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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]].

*In '''Slavic practice''', a megalynarion is a hymn that is is , sung at the end of the Polyeleospolyeleos, 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 hymns that replace "It is truly meet..." are called "''Zadostoinik'',", which means "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 term to distinguish it from the other types of hymns that are also refered to as a "megalynarion.".