Trisagion

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Most Holy Trinity , altar wing, St. Martin's Church, Meßkirch, around 1535–1540

The Trisagion , also Tris | hagion , (from Greek τρίς "three times" and ἅγιον "holy") is one of the oldest Christian hymns , which is still an integral part of the Eastern Church liturgy of the Orthodox Church as well as the Eastern Catholic Churches and ancient Oriental churches forms.

It is a hymn of praise to the divine trinity and is interpreted as the expanded form of “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Armies. The whole earth is filled with his glory. "( Sanctus , Isa 6,3  EU ) or" Holy, holy, holy is the Lord, the God, the ruler over all creation; he was and he is and he is coming ”( Rev 4 : 8  EU ).

The prayer, usually repeated three times, is:

Ἅγιος ὁ Θεός, ἅγιος ἰσχυρός, ἅγιος ἀθάνατος, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.
Hagios ho Theos, hagios ischyros, hagios athanatos, eleison hemas.

Latin:

Sanctus Deus, sanctus fortis, sanctus immortalis, miserere nobis.
"Holy God, holy strong [God], holy immortal [God], have mercy on us."

While the hymn has had a permanent place in the Eastern Church liturgy since the first centuries - tradition attributes its introduction to Saint Proclus of Constantinople - it is used less often in the Latin Church . In the Catholic Church the Trishagion is one of the improperies and is therefore part of the celebration of the suffering and death of Christ on Good Friday (GL 300). The Trishagion can also be used for the Stations of the Cross (GL 683 - no longer provided there).

The Trisagion can also be found in the Evangelical Hymnbook (185.4) and in the Evangelical Reformed Hymnal (234).

The Trisagion must not be confused with the Sanctus in Holy Mass .

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  • Station 15 - Resurrection for 2 choirs and orchestra in: Gerald Spitzner : Heinrich Maier Oratorio. Text of the Trisagion in Greek, Latin, German (duration approx. 15 min)

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