Great Canon

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The Great Canon is a lengthy penitential hymn of the Eastern Orthodox Church, composed by Andrew of Crete and traditionally chanted during Great Lent.

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Label Occurrences
Great Canon canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine liturgical work ⓘ
liturgical hymn ⓘ
penitential canon ⓘ
associatedService Great Compline ⓘ
Matins of Thursday of the fifth week of Great Lent ⓘ
associatedWith Life of St. Mary of Egypt ⓘ
associatedWithPractice fasting ⓘ
prostrations ⓘ
attributedTo Andrew of Crete ⓘ
author Andrew of Crete ⓘ
chantTradition Byzantine chant ⓘ
commemoratedSaint Andrew of Crete ⓘ
dayOfCommemoration First week of Great Lent ⓘ
Thursday of the fifth week of Great Lent ⓘ
genre penitential hymn ⓘ
historicalPeriod 7th–8th century ⓘ
includes examples of biblical figures as moral lessons ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
lengthCharacteristic very long canon ⓘ
liturgicalFamily Byzantine Rite ⓘ
liturgicalFunction preparation for Pascha ⓘ
liturgicalRank Lenten devotion ⓘ
liturgicalSeason Great Lent ⓘ
linked to: Lent
liturgicalUse Compline ⓘ
Matins ⓘ
numberOfOdes 9 ⓘ
originPlace Byzantine Empire ⓘ
performedBy chanter ⓘ
choir ⓘ
congregation ⓘ
purpose repentance ⓘ
spiritual reflection ⓘ
refrainAddressedTo God ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
spiritualDiscipline asceticism ⓘ
structureFeature refrain "Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me" ⓘ
series of troparia ⓘ
theologicalTheme divine mercy ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
self-examination ⓘ
sin ⓘ
usesBiblicalAllusions New Testament ⓘ
Old Testament ⓘ
veneratedIn Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
Romanian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ

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

Andrew of Crete → knownFor → Great Canon ⓘ
Andrew of Crete → wrote → Great Canon ⓘ