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There is more than one [[icon]] "of the Akathist": the [[Chilandari Monastery (Athos)|Hilandar]] icon ([[January 12]]), the [[Dionysiou Monastery (Athos)|Dionysiou]] icon ([[March 27]] and Fifth Saturday of [[Great Lent]]), and the [[Zographou Monastery (Athos)|Zographou]] icon ([[October 10]]).
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==Structure==
The [[Trisagion Prayers]] are often said as a prelude to the akathist hymn. The akathist hymn itself is divided into thirteen parts, each of which has a [[kontakion]] and an [[oikos]]. The kontakion usually ends with the exclamation: "Alleluia!" Within the latter part of the oikos comes an anaphoric entreaty, such as "Come!" or "Rejoice!" The thirteenth kontakion (which does not have a corresponding ikos) is usually followed by the repetition of the first ikos and kontakion. After the thirteen kontakia and ikoi, additional prayers are added, such as a [[troparion]] and another kontakion. In some akathists, [[Psalms]] are also included.
[[Image:Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos icon.jpg|right|frame|Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos]]
When the word ''akathist'' is used alone, it most commonly refers to the original hymn by this name, the 6th century Akathist to the [[Theotokos]], attributed to St. [[Roman the Melodist]] (though this attribution is hotly debated). This hymn is often split into four parts and sung at the "Salutations to the Theotokos" service on the first four Friday evenings in [[Great Lent]]; the entire Akathist is then sung on the fifth Friday evening. Traditionally it is included in the [[Orthros]] of the fifth [[Saturday]] of [[Great Lent]]. In [[monastery|monasteries]] of [[Mount Athos|Athonite]] tradition, the whole Akathist is usually inserted nightly at [[Compline]].
The four sections into which the Akathist is divided correspond to the themes of the [[Annunciation]], [[Nativity]], [[Christ]], and the [[Theotokos]] herself.
'''Akathist to the'''
*'''Holy Virgin Theotokos''' (by St. Roman the Melodist)
:English - [http://stnektariosroc.org/2014/08/akathist-to-the-theotokos/ 1], [http://www.monachos.net/other/akathist_to_theotokos.shtml 12], [http://www.stsymeon.com/akathist.html 23], [http://www.goarch.org/en/Chapel/liturgical_texts/vaporis_akathist.asp 34], [http://www.bright.net/~palamas/CyberPsaltiri/Triodion/FriSalutations.htm 45], [http://www.stirene.org/library/liturgical_akathist.html 56], [http://homewww.itorthodoxchristian.net.au/~jgrapsasinfo/pages/Akathist.htm 67], [http://www.pomog.org/akathist.shtml 78], [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/akathis.html 89], [http://www.gocanada.org/liturgicaltexts/akathist.htm 910], [http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/m_akathist_e.htm 1011], [http://homewww.itunmercenary.net.aucom/~jgrapsas/pagespdf/Akathist.htm 11PDF 12](PDF), [http://wwwstnektariosroc.unmercenary.comorg/files/pdfprayers/Akathistakathist-to-the-theotokos.PDF 12pdf 13] (PDF):Other - [http://www.pagesorthodoxes.net/mere-de-dieu/md-acathiste.htm 1314] (French), [http://vi06n140.members.eunet.at/ugcc/eunet_02/AkathistosDt.pdf 1415] (German-PDF), [http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/spanish/akathisto_virgen.htm 1516] (Spanish) [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Jumalansynnyttajalle.htm 1617] (Finnish)
*Burning Bush of the Theotokos - [http://www.ocadow.org/music/akathist_socal_1007.pdf 1] (PDF), [http://www.ortodox.as.ro/acatiste/ac15.html 2] (Romanian)
*Most Holy Theotokos "Keeper of the Portal " of [[Iviron Monastery (Athos)|Iviron]] - [http://orthodoxhawaii.org/files/Services/Original-Iveron-Akathist.pdf 1], [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/carthusian/Akathist/iviron.html 2], [http://akafisty.ru/download/akafist/03/akafist-pdf-045.pdf 3] (Slavonic), [http://sfantulmunteathos.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/acatistul-maicii-domnului-portarita/ 4] (Romanian)*Most Holy Theotokos, Myrrh-streaming Montreal-Iveron Icon - [http://russianorthodoxchurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/akathist_iveron_montreal_eng.pdf 1], [http://russianorthodoxchurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/akathist_iveron_montreal_rus.pdf 2] (Slavonic)
*Theotokos of All Protection - [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/carthusian/Akathist/protection.html 1]
*the Door-keeper
*the Enricher of the Harvest
