Polyeleos
The Polyeleos ( Greek Πολυέλεος) is in the Byzantine rite of the Orthodox Churches and the Eastern Catholic Churches a particularly festive section of the Orthros (Matutin) on many Sundays or the vigil on high-ranking feast days. The Polyeleos marks a high point of the festive divine office, concludes the readings from the Psalter and leads on to the reading of the morning gospel . He got his proper name (Polyeleos = much mercy) from the verse of Psalm 135 (136), which is an integral part of this section - there it says: "ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ" = "because his mercy lasts forever" .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sergius Heitz , Susanne Hausammann : Mysterium of Adoration . tape 1 - Divine Liturgy and Liturgy of the Hours of the Orthodox Church. Luthe, Cologne 1986, p. 784 .