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Exapostilarion

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'''Exapostilarion''' (from the Greek ''exapostello'', "dismiss"). A [[troparion]] that follows the canon at [[Orthros]]. It takes it's name from the fact that it is near the end of the service. These hymns also often develop the theme of Christ as the Light of the world, as so they are sometimes called "photagogikon" ("hymn of light"; Slavonic, ''svetilen''). The Sunday exapostilarion is always linked to the [[Matin's Matins Gospel]] used earlier in the service.<ref>''The Festal Menaion'' (Tr. Mother Mary and Archimandrite Kallistos Ware, Faber and Faber, London, 1984), p. 551.</ref>
Some examples of the better known exapostilaria are:
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