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Kyrie eleison |
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Kyrie eleison (kĭr`ēā' əlā`ēsŏn', –sən) [Gr.,=Lord, have mercy], in the Roman Catholic Church, prayer of the Mass Mass, religious service of the Roman Catholic Church, which has as its central act the performance of the sacrament of the Eucharist . It is based on the ancient Latin liturgy of the city of Rome, now used in most, but not all, Roman Catholic churches. ..... Click the link for more information. coming after the introit, the only ordinary part of the traditional liturgy said not in Latin but in Greek. It has nine lines: "Lord have mercy (thrice), Christ have mercy (thrice), Lord have mercy (thrice)." As the first invariable hymn, the Kyrie is often the first piece in a musical Mass. An English version is used in the Anglican liturgy and in the reformed Roman Catholic vernacular liturgy. The phrase Kyrie eleison used by itself is, of course, common in the Eastern rites, but without the phrase Christe eleison. The corresponding prayer in the Russian Orthodox church is often called a Kyrie. |
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There also is a quasi-improvisatory section in which the Kyrie eleison also figures. I like the Greek version the liturgy sometimes uses--Kyrie eleison; Christe eleison; Kyrie eleison. But it wasn't easy to confine my urge to tell my son about that lovely word omnipotens, and to point out that the only Greek surviving in the Latin liturgy was Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison. |
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