- A
sticheron (Gr****: στιχηρόν "set in verses"; plural:
stichera; Gr****: στιχηρά) is a hymn of a
particular genre sung
during the
daily evening (Hesperinos/Vespers)...
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Sticherarion of Copenhagen:
stichera anastasima (f. 254r),
alphabetika (f. 254v),
anavathmoi and
stichera anatolika (f. 255v),
stichera heothina (f. 277v), dogmatika...
-
Litany "Lord I have cried" (psalms 140, 141, 129, 116), with
appointed stichera,
ending with the
Dogmatic Theotokion, a hymn
addressed to the Theotokos...
- All-night vigils, Polyeleos,
Great Doxology, ****tuple ("sixfold",
having six
stichera at
Vespers and six
troparia at the
Canon of Matins).
There are also distinctions...
- to the martyrs;
three being stichera of the day from the
Triodion (on the
first four Fridays,
these are
further stichera to the
martyrs in the tone of...
- ages. Amen."
Doxastika are
normally found near the end of a
series of
stichera.
Doxastika may be
found at
Vespers Κύριε, ἐκέκραξα πρὸς σέ ("Lord, I Have...
-
relics of St.
Lazarus to
Constantinople in the year 890.
There are
several stichera (hymns)
attributed to him that are
chanted on
Lazarus Sa****ay in the Eastern...
- Litany, 'Lord, I call' is sung
without a
Psalter reading. The
first five
stichera (the
first being repeated) are
taken from the
Aposticha at
Matins the night...
-
verses are used as
Prokimena (introductions to
Scriptural readings) and
Stichera. The bulk of
Vespers would still be
composed of
Psalms even if the kathisma...
- (Gr****: Άπόστιχα'; Slavonic: stikhíry na stikhóvne) are a set of
hymns (
stichera)
accompanied by
psalm verses (stichos) that are
chanted towards the end...
