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The article studies the specific character of refrains of the kontakions in Church Slavonic and Greek akathists. In most akathists (in various languages), refrains in kontakions (except the first one) contain the expression “Alleluia”, but there are some Church Slavonic texts with other endings. On the other hand, there are several Greek akathists in which the endings of the first kontakions do not coincide with the refrains of the ikoses (unlike the Great Akathist and most of other akathists).