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The fore-festal triodia and tetraodia for the fixed cycle of the Liturgical Year

• Κολλυροπούλου, Θεώνη

In the printed menaea there are triodia, tetraodia and kanons for the commemoration of the fore-feast cycle for Christmas and the Epiphany. These kanons were composed by Symeon Metaphrastes and preserved in the menaea, because they recalled to memory the corresponding brilliant poetic compositions of Cosmas the Melodist for the Holy Week. The arrangement of these kanons by Symeon Metaphrastes and the composition of fore-feast kanons for Christmas and the Epiphany, for the Transfiguration of Jesus, Saint Demetrios, the Nativity and the Dormition of the Virgin Mary clearly sought that the fore-feast triodia for the festal fixed cycle is due to the earlier formation of movable cycle of the Liturgical Year. It also demonstrates the use of Cosmas triodia and tetraodia in the liturgical books, which has its origin in the structure of the triodia and tetraodia during the Triodion and Pentecostarion period in accordance with the weekly cycles (exactly the same as the system of the Biblical Canticles).

• Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

• Θρησκεία