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

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