*the Inexhaustible Cup - [http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/services/akathist_inexhaustible_cup.htm 1], [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/carthusian/Akathist/inexhaustible.html 2], [http://www.antiochian.org/1103412970 3], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Akatistos_Jumalan%C3%A4idin_ehtym%C3%A4t%C3%B6n_malja_-ikonille Finnish]
*[[Mother of God Joy of All Who Sorrow|Joy of All Who Sorrow]] - [http://www.angelfire.com/planet/parastos/akathistjoyofall.html 1]
*the Milkgiver
*Nurturer of Children - [http://www.serfes.org/orthodox/NuturerofChildren.htm 1]
*Our Lady of Sitka - [http://dioceseofalaska.org/pdf/Akathist-text.pdf 1] (PDF)
'''Akathist to the Theotokos at her'''
*[[Kursk Root Icon|Wonder-working Kursk Root Icon of the Sign]] - [http://eadiocese.org/Orthodoxy/Akathist.kursk.icon.pdf 1], [http://www.orthodox.cn/liturgical/akathist/akathistinnok-irkust_ru.htm 12] (Russian)*Icon [[Assuage My Sorrows]] (or "[[Stay of Our Sorrows" (or "Assuage My Sorrow]]")
*Weeping Icon of Boian (Bojan)
*Icon of Felixstowe - [http://www.orthodoxengland.btinternet.co.uk/akafmog.htm 1]
*Wonder-working Icon of Crasna
*Icon of Seven Arrows (Icon of the Prophecy of Simeon)
*Icon "Theotokos of the Sign" at Novgorod
*Feodorovskaya Icon
*Pochaev (Pochayevskaya) Icon
*Kiev Caves Icon
*Kozelshchanskaya Icon
*Smolensk Icon
*Tikhvin Icon
*Vladimir Icon
===Relating to the [[Great Feasts]]===
*[[Nativity of the Theotokos|Birth of the Theotokos]]
*[[Elevation of the Holy Cross|Holy Cross]] - [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/marc89107/part_LL.html 1], [http://www.angelfire.com/planet/parastos/akathistcross.html 2], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Akathist_to_the_Spiritual_Ladder%2C_the_Precious_Cross 3], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Akatistos_hengelliselle_portaalle%2C_kalliille_ristille 4] (Finnish)
*[[Presentation of the Theotokos|Presentation of the Theotokos to the Temple]]
*[[Nativity|Nativity of Christ]] - [http://www.sjkp.org/downloads/AkNativity.pdf 1] (PDF), [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Kristuksen_syntymalle.htm 2] (Finnish)
*Anthony Dymsky - [http://www.tbumm.org/Library/AkathistDymsky.htm 1] (Church Slavonic)
*[[Anthony the Great]]
*[[http://www.ortodoksi.net/tietopankki/henkilot/pyhat/karjalan_valistajat/arsenius_of_konevits.htm Arsenius of Konevits]] - [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Arseni_Konevitsalaiselle.htm 1] (Finnish)
*[[Brendan the Navigator]] - [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/akafrbrendan.htm 1] (French)
*[[Chad of Lichfield]] - [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/akatchad.htm 1]
*[[Innocent of Alaska]] - [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/carthusian/Akathist/innocent.html 1], [http://www.oca.org/PDF/Music/Akathists/stinnocentakathist.pdf 2] (PDF)
*[[Jacob Netsvetov|Jacob of Alaska]] - [http://www.oca.org/PDF/Music/July/stjacobakathist.pdf 1] (PDF)
*[[John Chrysostom]] - [http://chrysostom1600.org/sjc1600/akathist/ 1], [http://www.antiochian.org/system/files/Akathist+to+St+John+Chrysostom.pdf 2] (PDF), [http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Akatistos_pyh%C3%A4lle_Johannes_Krysostomokselle%2C_Konstantinopolin_arkkipiispalle Finnish]*[[John the Forerunner]]- [http://www.osjknights.com/3%20Prayers/Akathist%20to%20Saint%20John%20the%20Baptist.pdf 1] (PDF)
*[[John the Theologian]]
*[[John of Kronstadt]] - [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Johannes_Kronstadtilaiselle.htm 1] (Finnish)
*[[Joseph the Betrothed]] [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_joosef_kihlaajalle.htm 1] (Finnish)
*Juliana of Lazarevo - [http://stjulianalazarevo.org/akathist_hymn.html 1]
*[[Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) of Simferopol and Crimea]][http://www.kerpc.ru/sacred/luka/molitv 1]
*[[Mary Magdalene]]
*[[Maximus Sandovich]], Protomartyr of the Lemko people <!-- http://www.lemko.org/religion/maxim/ --->
*[[Menas the Wonder-worker]]
*[[Nektarios of Pentapolis]] - [http://stnektariosroc.org/files/prayers/akathist-to-st-nektarios-of-aegina.pdf 1] -(PDF),[http://stnektariosroc.org/2014/11/akathist-st-nektarios-aegina/ 2],[http://www.angelfire.com/planet/parastos/akathistnectarios.html 13], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_nektariokselle.htm 2] -(Finnish)
*[[Nicholas of Myra]] - [http://www.sainthermanchurch.org/Images_files/Akathist%20to%20our%20Father%20Among%20the%20Saints.doc 1] (DOC), [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Pyhalle_Nikolaokselle.htm 2] (Finnish)
