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hagiasma (Gr., "holy place"): often designates a miraculous
spring, at times enclosed architecturally and housed in a shrine
church, for example at the still surviving Church of the Blachernae
in Constantinople.
haykal (Arabic, derived from the Hebrew or Aramiac, hēkal, "house
of God, temple"): the domed altar room, or sanctuary found
at the extreme eastern end of a Coptic Church.
hegoumenos, hegoumenissa (Gr., "leader"): leader of
a monastery, eastern equivalents for the western abbot and abbess.
Hesychasm (from the Gr. Hesychasein, "to be quiet, at rest"):
Contemplative practice seeking to attain communion with God
and inner peace. Hesychast practices were accompanied by yogic
physical practices. Hesychasts believed that the uncreated light
of Christ’s Transfiguration could be experienced by its
practitioners. Mount Athos was a center of Hesychastic practices,
nonetheless they were controversial; they were championed by
Saint Gregory Palamas, and challenged by Barlaam of Calabria.
Hesychastic practices were deemed Orthodox at the Synod, overseen
by John VI Kantakouzenos.
Hetoimasia (Gr. "preparation): The throne of God, laid
out in preparation for the Last Judgment. In art it was shown
as an empty throne with the instruments of the passion behind
it.
hieromonk (Gr., "sacred monk"): monk ordained as a
priest.
himation (Gr., "outer garment"): long, loose outer
garment, also the dark outer garment of monks and nuns.
homiliary (from the Gr., homilia, or sermon): collection of
sermons arranged in accordance with the Church Calendar.
horologion (Gr., "Book of Hours"): book in which are
contained the fixed portions of the daily offices, with the
parts for the reader and choir written in full, and most of
the priest’s and deacon’s texts omitted.
hosios (Gr., "holy man"): a saint.
hyperperon, hyperpera (from the Greek, nomisma
hyperpyron, "highly refined"): Byzantine gold coin
in use from the late eleventh century onward (see cat 12).
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