Home  

Random  

Nearby  



Log in  



Settings  



Donate  



About Wikipedia  

Disclaimers  



Wikipedia





Axion Estin





Article  

Talk  



Language  

Watch  

Edit  


(Redirected from All of Creation)
 


Axion estin (Greek: Ἄξιόν ἐστιν, Slavonic: Достóйно éсть, Dostóino yesť), or It is Truly Meet, is a megalynarion and a theotokion, i.e. a magnification[1] of and a Hymn to Mary used in the Divine Services of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches. It consists of a troparion and a sticheron composed in honor of the Theotokos (i.e. the Virgin Mary).

Russian icon of the Dostóino yesť (Axion Estin) or Miluyushchaya (Eleousa), type, 19th century.

Axion estin is also the name of type of icon of the Theotokos, also known as the Eleousa type, after the icon of Karyes (Mount Athos) in front of which, according to tradition, the hymn was revealed in the late 10th century. At Karyes, the icon is currently kept in the Protaton.[2]

Icon

edit

According to tradition, an Elder and his disciple lived in a cell on Mount Athos.[3]

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ In the archaic sense of the word; see "magnification". "magnify". Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • ^ Speake, Graham (2014). Mount Athos: renewal in paradise. Limni, Evia, Greece: Denise Harvey. ISBN 978-960-7120-34-2. OCLC 903320491.
  • ^ "Ιερό Κελλί «Άξιον Εστί» | Άγιο Όρος". Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  • edit

    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Axion_Estin&oldid=1221267957#Hymns_in_place_of_Axion_Estin"
     



    Last edited on 28 April 2024, at 22:08  





    Languages

     


    Български
    Čeština
    Ελληνικά
    Esperanto
    Français
    Italiano
    Latina
    Македонски

    Polski
    Русский
    Slovenčina
    Српски / srpski
    Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски
    Українська
     

    Wikipedia


    This page was last edited on 28 April 2024, at 22:08 (UTC).

    Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Terms of Use

    Desktop