The Tone 8 Kontakion Melody
Examples
See the introduction for an explanation of how to sing this melody, and the detailed analysis for its history and variants.
Kontakion of the Resurrection, Tone 8:
Kontakion of Pascha:
Kontakion of Thomas Sunday (second Paschal Sunday):
Kontakion of the Samaritan Woman (fifth Paschal Sunday):
Kontakion of the Council Fathers:
Kontakion of Pentecost:
Kontakion of All Saints (Sunday after Pentecost):
Kontakion of the Sunday of Orthodoxy (first Sunday of the Great Fast):
Kontakion of Akathistos Saturday (Saturday in the fifth week of the Great Fast; also sung on the Annunciation):
Pre-festive kontakion of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 13):
Common kontakion of two or more hierarchs:
Kontakion for the departed: