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	Canon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Canon law, all legislation adopted by an ecumenical council of the Catholic or Eastern Orthodox churches
		Western canon, the vast body of literature and art which is considered to define Western civilization by widespread consensus.
		Canon (fiction), those novels, stories, films, etc. that are considered to be genuine, and those events, characters, settings, etc. that are considered to have inarguable existence within the fictional universe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canon (275 words)

	Canon [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In both traditions, a canon is a rule adopted by a council (From Greek kanon/κανον, for rule, standard, or measure); these canons formed the foundation of canon law.
		Canon, a Christian priestA priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices.
		For uses of the adjective, see canonical Religion This word is used by theologians and canon lawyers to refer to the canons of the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Cathlolic churches, adopted by ecumenical councils.
	www.wikimirror.com /Canon (3449 words)

	Canon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The (Click link for more info and facts about Western canon) Western canon, the body of (Creative writing of recognized artistic value) literature and (The creation of beautiful or significant things) art which is considered to define (The modern culture of western Europe and North America) Western civilization by widespread consensus.
		Increasingly after ca 1970 the idea that any such canon might exist came under attack and was stigmatized as (Someone who believes in rule by an elite group) elitist and academic.
		In music, a (A contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts) Canon is a (Click link for more info and facts about contrapuntal) contrapuntal composition that employs a melody with one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration (e.g.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/canon.htm (814 words)

	Canon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In fiction, canon (fiction)canon is the officially authorized interpretation of characters and events.
		In music, a Canon (music)Canon is a counterpointcontrapuntal composition that employs a melody with one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration (e.g.
		Canon (priest)Canon, a ChristianityChristian priest who is specifically attached to a cathedral/ and has responsibility for some aspect of its running.
	www.infothis.com /find/Canon (829 words)

	Myriobiblos On Line Library of the Church of Greece - English Texts
		While some of these superstitions are universal phenomena, the canons and their scholiasts indicate that many of them were of specific Hellenic origin and not, as a modern Byzantine scholar has labored to explain in order to support his particular theory, observed by common people everywhere.
		The canon ordains: We command that henceforth the bonfires lit by some persons on the occasion of the new moon in front of their own workshops or houses and over which some persons leap in accordance with an ancient custom, shall be abolished and done away with.
		(10) The sixty-second canon of the Synod in Trullo condemned:...
	www.myriobiblos.gr /texts/english/constantelos_ab.html (5957 words)

	Feastdays and Services to The Theotokos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although at first these paraclitic canons were produced in all the musical tones, the majority of them began to appear in the second plagal and fourth plagal modes (Tones 6 and 8), the latter finally becoming the musical mold of the paraclesis canons.
		The canons included in these early Horologia are not placed in the context of a liturgical service, and were either sung by themselves or in the context of the Compline, Hours, or Matins services, which were originally found in the Horologion.
		People hearing the canon being sung in the Euchelaion service began to feel the need and desire of having a special service of healing in which the Theotokos was implored to intercede for the healing of her servants.
	www.antiochian.org /print/1076 (6583 words)

	Read about Canon at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Canon and learn about Canon here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The term was originally Christian, referring to books declared divinely inspired by the canons of Church
		Biblical canon for a discussion of the Jewish and Christian canons.
		canon is the officially authorized interpretation of characters and events.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Canon (442 words)

	Glossary of Liturgical Terminology
		Canon — a principal element in Matins (although it may also appear elsewhere); a lengthy hymn composed of nine odes, with each ode being made up of many hymns (usually 12-14), the number and source of which are regulated by the Typikon.
		In Greek the word means "a sign of victory" or a "way of life," and in general implies that the composed hymn is a succinct summary of the event or saintly person being celebrated in the Church.
		The Katavasia may be the Irmos from another canon, or, as on Pascha, it may be the Irmos of the given ode repeated.
	www.orthodoxphotos.com /readings/temple/glossary.shtml (1381 words)

