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==Feast dayJours de fête==In A [[Constantinople]], the clergy and faithful would often gather together on specific le clergé et les fidèles se réunissent souvent ensemble à l'église lors de [[jours de fête|feast day]]s at a church dedicated to the spécifiques dédiés au saint of that day for liturgical celebrationsdu jour pour des célébrations liturgiques. These gatherings were referred to as Ces assemblées sont appelées ''synaxes''. These Ces synaxes came to have services written specifically for themont des offices propres. A Synaxis often occurs on the day following Une synaxe a souvent lieu lors des jours suivant une [[Great FeastGrande Fête|Major Feast Day]] and is in honor of , en l'honneur des saints who participated in the eventqui ont participé à l'événement célébré lors de la fête. For examplePar exemple, services on the Feast of le jour suivant la fête [[Epiphany (holiday)|Theophany]] (the revelation la révélation of the [[TrinityTrinité]] at the [[Baptism of Jesus]] in the lors du [[River Jordan|JordanBaptême de Jésus]]dans la rivière du Jourdain) would be held at [[Hagia Sophia]]; then, the next day, a Synaxis was observed in honor of une Synaxe sera observée en l'honneur de [[John the Baptist|St. John the ForerunnerJean Baptiste]] at the church dedicated to him. Over time, the synaxes came into general use and are now celebrated in every church.
The following are Synaxes which are universally observed in the [[Rite of Constantinople]]: