Ektenia tis Eirenis

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Ektenia tis Eirenis is a principal litany in the Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy that opens the service with a series of petitions for peace and salvation.

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Ektenia tis Eirenis canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf element of the Divine Liturgy ⓘ
litany ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
addressee Lord ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Litany ⓘ
category Eastern Christian liturgical prayer ⓘ
congregationalRole responds with refrains ⓘ
function sets a tone of supplication and peace for the service ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
leaderRole deacon ⓘ
priest ⓘ
liturgicalContext Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ
liturgicalFamily Byzantine Rite ⓘ
liturgicalPosition first major litany of the Divine Liturgy ⓘ
modeOfPerformance chanted ⓘ
musicalAspect often chanted in traditional Byzantine chant modes ⓘ
openingFunction opens the Divine Liturgy ⓘ
orientation corporate prayer of the assembled Church ⓘ
petitionFor abundance of the fruits of the earth ⓘ
captives ⓘ
deliverance from all tribulation, wrath, danger, and necessity ⓘ
favorable weather ⓘ
peace from above ⓘ
peace of the whole world ⓘ
peaceful times ⓘ
the city and every city and countryside ⓘ
the clergy ⓘ
the faithful people ⓘ
the salvation of our souls ⓘ
the sick ⓘ
the stability of the holy churches of God ⓘ
the suffering ⓘ
the union of all ⓘ
this holy house and those who enter it with faith, reverence, and the fear of God ⓘ
travelers by land, sea, and air ⓘ
petitionType intercessory prayer ⓘ
primaryTheme peace ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
responsePattern repeated congregational response "Kyrie eleison" ⓘ
secondaryTheme salvation ⓘ
structure series of petitions chanted by the deacon or priest ⓘ
textualSource Euchologion (priest’s service book) ⓘ
linked to: Euchologion
theologicalEmphasis God as source of peace and salvation ⓘ
translatedName Litany of Peace ⓘ
useFrequency regularly used in Sunday and feast-day liturgies ⓘ

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Great Ektenia → alsoKnownAs → Ektenia tis Eirenis ⓘ