Apolytikion
Apolytikion
(Greek: dismissed)
A dismissal prayer or hymn said or sung at the end of the Greek Mass, and during Matins and Vespers.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Apolytikion
A dismissal prayer or hymn said or sung at the end of the Greek Mass and at other times during Matins and Vespers; It was originally sung at the end of Vespers, and is very much like the Roman collect or post-communion, inasmuch as it changes for each feast-day of the year and commemorates the subject of the feast. The apolytikion of Christmas reads as follows: “Thy Nativity, O Christ, hath arisen on the world as the light of knowledge; for at it those who worshipped stars were taught by a star to adore Thee, O Sun of Righteousness, and to know Thee, O Orient from on high; Glory to Thee, O Lord”. The one for the feast of the Annunciation is: “To-day is the crowning of our salvation and the manifestation of the Mystery which is from eternity; the Son of God becometh the Son of the Virgin, and Gabriel announceth the glad tidings of grace: wherefore let us cry out with him to the Mother of God; Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee!”
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PÉTRIDÈS in Dict. d’arch. chrét., I, 2602; PITRA, Hymnographie de l’église grecque, 42; ROBERTSON, Divine Liturgies (London, 1894), 432-451.
ANDREW J. SHIPMAN Transcribed by Douglas J. Potter Dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume ICopyright © 1907 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York
Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia
Apolytikion
(). ‘In the Greek Church the conclusion of the office or form of dismissal is called Apolysis (). The Apolytikion is composed of troparia, or verses suited to the particular day or festival which are such after the dismissal.. See Suicer, s.v.; Goar, Euchol. p. 32,123.