The Kyrie

The Daily Office

Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Χριστέ, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

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Provenance

Antiochene, c. 380

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

One of the oldest prayers in Christian worship, the Kyrie eleison – Greek for "Lord, have mercy" – was already being sung in Jerusalem by the 380s AD. The threefold Western form (Lord, Christ, Lord) is a Roman addition attested by Pope Gregory the Great around 598. Every Anglican prayer book since 1549 has carried it.

Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Κύριε, ἐλέησον. Χριστέ, ἐλέησον. Κύριε, ἐλέησον.

↻Turn your device to see the Greek original

Original-language source

Provenance

Antiochene, c. 380

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

One of the oldest prayers in Christian worship, the Kyrie eleison – Greek for "Lord, have mercy" – was already being sung in Jerusalem by the 380s AD. The threefold Western form (Lord, Christ, Lord) is a Roman addition attested by Pope Gregory the Great around 598. Every Anglican prayer book since 1549 has carried it.