Akatistos

Akatistos (kwa Kigiriki: Ἀκάθιστος Ὕμνος, "utenzi usiotaka ukae"The name derives from the fact that during the chanting of the hymn, or sometimes the whole service, the congregation is expected to remain standing in reverence, without sitting down (ἀ-, a-, "without, not" and  κάθισις, káthisis, "sitting"), except for the aged or infirm.) ni utenzi wa Ukristo wa mashariki kwa nafsi mojawapo ya Utatu Mtakatifu, kwa tukio fulani la kalenda ya liturujia, au kwa mtakatifu yeyote. 

Akatistos ya Bikira Maria
Akatistos maarufu zaidi ni ile iliyoandikwa katika karne ya 7 kwa heshima ya Mama wa Mungu. Mtunzi wake hajulikani kwa hakika. 

Kwa sasa imeenea hata katika Kanisa la magharibi na kuna tafsiri mbili katika lugha ya Kiswahili: moja ya Waorthodoksi wa Kenya, nyingine ya Wakatoliki wa Tanzania.

Pia, kuna picha takatifu za Theotokos zinazojulikana kwa jina "Akatistos".

Tanbihi

Matini kwa Kigiriki
G. Papagiannis, Ακάθιστος Ύμνος. Άγνωστες πτυχές ενός πολύ γνωστού κειμένου. Κριτικές και μετρικές παρατηρήσεις, σχολιασμένη βιβλιογραφία. Thessaloniki 2006.

Viungo vya nje
Akathist Hymn
The Akathist Hymn and background 
Acathistus article from The Catholic Encyclopedia
Saturday of the Akathist Orthodox icon and synaxarion
Icon of the Theotokos of the Akathist-Hilandar 
Icon of the Theotokos of the Akathist-Zographou
Article with akathists to different saints
Churkin A. The Russian Akathist in the middle of 19th – beginning 20th century as a mass literature genre. Report. in Russian

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