Encaenia (/ɛnˈsiːniə/en-SEE-nee-ə) is an academic or sometimes ecclesiastical ceremony, usually performed at colleges or universities.[1][2] It generally occurs some time near the annual ceremony for the general conferral of degrees to students. The word is from Latin, meaning dedication or consecration, and is ultimately derived from the Ancient Greek ἐγκαίνια (enkainia), meaning a festival of renewal or dedication, and corresponds to the English term commencement.
The term was originally used to indicate the eight days of celebration for the dedication of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, which celebration covered also to the discovering of the True Cross by Empress Helena in 326.[3] Because the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was consecrated on September 13, 335, the Encaenia started on September 13, while the cross itself was brought outside the church on September 14 so that the clergy and faithful could pray before the True Cross (Feast of the Cross).
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Encaenia (/ɛnˈsiːniə/ en-SEE-nee-ə) is an academic or sometimes ecclesiastical ceremony, usually performed at colleges or universities. It generally occurs...
matriculation Graduation ceremonies The annual Encaenia (Commemoration) ceremony. On certain occasions, e.g. the Encaenia garden party, by tradition, graduates...
Cross: Frank "Iron Major" Cavanaugh. Fordham College at Rose Hill hosts an Encaenia each year in early May. Faculty, administrators, and students process in...
commencement Commencement speech – Speech given to graduating students Encaenia – Academic or ecclesiastical ceremony Exit examination – High school leaving...
reflected on his visit there in the previous year, and he duly read it at Encaenia. In November 1878, he graduated Bachelor of Arts with a double first, having...
Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2007. "Encaenia 2009". University of Oxford. 24 June 2009. Archived from the original on...
Commemoration Day sermon formerly held (until 2006) on the Sunday, and the Encaenia ceremony (where the annual Creweian Oration in honour of benefactors is...
expressed by placement in academic processions.) Academic administration Encaenia ^ See Academic dress and American Council on Education, An Academic Costume...
1979, he was awarded a Doctorate of Civil Law honoris causa at the Oxford Encaenia. Blackwell was a prosecution witness in the 1966 private prosecution attempt...
(Doctor of Letters), honoris causa, by the University of Oxford at the Encænia ceremony in the Sheldonian Theatre. In 2012, during a break from writing...
parts of processions during commencement exercises, academic convocations, encaenia and similar events. These marshals often carry maces, staffs or wands of...
to Jerusalem by a delegation of Armenian priests on the occasion of the Encaenia, in dedication of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in September 335. In...
readings, workshops, hosted events, etc.); deliver the Creweian Oration at Encaenia every other year; each year, to be one of the judges for the Newdigate...
Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. "University honours nine at Encaenia". www.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on July 19, 2015. "Criteria...
memorial to Sir Roger Newdigate (1719–1806). The winning poem is announced at Encaenia. Instructions are published as follows: "The length of the poem is not...
honorary Doctor of Music (DMus) degree by the University of Oxford during Encaenia 2009. 2011: Grammy award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with...
worn outside commencement ceremonies or other academic rituals such as encaenia and baccalaureate services, and sometimes matriculation and convocation...
after witnessing him read his Newdigate Prize-winning poem "Oxford" at the Encaenia ceremony in July 1913. Twice in the novels (in Murder Must Advertise and...
Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2000. p. 4. "Oxford University Gazette Encaenia 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2008. Retrieved...
2008.[permanent dead link] "Oxford University Gazette, 20 June 2008: Encaenia 2008". Ox.ac.uk. Retrieved October 31, 2014. Nagel, Thomas. 1986, The View...
after seeing him read his Newdigate Prize-winning poem "Oxford" at the Encaenia ceremony in July 1913. Newdigate Prize, 1913 Keats' Craftsmanship: A Study...
Century Foundation. Retrieved 19 July 2017. "Honorary degrees awarded at Encaenia 2023". University of Oxford. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023. "No...
worn outside commencement ceremonies or other academic rituals such as encaenia in the U.S. graduation ceremonies have gained popularity and have expanded...
influence. A pillar found at Allahabad sings his praises. The Council of Encaenia is held in Antioch. Paul I is restored as Patriarch of Constantinople....
of Doctor of Music, Sir Simon Rattle, CBE". Oxford University Gazette (Encaenia 1999, Supplement (1) to Gazette No. 4517). 25 June 1999. Retrieved 6 August...
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