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The term '''''megalynarion''''' is used in English to refer to three types of hymnography that have no relationship between themto one another.

*In '''Byzantine practice''', a '''megalynarion''' is a short hymn for the saint of the day or the feast that is sung after "Among the first..." . This type of '''megalynarion''' is also used during other services, such as a Paraclesis[[Paraklesis]].

*In '''Slavic practice''', a Megalynarion megalynarion is a hymn that is is , sung at the end of the Polyeleos[[polyeleos]], which usually begins with "We magnify..." In [[Church Slavonic|Slavonic]], this type of hymn is called a ''velichaniye''. Another common term in English used for this type of hymn is "''magnification"''.

*In '''both Byzantine and Slavic practice''', the term "''megalynarion" '' is also used to refer to the [[hymn ]] that is sung at the the [[Divine Liturgy]], just after the consecration of the [[Eucharist|Holy Gifts]].

The most common megalynarion is the one used at the [[Divine Liturgy]] of St. [[John Chrysostom], ] when it is not a feast of the [[Jesus Christ|Lord, ]] or of the [[Theotokos]]:

:wver ever blessed and most blameless and the Mother of our God::More honourable than the [[Cherubim]],:and more glorious beyond compare than the [[Seraphim]],

In Slavonic, the The hymns that replace "It is truly meet..." in the Divine Liturgy are called in Slavonic the "''Zadostoinik''," or in Greek the "anti tou Axion Estin", both which means mean "Instead of "'It is truly meet.'". These hymns come from the refrain and Irmos [[irmos]] of the 9th Ode ninth ode of the Canon of the Feast, which is sung at [[Matins]] / [[Orthros]]. Some English -speaking Orthodox prefer to use this the Slavonic term to distinguish it from the other types of hymns that are also refered referred to as "a ''megalynarion"''.{{Liturgy/wide}}