	The Origins of Pascha and Great Week - Part II
		It could be said of these hymns that they are a string of sermonettes in song, especially rich, inspiring and powerful both for their poetic beauty and melodic synthesis, as well as for their theological content and deep spirituality.
		A Canon is based on the nine odes or canticles of the Bible (eight from the Old Testament, and two from the New, the latter being combined into one, the ninth ode).
		Dimitri Conomos, Byzantine Hymnography and Byzantine Chant (Brookline, 1984).
	www.goarch.org /en/ourfaith/articles/article8505.asp (6448 words)

	Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage, vol. 7, page 9
		In two of his "canons," each time in the ninth ode of the canon, the five verses of the ode began with E - F - R - E - M in Cyrillic.Since the canons are dedicated to different occasions, different words, when possible, were chosen to begin these verses.
		The third canon of petition is a remarkable one.
		Given the time period in which Efrem lived and the historical circumstances, the "canon of petition" was written for some unnamed Balkan ruler, whose capital and army were under siege or attack by the Ottoman Turks.
	cmrs.osu.edu /rcmss/Newsletter/CMHv07/CMHv07p09.htm (777 words)

	St Andrew of Crete
		The Complete Canon of St Andrew of Crete is available, with rubrics for liturgical use.
		Attrbuted by many with the invention of the canon as a style of religious writing, his works display not only great rhetorical skill, but a depth of theological understanding possessed by ever fewer in these latter days.
		He is considered one of the great saints of repentance, and his Great Canon stands alone as a great monument to man's repentant cry to God.
	www.monachos.net /monasticism/andrew_of_crete/index.shtml (264 words)

	kanon -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		(Greek: “canon”), one of the main forms of Byzantine liturgical office; it consists of nine odes, based on the nine biblical canticles of the Eastern Christian Church.
		(Compare canonical hours.) The kanon is thought to have originated in Jerusalem in the 7th or 8th century to replace the biblical canticles in the morning office.
		(Compare canonical hours.) The kano is thought to have originated in Jerusalem in the 7th or 8th century to replace the biblical canticles in the morning office.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9044593 (703 words)

	Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage, vol. 6, page 8
		The canon is part of an office to an Odigitria icon, which, according to legend, appeared in 1314 and was kept in a monastery close to Yaroslavl' near the place where the river Tolga meets the Volga.
		The verses consist of topoi typical of the liturgical representation of the Theotokos on one hand, and, on the other, of the story of the Tolgskaia icon, its appearance to Bishop Trifon, its miracles and the establishment of its cult.
		Editor's Note: Hymnography is one of the least studied areas of medieval Slavic.
	cmrs.osu.edu /rcmss/Newsletter/CMHv06/CMHv06p08.htm (887 words)

	Canon Of Saint Andrew of Crete (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Great Canon of St Andrew is read each year as part of the ascetic labour of the Great Fast (Lent).
		The whole canon is then read in its entirety on Thursday of the fifth week (actually on Wednesday evening).
		The Great Canon is one of the great works, if not the great work, of the Church's "hymnography of repentance." It is steeped in biblical imagery, yet it is not simply a condensation of biblical themes.
	thepetrovics.net /sts_peter_paul/CanonofStAndrewofCrete.html (213 words)

	The Transfiguration
		There are countless references to "glory" in the Bible, as well as throughout hymnography, and in prayers—such as the Glory that filled the Temple, or the Glory of the Lord that shone when the angels proclaimed "Christ is born!", plus all the references of ascribing glory to the Lord and to the Holy Trinity.
		This also is an apse mosaic, and it portrays the Transfiguration according to the traditional iconographic canon: Christ is in a glory, flanked by Moses and Elias; the three Apostles are on the ground in different positions; and the Uncreated Light radiates from Christ towards the apostles.
		Most of the voluminous hymnography for the cycles of feasts and Sundays were composed between the fourth and eighth centuries.
	www.firebirdvideos.com /transfiguration.htm (5834 words)

	Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann: Eastern Orthodox
		It was in the East that Christianity took its historical form, acquired its shape, its canon, as a theologian would say.
		And I think the best way to present this canon or shape of historical Christianity is to mention the three main dimensions of the Byzantine Eastern Orthodox Church.
		Sophia exemplifies the great mysterion, the mystery of the Liturgy in its rich symbolism, and that great hymnography which is being sung in church.
	www.schmemann.org /byhim/easternorthodox.html (2275 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hymnody and Hymnology
		A canon is a hymn composed of eight or, in remembrance of the nine Canticles of the Old Testament, of nine different songs, each of which has a peculiar construction and consists of three, four and, originally, more strophes.
		The canons were particularly cultivated in the eighth century by St. John of Damascus and his half-brother St. Cosmos.
		The round of ecclesiastical feasts was still small; for the then customary canonical hours, the great feast of Easter, Christmas, and Epiphany, the festal anniversaries of the chief Apostles and the Martyrs splendid hymns had been composed by St. Ambrose which were adopted with enthusiasm wherever hymns were used with the Liturgy.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07596a.htm (8254 words)

	Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation - Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Canon Law of the Orthodox Catholic Church refers to the rules or laws issued by the authority of the Church (i.e.
		The compendium of the Canons of the Church is called the Rudder of the Orthodox Catholic Church.
		The Triptych of concern for the church hymnographers is the mystery of Divine Economy, Man, and his Salvation; it is from these three realities that the hymnographers draw the pious and artistic displays in order to create beautiful form and content of hymns.
	www.goannun.org /church/beliefs.asp (2246 words)

	Jacob's Well :: Articles 1999-Winter :: David Drillock :: Words and Music in Orthodox Liturgical Worship: An Historical ...
		These models are the collected treasury of the church and the prototypes which serve as the artistic canon or rule.
		The chief stylistic features of the kontsert were continuous alternation of musical motives, canonic imitation, contrasting passages of solo voices (concertino) with full choir (tutti) and a clear tonic-dominant harmonic relationship.
		Such studies were concentrated on three areas: 1) the history of church singing, 2) semiogaphy, that is, the study of the various notations used in chant, and 3) the forms and style of canonical church singing.
	www.jacwell.org /articles/1998-WINTER-Drillock.html (3186 words)

	CANON FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Canon (the Latin form of the Greek ''kanon'', 'rule') can mean:
		Penitential canons, rules on imposed penance adopted by councils of - or individual bishops.
		There were separate traditions in the Roman catholic, Anglo-Celtic and eastern churches.
	www.witwib.com /index.php?s=canon (305 words)

	religion: christianity: denominations: catholicism: reference: catholic-encyclopedia: a: Page 26 Spirit And Sky
		A short linen cloth, square or oblong in shape and, like the other sacerdotal vestments, needing to be blessed before use.
		Canon of Palermo, and ecclesiastical historian of Syracuse and Messina, (d.
		Theologian born at Cosenza, in Naples, 2 April, 1578.
	www.spiritandsky.com /religion/christianity/denominations/catholicism/reference/catholic-encyclopedia/a/more26.html (419 words)

	Feastdays and Services to the Theotokos
		These Kontakia, the Canon of the 9th century poet Theophanes the Branded, the homilies of Sergius the Monothelite, Germanos of Constantinople and others have all given very elaborate and deep interpretations to the simple declaration of the Angel.
		The presence of the 142nd Psalm, the hymn “God is the Lord” with its opening troparia, Psalm 50, the canon, the Antiphons, Prokeimenon, Gospel, Exaposteilaria, and Megalynaria are all borrowed from the Matins Service.
		The Paraclitic Canon was used in the Euchelaion as a second canon in the 15th century.
	www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org /articles/fasts_feasts/demetri_feastdays_theotokos.htm (6730 words)

