Axion Estin

Marian hymn; chanted in the Divine Services of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches

Axion estin (Greek: Ἄξιόν ἐστιν, Church Slavonic: Достóйно éсть, romanized: Dostóino yesť), or "It is Truly Meet," is a pair of hymns to the Virgin Mary used in the Divine Liturgies of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches, consisting of a magnification and a theotokion. Axion estin is also a type of Eleousa icon of the Theotokos, after the icon in front of which, according to tradition, the hymn was revealed in the late 10th century; an elder and his disciple lived in a cell on Mount Athos.

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Axion Estin

Marian hymn; chanted in the Divine Services of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches

Axion estin (Greek: Ἄξιόν ἐστιν, Church Slavonic: Достóйно éсть, romanized: Dostóino yesť), or "It is Truly Meet," is a pair of hymns to the Virgin Mary used in the Divine Liturgies of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches, consisting of a magnification and a theotokion. Axion estin is also a type of Eleousa icon of the Theotokos, after the icon in front of which, according to tradition, the hymn was revealed in the late 10th century; an elder and his disciple lived in a cell on Mount Athos.

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Axion estin (Greek: Ἄξιόν ἐστιν, Church Slavonic: Достóйно éсть, romanized: Dostóino yesť), or "It is Truly Meet," is a pair of hymns to the Virgin Mary used in the Divine Liturgies of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches, consisting of a magnification and a theotokion. Axion estin is also a type of Eleousa icon of the Theotokos, after the icon in front of which, according to tradition, the hymn was revealed in the late 10th century; an elder and his disciple lived in a cell on Mount Athos. The icon is currently kept in the Protaton in Karyes.

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