5674952 — 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: Great Supplicatory Canon Context triple: [Great Paraklesis, hasAlternativeName, Great Supplicatory Canon]
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A.
Paschal canon
The Paschal canon is a central Orthodox Christian hymnographic work chanted at Easter, celebrating Christ’s Resurrection with a series of odes composed primarily by St. John of Damascus.
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B.
Sacri Canones
Sacri Canones is the apostolic constitution by which Pope John Paul II officially promulgated the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
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C.
Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches is the comprehensive body of ecclesiastical law that regulates the organization, governance, and sacramental life of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome.
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D.
Coptic Anaphora of Saint Basil
The Coptic Anaphora of Saint Basil is a central Eucharistic prayer of the Coptic Orthodox liturgy, traditionally attributed to Saint Basil the Great and used in the celebration of the Divine Liturgy.
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E.
Ambrosian Mass
The Ambrosian Mass is the principal Eucharistic liturgy of the Ambrosian Rite, a distinct Western liturgical tradition centered in the Archdiocese of Milan and attributed to St. Ambrose.
- 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: Great Supplicatory Canon Target entity description: The Great Supplicatory Canon is a lengthy Byzantine hymn of supplication in the Orthodox Christian tradition, chanted especially during the Dormition Fast in honor of the Virgin Mary.
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A.
Paschal canon
The Paschal canon is a central Orthodox Christian hymnographic work chanted at Easter, celebrating Christ’s Resurrection with a series of odes composed primarily by St. John of Damascus.
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B.
Sacri Canones
Sacri Canones is the apostolic constitution by which Pope John Paul II officially promulgated the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
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C.
Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches is the comprehensive body of ecclesiastical law that regulates the organization, governance, and sacramental life of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome.
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D.
Coptic Anaphora of Saint Basil
The Coptic Anaphora of Saint Basil is a central Eucharistic prayer of the Coptic Orthodox liturgy, traditionally attributed to Saint Basil the Great and used in the celebration of the Divine Liturgy.
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E.
Ambrosian Mass
The Ambrosian Mass is the principal Eucharistic liturgy of the Ambrosian Rite, a distinct Western liturgical tradition centered in the Archdiocese of Milan and attributed to St. Ambrose.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine hymn
ⓘ
Orthodox Christian hymn ⓘ supplicatory canon ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| associatedFeast | Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ |
| associatedPractice |
fasting
ⓘ
vigils ⓘ |
| category |
Byzantine liturgical poetry
ⓘ
Marian hymn ⓘ |
| chantedDuring |
Dormition Fast
ⓘ
Paraklesis services ⓘ |
| devotionalRole |
communal supplication
ⓘ
personal supplication ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
penitential
ⓘ
supplicatory ⓘ |
| function |
intercessory prayer
ⓘ
supplication ⓘ |
| genre | canon ⓘ |
| honors | Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| invokes |
Christ
ⓘ
linked to:
Jesus Christ
Theotokos ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| liturgicalContext |
Marian devotion
ⓘ
Orthodox evening service ⓘ |
| liturgicalLanguageVariant |
Church Slavonic translations exist
ⓘ
modern vernacular translations exist ⓘ |
| liturgicalRank | non-Eucharistic service component ⓘ |
| liturgicalSeason | Dormition Fast ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse |
Dormition Fast
ⓘ
Paraklesis service ⓘ |
| musicalTradition | Byzantine chant ⓘ |
| performedBy |
chanter
ⓘ
choir ⓘ |
| performedIn | church ⓘ |
| purpose |
to implore the protection of the Theotokos
ⓘ
to seek help in times of distress ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Small Supplicatory Canon ⓘ |
| relativeLength | longer than the Small Supplicatory Canon ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Byzantine Rite
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
|
| structure |
refrains addressed to the Theotokos
ⓘ
series of odes ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
divine mercy
ⓘ
intercession of the Theotokos ⓘ repentance ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Greek Orthodox Church
ⓘ
other Byzantine-rite Orthodox Churches ⓘ |
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