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Saint vs Menaion - What's the difference?

saint | menaion | Derived terms |

Saint is a derived term of menaion.


As nouns the difference between saint and menaion

is that saint is a title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name while menaion is the annual fixed liturgical cycle of services used in the eastern orthodox and greek-catholic churches, containing a list of the services and large collection of liturgical texts for an entire month twelve volumes are usually offered for the year, as a set known as the menaia .

saint

English

Noun

(wikipedia saint) (en noun)
  • A person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint"; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue.
    • Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint .
  • (figuratively, by extension) A person with positive qualities; one who does good.
    • Dorothy Day was a living saint .
    Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint !
  • One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God’s service.
    • to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints , with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours. (1Cor. 1:2)
  • One of the blessed in heaven.
  • * Milton
    • Then shall thy saints , unmixed, and from the impure / Far separate, circling thy holy mount, / Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing.

    Synonyms

    * (holy person) (l), sheik

    Related terms

    * sainthood * saintly * saintess

    See also

    * hallow * holos * holy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nonstandard) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.
    • Many wish to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately.

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    menaion

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia menaion) (menaia)
  • The annual fixed liturgical cycle of services used in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches, containing a list of the services and large collection of liturgical texts for an entire month. Twelve volumes are usually offered for the year, as a set known as the menaia .

    • Derived terms

    * General Menaion - a book which contains services for each type of celebration (apostles, martyrs, etc.) with blank spaces for the name of the saint being celebrated. * Festal Menaion - an anthology which contains the texts for those Great Feasts of the Lord or the Theotokos which fall on the fixed cycle, and optionally feasts of the major saints.

    Synonyms

    * Menologium, menology

    References

    * Menaion , Translations by Archimandrite Ephrem * General Menaion , English translation by St. Sergius of Radonezh Parish * Festal Menaion , Theology Today * Menaion , Catholic Encyclopedia article,