- 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)...
-
Sticherarion of Copenhagen:
stichera anastasima (f. 254r),
alphabetika (f. 254v),
anavathmoi and
stichera anatolika (f. 255v),
stichera heothina (f. 277v), dogmatika...
- 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...
-
Litany "Lord I have cried" (psalms 140, 141, 129, 116), with
appointed stichera,
ending with the
Dogmatic Theotokion, a hymn
addressed to the Theotokos...
- liturgy.
Approximately fifty of her
hymns are extant, most of
which are
stichera,
though at
least 26 have
uncertain attribution. The
authenticity issues...
-
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...
- For the
celebration of
Theophany the
protocol begins to
mention several stichera and
their echoi (ch. 3) and who had to sing them: Δοχὴ πρώτη, τῶν Βενέτων...
- alleluia, alleluia." What
differs is the tone in
which it is sung, and the
stichera (psalm verses)
which are
intoned by the Reader. The
Alleluia is paired...
- 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...
