PENTECOSTARION Definition & Meaning

pentecostarion

[ pen-dee-kaws-tah-ree-awn; English pen-ti-ko-stair-ee-on ]

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noun

Greek Orthodox Church.

plural pentecostaria pentecostarions.

a service book of offices for the period from Easter to the Sunday after Pentecost.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of pentecostarion¹

< Late Greek ��Գ�ŧ��ǲ��á��ǲ�, equivalent to Greek ��Գ�ŧ��ǲ�� ( ḗ ) Pentecost + -arion < Latin -��ܳ� -ary

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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.

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