Triodion

The collection of Lenten liturgical material is known as the Triodion, and it is actually first brought out and used three weeks prior to Lent proper.

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For the original, the translator has gone to the service-books, and for the most part has confined himself to the hymns which are to be found in the Triodion, containing the Lenten services; and in the Pentecostarion, in which are found the hymns for the services of Easter and Pentecost.

Hymns of the Greek Church Translated with Introduction and Notes John Brownlie

Tbe Pentekostarion continues the Triodion from Easter Day to the first Sunday after

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

The Triodion contains the variable parts of the Liturgy and Divine Office (except the psalms, Epistles, and Gospels) for the movable days from the tenth Sunday before Easter to Holy Saturday.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

The canons for the weekdays are in the Oktoechos, those for immovable feasts in the Menaias, for movable ones in the Triodion and

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

The Triodion and Pentecostarion contain the services for Lent and the three Sundays preceding it, and for Pentecost.

Hymns of the Holy Eastern Church 1902

Saints, he does not appear to advantage: it is in his Lent Canons in the Triodion, that his great excellency lies.

Hymns of the Eastern Church 1818-1866 1866

His Triodia in Holy Week, and Canon on Mid-Pentecost, are fine; and he has a great variety of spirited Idiomela scattered through the Triodion and

Hymns of the Eastern Church 1818-1866 1866

The Triodion: the Lent volume, which commences on the Sunday of the

Hymns of the Eastern Church 1818-1866 1866

The Triodion reminds us that we have fallen short, that we are not the people we should be, that we have become entirely focused on aggrandising and sating ourselves, and as a result these ancient services engender a sense of sorrow.

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