Theotokion
A Theotokion (
After the condemnation of
Theotokia are almost part of every service in the Orthodox Church, but there are more specific forms among them. Theotokia often occur at the end of a series of troparia or stichera, usually after the verse: "(Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,) Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen."
A Stavrotheotokion is a hymn to the Theotokos that refers to the
The theotokion that occurs at the end of "Lord, I Have Cried" at
Theotokia of all types are found in the Horologion, Octoechos, Triodion, Pentecostarion and other liturgical books.
The longest and most popular devotion involving Theotokia is the Akathist to the Theotokos. This is solemnly chanted on the Fifth Saturday of Great Lent, and many other times during the year as both public and private devotions.
Theotokarion
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Theotokarion (
- Theotokarion of Saint Nectarios
- Theotokarion of Saint Nicodemus
- Theotokarion of Saint Nicodemus(1849)
- Noul Theotokarion
- Bodleian Theotokarion
- Theotokarion hōraiotaton kai charmosynon (1688)
- Eustratiades Theotokarion
- Church Slavonic Theotokarion, 15th century, in Hilandar[4]
- Church Slavonic Theotokarion, 16th century, in Kosovo
- Church Slavonic Theotokarion, 17th century, in Hilandar[4]
- Dobrilovina Theotokarion, 1602[5]
See also
References
- ^ In the Coptic Orthodox Church, "theotokia" is singular and "theotokias" is the English plural. See Youhanna Youssef, The Interpretations of the Theotokias by the Patriarch John ibn Qiddis (Gorgias Press, 2020).
- ISBN 0-9714139-2-4), p. 336.
- ^ Regas, Georgios (1994). Τυπικόν. Thessaloniki: Patriarchal Institute of Patristic Studies. pp. 127ff.
- ^ a b Hilandar Slavic Manuscripts: A Checklist of the Slavic Manuscripts from the Hilandar Monastery. 1972. pp. 30, 31, 59.
- ISBN 9788670252820.