	Byzantines.net - Resurrection Services
		The Matins of Resurrection are constructed around the Paschal Canon, in which the Risen Christ is repeatedly extolled and glorified for his final victory over sin and over death.
		Because of its enchanting beauty and its deep spiritual meaning, it is called The Golden Canon, since by it St. John Damascene inaugurated the Golden Age of Byzantine hymnography.
		The Easter Canon of St. John Damascene is a magnificent liturgical poem in honor of Christ’s victorious resurrection and its leading theme is given to us in the first hymn-irmos: "It is the Day of Resurrection, 0 people be enlightened by it.
	www.byzantines.net /feasts/easter/resurrection.htm (1451 words)

	Canon articles and news from Start Learning Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		- Canon law, all legislation adopted by an ecumenical council of the Catholic or Eastern Orthodox churches
		- Western canon, the vast body of literature and art which is considered to define Western civilization by widespread consensus.
		- Canon (fiction), those novels, stories, films, etc. that are considered to be genuine, and those events, characters, settings, etc. that are considered to have inarguable existence within the fictional universe.
	www.startlearningnow.com /Canons.htm (271 words)

	Major Services and Their Rubrics
		The canon is the name for a series of hymns which are composed according to a definite order.
		"Canon" is a Greek word which means "rule." A canon is divided into nine parts or odes.
		The hymnography of these composers was inspired by the prayers and actions of some of the great Old Testament saints.
	www.orthodoxphotos.com /readings/LGFLS/services.shtml (3193 words)

	Papua, Press Agency News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		And it is worth noticing that, whereas the authors of the world-famous hymns of the West, with a few exceptions (such as the Vexilla Regis, the Dies Irae, the Veni Sancte Spiritus), are unknown, the case in the East is reversed.
		In long Canons, a stanza, sometimes intercalated at the end of the third or sixth Odes, is called a Cathisma, because the congregation are then allowed to sit.
		But the immense length of the Canon, for it exceeds three hundred stanzas, and its necessary tautology, must render it wearisome, unless devotionally used under the peculiar circumstances for which it is appointed.
	www.westpapua.net /news/04/08/010804-hubi_bantah_halangi_pemeriksaan-5464.html (11723 words)

	Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors & the Holy Fathers - Dormition
		O pure Virgin, sprung from mortal loins, thine end was conformable to nature: but because thou hast borne the true Life, thou hast departed to dwell with the divine Life Himself.
		Verses from the Canon of the Dormition of the Mother of God, quoted in The Life of the Virgin Mary
		It is in accord with the hymnography of the Church, particularly with the expostilarion that is chanted on August 15 and the fourteen days that precede it.
	www.orthodox.net /gleanings/dormition.html (535 words)

	Article 1: Antiochian Contribution to Liturgical Life of the Church
		During the Sixth and Seventh centuries, which combined are considered the second stage of the foundation of Church hymnography, there arose from within the Antiochian Patriarchate many famous composers and chanters.
		He also wrote many canons; most notable of which is the Great Canon that consists of 250 troparia about repentance that is chanted on Thursday in the fifth week of Great Lent.
		He was a forerunner in the writing of canons, most notable of which are the canons of Holy Week.
	www.kelfar.net /orthodoxiaradio/antmusic.htm (1279 words)

	Liturgica.com \| Liturgics \| Eastern Orthodox Liturgics \| Chant Development \| Early Orthodox Chant & Music
		According to Dionysius the hymns, songs and poems used in Church are a 'resounding' or echo of the heavenly chanting, which the hymnographer hears with a spiritual ear and transmits in his work.
		The Church's canticles are proclaimed by angels, and therefore the hymnographer must follow the established types of heavenly origin (hence the significance of the 'model' in Byzantine hymnography, understood as a 'metaphysical' concept rather than as an object of simple imitation).
		Here it is important only to take note of this new understanding of the Church's chanting as a special element in worship, an understanding clearly connected with the experience of worship as a festal and mysteriological ceremony.
	www.liturgica.com /html/litEOLitMusDev2.jsp?hostname=liturgica (1978 words)

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