- Rite, a
prokeimenon (Gr**** Προκείμενον,
plural prokeimena;
sometimes prokimenon/prokimena; lit. 'that
which precedes') is a
psalm or
canticle refrain...
- a
Prokimenon before the second:
Exodus 19:10-19 -
Moses consecrates the
people in
advance of God
arriving upon
Mount Sinai. The
Second Prokimenon is...
- Tone 2.
Three more
stichera in Tone 6 lead to the Entrance. The
Evening Prokimenon is
taken from
Psalm 21 (22): 'They
parted My
garments among them, and...
- the
usual dogmatikon.
After the
Little Entrance,
there is no
Evening Prokimenon, but
there are 15 Old
Testament readings that
recall the
history of salvation...
-
Royal Doors and
there is no
veneration of the
Gospel Book, and the
Great Prokimenon 'Who is so
great a God as our God?' is sung at
Vespers on
Sunday evening...
- Menaion). 'O
Gladsome Light' is sung as usual.
Following this, the
evening Prokimenon (based on a
cycle of the
Psalms used
through Lent and Holy W****) is sung...
- For example,
there begins to be a
significant 'split'
after the
Great Prokimenon at
Vespers that night. The
theme of this w**** is the
Parable of the Prodigal...
- the
opening Psalm, four 'Lord, I call' verses, 'O
Gladsome Light', the
Prokimenon, 'Vouchsafe, O Lord', an Aposticha, the Nunc
Dimmitis and
Trisagion prayers...
- icon. The
reading of the
Gospel is
usually preceded by the
chanting of a
prokimenon or alleluia. The
Gospel lesson is not
simply read, but is
chanted by one...
