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18-517: On the island is the small church of Agia (Saint) Kyriaki . Every July the people of Leros will go to the small island to celebrate the name day of the saint. 36°32′55″N 26°24′15″E  /  36.54861°N 26.40417°E  / 36.54861; 26.40417 This South Aegean location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kyriaki (martyr) Saint Kyriaki ( Greek : Αγία Κυριακή; Bulgarian: Света Неделя / Sveta Nedelya ), also known as Saint Kyriaki

36-827: A triadicon, usually preceded by, "Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit." There are also special Triadica ("Hymns to the Trinity") which are chanted after Alleluia at the beginning of Matins on weekdays of Great Lent , which differ according to the tone of the week and the day of the week. A troparion to the Mother of God ( Theotokos ) is called a Theotokion (Greek: Θεοτοκίον , Slavonic: [Bogorόdichen] Error: {{Lang}}: Non-latn text/Latn script subtag mismatch ( help ) ); plural: Theotokia ( Θεοτοκία ). Theotokia will often occur at

54-585: Is attested as early as the 4th century, is the Vespers hymn, Phos Hilaron , "Gladsome Light"; another, O Monogenes Yios , "Only Begotten Son", ascribed to Justinian I (527 - 565), occurs in the introductory portion of the Divine Liturgy. Perhaps the earliest set of troparia of known authorship are those of the monk Auxentios (first half of the 5th century), mentioned in his biography but not preserved in any later Byzantine order of service. At

72-842: Is sung in the fifth Byzantine tone: O virgin martyr Kyriaki, You were a worthy sacrifice When you offered your pure soul to God; Wherefore Christ has glorified you, And through you pours forth graces abundantly on all the faithful, For He is the merciful Loving God! Some of the churches dedicated to Saint Kyriaki. Troparion Autocephaly recognized by some autocephalous Churches de jure : Autocephaly and canonicity recognized by Constantinople and 3 other autocephalous Churches: Spiritual independence recognized by Georgian Orthodox Church: Semi-Autonomous: A troparion ( Greek τροπάριον , plural: troparia , τροπάρια ; Georgian : ტროპარი , tropari ; Church Slavonic : тропа́рь , tropar ) in Byzantine music and in

90-533: The eparch of Bithynia in Chalcedon , either to convert Kyriaki to paganism, or send her back to him. Hilarion tried his best with promises and threats, but when all these proved ineffective, he ordered her tortured. Kyriaki was suspended by her hair for several hours, while soldiers burned her body with torches. She was finally taken down and thrown into a prison cell. During the night, Christ appeared to her and healed her wounds. The next day, Hilarion announced that

108-450: The religious music of Eastern Orthodox Christianity is a short hymn of one stanza , or organised in more complex forms as series of stanzas. The word probably derived from a diminutive of the Greek tropos ('something repeated', 'manner', 'fashion'), since the earliest function of the troparion was a refrain during the recitation of the cantica (biblical odes) and the psalms , as such

126-644: The Great Martyr ( Greek : Αγία Κυριακή η Μεγαλομάρτυς ), is a Christian saint , who was martyred under the emperor Diocletian . Kyriaki was born in Nicomedia to Greek parents Dorotheus and Eusebia. They were devout Christians , and when they had a child, since she was born on Sunday, the Lord's Day , she was given the name Kyriaki, the Greek word for Sunday. From her childhood, Kyriaki consecrated herself to God. As she

144-531: The end of a series of troparia, usually preceded by "Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen." If a Theotokion makes reference to the Crucifixion of Jesus , it is called a stavrotheotokion (Greek: σταυροθεοτοκίον , Slavonic: krestobogoródichen ). The stanzas of a Canon are troparia, as are the verses interspersed between the Beatitudes at the Divine Liturgy. A famous example, whose existence

162-452: The family to be arrested and upon their refusal to honour the pagan gods , Dorotheus was beaten. Since this had no effect, Dorotheus and Eusebia were exiled to Melitene in eastern Anatolia . Kyriaki was sent to Nicomedia to be interrogated by his co-ruler, Maximian . When Kyriaki refused to renounce her faith, Maximian ordered that she be whipped. Since Maximian failed to persuade the young woman to change her faith, he sent her to Hilarion,

180-406: The gods had healed her out of pity and urged her to go to the temple and give thanks to them. When she was brought to the pagan temple, Kyriaki prayed that God would destroy the idols and a sudden earthquake toppled the idols and shattered them to pieces. Hilarion blasphemed God and was struck by lightning and died on the spot. Kyriaki was tortured again by Apollonius, the successor of Hilarion. She

198-519: The odes composed in cycles called canon . Since these Tropologia in their earliest form were organised according to the Octoechos , troparia were always chanted according to a melos of one of the eight tones used in the Eastern liturgical tradition (Gr. echos , Sl. glas). Today, since the redefinition of the Octoechos according to the hyphos of Constantinople, the monodic form of Orthodox chant distincts

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216-630: The overall theme for the liturgical day, for which it is called the "troparion of the day". It is chanted again at the beginning of Matins , read at each of the Little Hours , and chanted at the Divine Liturgy following the Little Entrance . A troparion in honor of the Trinity is called a Triadicon (Greek: Τριαδικόν , Slavonic: Troíchen ). Often the penultimate in a series of troparia will be

234-603: The present time, troparia occur at the following points in the Divine Services: *In monarchies where Eastern Orthodoxy was the state religion , this troparion was often used as a national anthem with the name of the ruler occurring here. The original Greek text at this point uses one of two alternative forms: tois basileusi kata barbaron , 'to the Emperors over the barbarians' when referring to an Orthodox Christian sovereign, or tois eusebesi kat' enantion , 'to

252-402: The term was used as a synonym of hypakoe . The early meaning of troparion was related to the monastic hymn book Tropologion or Troparologion. Hence its forms were manifold, they could be simple stanzas like apolytikia, theotokia , but also more elaborated homiletic poems like stichera composed in psalmodic hexameters (probably from stichos , "verse"), or in a more complex meter like

270-671: The time of her death, she was 21 years old. Her feast day is celebrated on 7 July by the Eastern Orthodox Church . In honor of Saint Kyriaki, several settlements in Greece bear the name Agia Kyriaki ( Greek : Αγία Κυριακή , Agía Kyriakí ), as well as an island of the same name in the Dodecanese . Saint Kyriaki is the patron saint of Servia , a town in Western Macedonia , Greece. A troparion dedicated to Saint Kyriaki

288-536: The troparic (apolytikia, theotokia, kontakia, etc.), the heirmologic (related to the hymns of the Heirmologion ), and the sticheraric melos (related to the hymns of the Sticherarion ) according to its modal formulas and its tempo. In casual, unqualified use, troparion usually refers to the apolytikion (Greek: ἀπολυτίκιον ), or 'dismissal hymn', a troparion chanted near the end of Vespers which establishes

306-417: Was a beautiful young woman, many suitors asked for her hand in marriage, but she refused them all saying that she had dedicated herself to Jesus Christ . A magistrate of Nicomedia also wished to betroth Kyriaki to his son, especially since she came from a wealthy family, but when she once more rejected his proposal, he denounced Kyriaki and her parents as Christians to Emperor Diocletian . Diocletian ordered

324-445: Was thrown into a fire, but the flames were extinguished, and then to wild beasts, but they became tame and gentle. Apollonius then sentenced her to death by the sword. As she was given a little time to pray, she asked God to receive her soul and to remember those who honoured her martyrdom. Upon completing her prayer, she rendered her soul to God before the sword was lowered on her head. Pious Christians took her relics and buried them. At

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