Akathist
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17 sectionsContents
- Origin and History
- Structure
- Various ways of celebration
- Salutations of the Theotokos
- On the First Four Fridays of Lent
- On the Fifth Friday of Lent (Greek parish use)
- Matins of the Akathist (Slavic and Greek monastery use)
- Indulgence
- Icons
- Dionysiou
- Hilandar
- Zographou
- References
- Sources
- Editions
- Studies
- External links
thumbnail|The Akathist Hymn in Church Slavonic language. Oikos One.
An Akathist, akaphist or Acathist Hymn (, "unseated hymn") is a type of hymn usually recited by Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Christians, dedicated to a saint, holy event, or one of the persons of the Holy Trinity. The name derives from the fact that during the chanting of the hymn, or sometimes the whole service, the congregation is expected to remain standing in reverence, without sitting down (ἀ-, a-, "without, not" and κάθισις, káthisis, "sitting"), except for the aged or infirm.