Akoluthia
In the Eastern Churches, Akoluthia is a set sequence of liturgical functions, especially in the prayers of the hours . For example, one speaks of the acoluthia of Vespers or the third, which has a special shape on higher church festivals such as Easter or Ascension Day.
See also: acolyte
Akoluthia is also:
- in philosophy the designation of a doctrine of the Stoa of the necessary sequence of things;
- in psychology a period of time in which a previous emotional, not yet subsided, excitement inhibits the next.