*[[Nicholas of Japan]]
*[[Panteleimon]] - [http://stbarnabasonline.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=32 1] (PDF)
*[[Paraskevi]]
*[http://jonathanscorner.com/philaret/ Philaret the Merciful]
*Philothea
*[[Raphael of Brooklyn]] - [http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/straphaelcanonized/hymns/BRAkathist.htm 1], [http://www.networks-now.net/litresswraoc/SVCRaphaelAkathist.htm 2]
*[[Romanos the Melodist]] - [http://www.frederica.com/writings/the-akathist-annunciation-hymn-of-st-romanos.html 1]
*[[Seraphim of Sarov]] - [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Pyhittajaisa_Serafim_Sarovilaiselle.htm 1] (Finnish)
*[[Apostle Simon|Simon the Zealot, Apostle and Evangelist]]
*[[Spyridon of Trimythous]]
*[[Tikhon of Moscow]] - [http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/carthusian/Akathist/tikhon.html 1]
*[[Tryphon of Pechenga|http://www.ortodoksi.net/tietopankki/henkilot/pyhat/karjalan_valistajat/tryphon_of_pechenga.htm Trifon (Tryphon) of Pechenga]] (Petsamo) ] - [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Trifon_Petsamolaiselle.htm 1] (Finnish)
*[[Xenia of St. Petersburg]] [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Autuaalle_Ksenia_Pietarilaiselle.htm 1] (Finnish)
*All Saints [http://www.parohia-precupetii-vechi.ro/acatist.htm 1] (Romanian)
*the Chinese martyr saints who died in the Boxer (Yihetuan Movement) Rebellion - [http://www.asna.ca/resources/akathist-chinese-martyrs-1900.pdf 1] (PDF), [http://www.orthodox.cn/liturgical/akathist/akathistmartyrs_en.htm 2]
*to all the Saints that shone forth in the lands of the West - [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/pdf/aka.pdf 1] (PDF), [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/pdf/akatist.pdf 2] (PDF-Romanian)
*Ss. [[Joachim and Anna]][http://www.churchofourlady.org/Documents/Akathist%20-%20Joachim%20and%20Anna%20(English).pdf] (includes music)*Ss. [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]] - [http://www.saintspappeterandpaul.orgnet/peterpaulakathist.html 1akathist-saints-peter-paul]*Ss. [[http://www.ortodoksi.net/tietopankki/henkilot/pyhat/karjalan_valistajat/sergius_and_herman_of_valaam.htm Sergei of Valaam|Sergei]] and [[Herman of Valaam|Herman]] of Valaam - [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_Pyhittajaisillemme_Sergeille_ja_Hermanille.htm 1] (Finnish)
Local/Diocesan Saints
*Akathist to the Tomb and the Resurrection of the Lord - [http://gnisios.narod.ru/aktomb.html 1], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_elamaa_kantavalle_haudalle.htm 2] (Finnish), [http://www.angelfire.com/planet/parastos/akathisttomb.html 3]
*Akathist to the Resurrection of Christ [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_kuolleista_nousseelle_Kristukselle.htm 1] (Finnish)
*Akathist "Glory to God for All Things" or "of Thanksgiving" - [http://stnektariosroc.org/files/prayers/akathist-thanksgiving-glory-to-god-for-all-things.pdf 1], [http://www.saintjonah.org/services/thanksgiving.htm 12], [http://www.orthodox.net/akathists/akathist-thanksgiving.html 23], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akathist_of_thanksgiving.htm 34], [http://www.ortodoksi.net/liturgiset_tekstit/akatistohymnit/akatistos_luomakunnalle_3.htm 45] (Finnish)
:The Akathist is often attributed to [[Priest]] Gregory Petrov who died in a Soviet prison camp in 1940, but also to [[Metropolitan]] Tryphon (Prince Boris Petrovich Turkestanov) +1934. The title is from the words of St. [[John Chrysostom]] as he was dying in exile. It is a song of praise from amidst the most terrible sufferings.
*Akathist in Praise of God's Creation (by Metropolitan Tryphon (Turkestanov)) - [http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8228.asp 1]
===Multimedia===
*[http://www.goarch.org/en/multimedia/audio.asp?videoTitle=The%20Akathist%20Hymn&location=/en/services/akathist/eikona/akathist_MSTR.mov Akathist Hymn] (MOV; sound file) chanted by [[Eikona]]
*[http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/learntochantchant/akathist.asp /index_html Learn to Chant: The Service of the Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos] ([[GOARCH]])
*[http://www.orthodoxmusic.ru/alb71.e.AKATHIST_TO_THE_DERZHAVNAYA_ICON.html?request_id=53 Akathist to the Derzhavnaya Icon of the Mother of God] CD for sale with sample mp3 tracks
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