Trisagion
/trɪˈsaɡɪən
/ /trɪˈseɪɡɪən/noun
A hymn, especially in the Orthodox Church, with a triple invocation of God as holy.During the Trisagion the Reader should come and receive the blessing of the celebrant to read the Apostle....
- The Trisagion should not be confused with the Sanctus (‘Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of power and might.’)
- Now we first hear of the Trisagion in the 5th century, when it was apparently used as a processional antiphon during stational services in Constantinople.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Greek, neuter of trisagios, from tris 'three times' + hagios 'holy'.