Axion estin (Greek: Ἄξιόν ἐστιν, Church Slavonic: Достóйно éсть, romanized: Dostóino yesť), or "It is Truly Meet," is a pair of hymns to the Virgin Mary used in the Divine Liturgies of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches, consisting of a magnification[1] and a theotokion.
Axion estin is also a type of Eleousa icon of the Theotokos, after the icon in front of which, according to tradition, the hymn was revealed in the late 10th century; an elder and his disciple lived in a cell on Mount Athos.[2] The icon is currently kept in the Protaton in Karyes.[3]
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edit- ↑ In the archaic sense of the word; see "magnification". "magnify". Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ↑ "Ιερό Κελλί «Άξιον Εστί» | Άγιο Όρος". Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ↑ Speake, Graham (2014). Mount Athos: renewal in paradise. Limni, Evia, Greece: Denise Harvey. ISBN 978-960-7120-34-2. OCLC 903320491.