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'''Anthologion''', or '''Anthologue''', is a [[church]] book that has been in use among the [[Greeks]].
'''Anthologion''', or '''Anthologue''', is a [[breviary]] that has been in use among the [[Greeks]].<ref name="Rees1819">{{cite book |last1=Rees |first1=Abraham |title=The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature |date=1819 |editor=Abraham Rees|publisher=Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster-Row |language=English}}</ref>


The Anthologion is a sort of [[breviary]] or [[Mass (liturgy)|mass]]-book, containing the daily 'divine offices' addressed to [[Jesus Christ]], the [[Virgin Mary]], and the principal [[saint]]s. Other common offices include those of [[prophet]]s, [[apostle]]s, [[martyr]]s, [[pontiff]]s, and [[confessor]]s, according to the Greek [[rite]].
The Anthologion contains the [[canonical hours|daily divine offices]] addressed to [[Jesus Christ]], the [[Virgin Mary]], and the principal [[saint]]s. Other common offices include those of [[prophet]]s, [[Seventy apostles|apostles]], [[martyr]]s, [[pontiff]]s, and [[confessor]]s, according to the [[Greek rite]].


It is called ''άνθολόγιον'', q.d. [[florilegium]], or a collection of flowers.
It is called {{lang|grc-x-koine|άνθολόγιον}}, {{lit|a collection of flowers}}.


== See also ==
* [[Anthology]]
* [[Florilegium]]


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Latest revision as of 16:39, 5 May 2022

Anthologion, or Anthologue, is a breviary that has been in use among the Greeks.[1]

The Anthologion contains the daily divine offices addressed to Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the principal saints. Other common offices include those of prophets, apostles, martyrs, pontiffs, and confessors, according to the Greek rite.

It is called άνθολόγιον, lit.'a collection of flowers'.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rees, Abraham (1819). Abraham Rees (ed.). The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster-Row.

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Anthologion". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.