Hypapante
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ὑπαπάντη (Hupapántē), from ὑπαπαντάω (hupapantáō).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Hypapante
- (historical) Synonym of Candlemas
- 1834, Joseph Bingham, Origines ecclesiasticæ; or, The antiquities of the Christian church:
- There is indeed an Homily among St. Chrysostom's works, which if it were genuine, would carry this feast an hundred years higher; for it is upon this festival under this very name of Hypapante.
- 1976, Ernst Kitzinger, The Art of Byzantium and the Medieval West: Selected Studies:
- But although this may be one, or even the principal, reason why the Hypapante was put in this particular place there were probably other considerations as well.
- 2016, Leslie Brubaker, The Cult of the Mother of God in Byzantium: Texts and Images:
- Hence, the day of the Hypapante marked both the day of Mary's purification and the presentation of her firstborn in the temple. The Hypapante was surely one of the ancient feasts held in Jerusalem and, as we learn from the reliable report of the pilgrim Egeria (who resided in Jerusalem between 381 and 384), it was celebrated in the fourth century at Golgotha.