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Definition of Trisagion

Trisagion
Trisagion Tris*ag"i*on, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? thrice holy; ? thrice + ? holy.] (Eccl.) An ancient anthem, -- usually known by its Latin name tersanctus.See Tersanctus.

Meaning of Trisagion from wikipedia

- The Trisagion (Gr****: Τρισάγιον; 'Thrice Holy'), sometimes called by its opening line Agios O Theos, is a standard hymn of the Divine Liturgy in most...
- The Trisagion rosary (usually called a chaplet) has three groups of nine beads. In reciting the chaplet, each group is preceded by the Trisagion and the...
- the Trisagion is sung three times, each time with a different reference to the Incarnation, P****ion, Resurrection, thus addressing the Trisagion to Christ...
- during the divine liturgy, at the Trisagion. For this reason, the consecration of a bishop takes place at the Trisagion, so that he may ascend to the high...
- Small Doxology, the Nicene Creed, the Canon followed by Axion Estin, the Trisagion, Troparia for the day, Kyrie eleison (40 times), the Prayer of the Hours...
- Oriental Orthodox elements in their liturgies, including introduction of the Trisagion and deletion of the filioque clause from the Nicene Creed. For their part...
- after the schism. This is certainly the case at one point, that of the Trisagion. One Syriac writer is James of Edessa (d. 708), who wrote a letter to...
- often intricately embroidered with the instruments of the P****ion and the Trisagion (the angelic hymn). The Gr**** form does not have a hood, the Slavic form...
- and carried in procession around the outside of the church, while the Trisagion is sung, as is done when carrying the body to the cemetery in an Orthodox...
- Christians still use a burial shroud, usually decorated with a cross and the Trisagion. The special shroud that is used during the Orthodox Holy W**** services...