anastasis
- proper noun
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Anastasis
- Largely centered on the Anastasis, the services also took place in the Sion church on the other side of the city, at the Eleona and the Imbomon on the Mt. of Olives, in the Gethsemane church, and at the Lazarium in Bethany.
Examples
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Catechumens could not enter the Anastasis and probably could not see the Sepulchre or Golgotha chapel from the basilica.
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Dead Can Dance will be returning to Europe in 2013, as part of the 'Anastasis World Tour.'
Blog text (18) -
Catechumens could not enter the Anastasis and probably could not see the Sepulchre or Golgotha chapel from the basilica.
Academic text (2007) -
It seems likely that worshippers entered the Anastasis at the same place as they do today and that catechumens and pagans were not prevented from entering.
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Rather, the exclusion of catechumens from the Anastasis was a ritual separation that emphasized both the sacrality of the holy places and the cultural significance of baptism.
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But do not, on the glorious and august day of the Holy Anastasis, bring a cloud over your royal city, making the brightness and joy of our common salvation and resurrection give way to lamentation and the wailing of mourners.
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Later (possibly by the time Cyril was writing his lectures), a shrine was added to Calvary and a small chapel behind it, and a rotunda was built to cover the Anastasis complex.
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The vessel was renamed the Anastasis, which means resurrection in Greek, and towed to Greece in 1979.
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Indeed, the content attitude of the people aboard the Anastasis struck me most during my weeklong stay, despite the fact that all the crew members with whom I spoke had made considerable sacrifices to come here.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Anastasis comes from Greek parts ana- 'up' and stasis 'standing', so it means 'resurrection' or 'rising'. The Church called the Anastasis is named for Christ's rising and the tomb there, which is why it is an important holy site.
