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A processional hymn, opening hymn, or gathering hymn is a chant, hymn or other music sung during the Procession, usually at the start of a Christian service, although occasionally during the service itself. The procession usually contains members of the clergy and the choir walking behind the processional cross. [1]
After the ascendency of Christianity in the Roman Empire, the consular processions in Constantinople retained their religious character, now proceeding to Hagia Sophia, where prayers and offerings were made; but in Rome, where Christianity was not so widely spread among the upper classes, at first the tendency was to convert the procession into a purely civil function, omitting the pagan rites ...
Above the mantle is a mitre (of the Eastern style) between a processional cross and a crosier. The earliest examples of the arms of Orthodox hierarchs have the cross to the dexter of the mitre and the bishop's staff to sinister, but opposite examples exist.
Processional is anything of, and or pertaining to a procession. Processional may also refer to: Processional, a 1925 play by John Howard Lawson; Roman Processional, the tenth chapter of the Roman Ritual; Processional cross, a cross or crucifix held during a Christian procession; Processional walkway, a ceremonial walkway
Music played an important role during the procession carrying the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall where she will lie in state.
The antiphons of most Introits are taken from Psalms, though many come from other parts of Scripture.In some rare cases the antiphon is not from Scripture: "Salve, sancta parens", from the Christian poet Sedulius, who was imitating a line from book V of Virgil's Aeneid, is the antiphon used in the Tridentine form of the Roman Rite for common Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary; the 1970 revision ...
Some ancient and modern sources suggest a fairly standard processional order. First came the captive leaders, allies, and soldiers (and sometimes their families) usually walking in chains; some were destined for execution or further display.
A procession is an organized body of people advancing in a formal or ceremonial manner.. Procession may also refer to: . Procession, a 1983 album by Weather Report; Procession (band), an Australian pop/jazz band