- Paraklesis - Wikipedia
A Paraklesis (Greek: Παράκλησις, Slavonic: молебенъ) or Supplicatory Canon in the Byzantine Rite, is a service of supplication for the welfare of the living It is addressed to a specific Saint or to the Most Holy Theotokos whose intercessions are sought through the chanting of the supplicatory canon together with psalms, hymns, and litanies
- Strongs Greek: 3874. παράκλησις (paraklésis) -- Comfort, encouragement . . .
Cognate: 3874 paráklēsis – properly, a call (urging), done by someone "close beside," i e a personal exhortation that delivers the "evidence that stands up in God's court " [3874 (paráklēsis) is cognate with 3875 paráklētos (" legal advocate ") and thus has legal overtones ]
- The Service of the Small Paraklesis (Intercessory Prayer) to the Most . . .
The service of Paraklesis is chanted to the Theotokos by those whose souls are in distress or sorrow It is also chanted during the first 14 days of August leading up to the Dormition of the Theotokos
- Explanation of the Paraclesis - Orthodox Times (en)
The Church, through the Paraklesis Service, gives us the opportunity to come to that deathbed and eulogise and entreat the woman who bore God, the vessel of our salvation and our chief advocate at His divine throne
- G3874 - paraklēsis - Strongs Greek Lexicon (kjv)
παράκλησις paráklēsis, par-ak'-lay-sis; from G3870; imploration, hortation, solace:—comfort, consolation, exhortation, intreaty 1 properly, a calling near, summons (especially for help, Thucydides 4, 61; Demosthenes, p 275, 20)
- Paraklesis - OrthodoxWiki
A paraklesis is a service of supplication specifically for the living (as opposed to a Memorial Service, which is a supplication for the departed) This service is most often addressed to the Theotokos, but may be used to seek the intercessions of any saint
- Paraklesis Meaning - Greek Lexicon | New Testament (NAS)
Discover the original meaning of Paraklesis in the NAS Bible using the New Testament Greek Lexicon - King James Version Learn the audio pronunciation, word origin and usage in the Bible, plus scripture verse references of Paraklesis
- παράκλησις - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
παράκλησις in Trapp, Erich, et al (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9 -12 Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
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