Eastern Christian liturgy

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thumb|Plan of a Western cathedral, with the narthex in the shaded area at the Liturgical east and west|western end. The narthex is an architectural element typical of early Christian and Byzantine basilicas and churches consisting of the entrance or vestibule, located at the west end of the nave, opposite the church's main altar. Traditionally the narthex was a part of the church building, but was not considered part of the church proper.

term in the Hebrew Bible

liturgical furniture

thumb|250px|A ceremonial cornerstone from 1907, at the side of a building in Lasówka, Poland A cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation. All other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure.

Latin translation of "touch me not"; influential phrase derived from the Christian Bible

thumb|250px|A Haysmavurk (Synaxarion) in Armenian language|Armenian restored and kept in [[Matenadaran]]

period of abstinence and penance practiced by the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches

music in the tradition of the Byzantine Empire

thumb|The triple apse of an Orthodox Church. The altar is in the larger central apse, the prothesis in the apse to the right, and the diaconicon in the one to the left. The diaconicon (; Slavonic: diakonik) is, in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, the name given to a chamber on the south side of the central apse of the church, where the vestments, books, etc., that are used in the Divine Services of the church are kept (the sacred vessels are kept in the prothesis, which is on the north side of the sanctuary). Diaconicon and prothesis are collectively known as pastophoria.

recess used for preparation of the Eucharist in Orthodox churches

thumb|Gavit of Geghard Monastery in Armenia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Dated 1215–1225, it has a [[muqarnas vault at the center.]] In a medieval Armenian monastery, a gavit (; gawit’) or zhamatun (Armenian: ) is a congressional room or mausoleum added to the entrance of a church, and therefore often contiguous to its west side. It served as narthex (entrance to the church), mausoleum and assembly room, somewhat like the narthex or lite of a Byzantine church. As an architectural element, the gavit was distinct from the church, and built afterwards. Its first known instance is at the Horomos

Marian hymn; chanted in the Divine Services of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches

Pastophorion (; ) is one of two chambers within an early Christian and Eastern Christian church building used as sacristies—the diaconicon and the prothesis.

Eastern Orthodox title for the Theotokos (Mary, the mother of Jesus).

thumb|A synthronon at Hagia Irene in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, [[Turkey).]] The synthronon (; plural: σύνθρονα, synthrona) is a semicircular tiered structure at the back of the altar in the liturgical apse of an Eastern Orthodox church that combines benches reserved for the clergy with the bishop's throne in the centre.

parts of the liturgy changing over the course of the year

inexplicable or secret religious phenomenon

thumb|250px|Receiving a blessing at the end of a Molieben at the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra (Siege of Troise-Sergieva Lavra, by [[Vasily Petrovich Vereshchagin, 1891).]] A Paraklesis () or Supplicatory Canon in the Byzantine Rite, is a service of supplication for the welfare of the living. It is addressed to a specific Saint or to the Most Holy Theotokos whose intercessions are sought through the chanting of the supplicatory canon together with psalms, hymns, and litanies.

saint title for holy figures of the Eastern Orthodox Church, e.g. martyr or confessor

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Ecphonesis () is an emotional, exclamatory phrase (exclamation) used in poetry, drama, or song. It is a rhetorical device that originated in ancient literature.

Belief in Slavic Christianity

elevated spot regarded as a shrine for worship in the belief that, being nearer heaven than the plains and valleys, it might also be a more favorable place for prayer

Christian relic

prayer for or a declaration of absolution of a dead person's sins that takes place at the person's religious funeral

Xerophagy ("dry eating", from Greek "dry" and "eat") is a form of ancient Christian fasting in which a believer fasts from food and water until sunset, as well as abstains from meat, alcohol and succulent fruits for the one meal that is consumed after sunset; the early Church's Apostolic Constitutions enjoin for the meal eaten after sundown: bread, salt, water, nuts, as well as vegetables cooked with water and salt. The early Christian apologist Tertullian references this manner of fasting in his works.

procession in Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches during which the clergy enter into the sanctuary through the Holy Doors

Acolouthia (, "a following"; ) in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, signifies the arrangement of the Divine Services (Canonical Hours or Divine Office), perhaps because the parts are closely connected and follow in order. In a more restricted sense, the term "acolouth" refers to the fixed portion of the Office (which does not change daily). The portions of the Office that are variable are called the Sequences. While the structure and history of the various forms of the Divine Office in the numerous ancient Christian rites is exceedingly rich, the following article will restri

thumb|A Romanian Orthodox [[Horologion opened to the Katabasiae of the Nativity of the Lord.]]