Axion Estin
Sign in to saveMarian hymn; chanted in the Divine Services of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- hymn
- Country
- Greece
- Author
- Cosmas of Maiuma
- Genre
- Marian hymn
- Image
- Mount Athos' Axion Estin icon.jpg
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- Commons category
- Axion Estin (Dostoyno est)
- language of work or name
- Koine Greek
- first line
- Ἄξιόν ἐστιν ὡς ἀληθῶς μακαρίζειν σε τὴν Θεοτόκον, τὴν ἀειμακάριστον καὶ παναμώμητον καὶ μητέρα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.
- copyright status
- public domain
- last line
- Τὴν τιμιωτέραν τῶν Χερουβεὶμ καὶ ἐνδοξοτέραν ἀσυγκρίτως τῶν Σεραφείμ, τὴν ἀδιαφθόρως Θεὸν Λόγον τεκοῦσαν, τὴν ὄντως Θεοτόκον, σὲ μεγαλύνομεν.
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