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n. the hot water added to the chalice by the priest during the Byzantine Eucharist to commemorate the water that flowed from the crucified Christ's side when pierced by the spear
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Zeon ( Greek: "boiling", "fervor") is a liturgical action which takes place in the Divine Liturgy of the Rite of Constantinople, during which hot water is added to the chalice. The same term is used as a noun to describe the vessel used for this purpose.
Immediately following the fraction, the altar server hands the deacon a vessel of hot water. The deacon presents it to the priest and says, "Bless, Master, the hot water." The priest blesses it with his right hand saying, "Blessed is the fervor of Thy saints, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen." The deacon pours a portion of the hot water into the chalice, making the Sign of the Cross with the water, as he says, "The fervor of faith, full of the Holy Spirit."
The historical beginnings of the ritual are unknown; however, it is clearly of ancient origin. Symbolically, the warm water represents the water which flowed from the side of Jesus at the time of the Crucifixion; and also the Christian belief that the Body of Christ is life-giving. Orthodox Christians believe that they partake of the Resurrected Body and Blood of Christ, and the warmth of the chalice is a reminder of that doctrine.
The type of vessel used differs depending upon whether the Greek or Slavic Rite is used. In the Greek practice, the zeon vessel tends to be shaped like a very small ewer set on a tiny plate. The Slavic practice, by contrast, uses a larger vessel shaped like a cup with a flat handle, set on a somewhat larger plate. Both traditions use enough to heat the entire chalice.
Usage examples of "zeon".
On the Zeon cruiser Musai, Lieutenant Commander Sha Aznable flexed the tip of his toes and floated up to the bridge.
But four years later he suddenly died, and he was succeeded by Degin Zavi, who resurrected an ancient concept of a sovereign state, established the Zeon Archduchy, and declared himself archduke.
Rallying the Colonists of the Zeon Archduchy around him, he organized an independent military and decided to resist by force.
Zaks, more than anything else, enabled the Side 3 Zeon Archduchy to embark on its War of Independence and helped the opening rounds of the One Week Battle to go more or less as Gren and Krishia Zavi had expected.
In the Zeon colonies insects were strictly regulated, and outside of the entomological room in a museum no one ever saw them.
But construction on the first Side 7 colony had stopped with only a third of it complete, and compared to the Zeon colonies, the clouds were still quite wispy.
Twenty minutes earlier in the Shoal Zone he had spotted a Zeon ship but then had lost sight of it.
If there are two Zaks here, that means other Zeon forces must be nearby, right?
When the Zak piloted by Zeon Ensign Jeen finally blew, it carved a hole in the base of the mountain and blew a hole in the nearest wall in the colony.
Zeon Daikun, had founded the original Zeon Republic with the help of Degin Zavi, the current ruler.
Sha was too young at the time to understand the difference between the two forms of government, but his foster father, Zinba Ral, believedwas, in fact, convincedthat Zeon Daikun had not died a natural death but had actually been assassinated.
At age fifteen Sha had managed to infiltrate back to Zeon alone and, with the help of a few loyal friends of his father, obtain papers identifying himself as Sha Aznable.
It seemed mere training for his eventual mission, especially when what was supposed to have been a short, neat little victory for Zeon turned into a protracted conflict.
Inside the Side 7 colony, Amuro Rey had not had time to climb out of his Gundam Mobile Suit since the initial Zeon attack.
Her brother was Caspar Lem Daikun, otherwise known in Zeon as Sha Aznable.