Recorded Music
Liturgical chant is, above all, sung chant - and sung chant is best
learned by hearing. We hope that the following
recordings may provide both instruction and edification. Note that not
all use the current English translations and music, and some of the
Church Slavonic settings follow the Papp
Irmologion rather
than the Bokšai
Prostopinije.
English
The Divine Liturgies
These recordings were prepared to accompany
The Divine Liturgies of
our Holy Fathers John Chrysostom and Basil the Great.
- The Divine Liturgy of our
Holy Father John Chrysostom - music in the Divine Liturgies, pp. xx-yy
- Opening blessing
- Litany of Peace
- Litany of Peace - additional petitions for the departed
- First Antiphon or typical psalm
- First Antiphon - Sunday
- First Antiphon - weekday
- First Typical Psalm - simple
- First Typical Psalm - solemn
- Second Antiphon or typical psalm
- Second Antiphon - Sunday
- Second Antiphon - weekday
- Second Typical Psalm - simple
- Second Typical Psalm - solemn
- Hymn of the Incarnation ("O Only-begotten Son") - Galician
melody
- Hymn of the Incarnation ("O Only-begotten Son") - Tone 7
samohlasen
- Third Antiphon or the Beatitudes
- Third Antiphon - Sunday
- Third Antiphon - weekday
- The Beatitudes
- Entrance Hymn
- Entrance Hymn - Sunday - melody A
- Entrance Hymn - Sunday - melody B
- Entrance Hymn - weekday - melody A
- Entrance Hymn - weekday - melody B
- Introduction to the Thrice-Holy Hymn
- Thrice-Holy Hymn, or Trisagion ("Holy God, holy and mighty")
- Thrice-Holy Hymn A
- Thrice-Holy Hymn B
- Thrice-Holy Hymn C
- Thrice-Holy Hymn D
- Thrice-Holy Hymn E
- Thrice-Holy Hymn F (for the departed)
- "All you who have been baptized" - melody A (Galician)
- "All you who have been baptized" - melody B (Rusyn)
- "We bow to your Cross" - melody A (Galician)
- "We bow to your Cross" - melody B (Rusyn)
- Responses before and after the Gospel
- Litany of Fervent Supplication
- Litany for the Departed - response melody A
- Litany for the Departed - response melody B
- Litany for the Catechments and Litany for the Faithful
- The Cherubikon (Cherubic Hymn)
- Cherubic Hymn A
- Cherubic Hymn B
- Cherubic Hymn C
- Cherubic Hymn D
- Cherubic Hymn E
- Cherubic Hymn F
- Cherubic Hymn G (for the departed)
- Litany over the Gifts
- Introduction to the Symbol of Faith (Creed)
- Symbol of Faith A
- Symbol of Faith B
- Opening responses at the Anaphora
- Anamnesis Acclamation ("We praise you, we bless you")
- Anamnesis Acclamation A
- Anamnesis Acclamation B
- Anamnesis Acclamation C
- Anamnesis Acclamation D
- Anamnesis Acclamation E
- Anamnesis Acclamation F
- Anamnesis Acclamation F (for the departed)
- Anamnesis Acclamation G (for use with any Cherubikon melody)
- Hymn to the Theotokos ("It is truly proper")
- Concluding responses at the Anaphora
- Litany of Preparation for Communion
- The Lord's Prayer ("Our Father")
- The Lord's Prayer - Tone 1 samohlasen
- The Lord's Prayer - Tone 2 samohlasen
- The Lord's Prayer - Tone 3 samohlasen
- The Lord's Prayer - Tone 4 samohlasen
- The Lord's Prayer - Tone 5 samohlasen
- The Lord's Prayer - Tone 6 samohlasen
- The Lord's Prayer - Tone 7 samohlasen
- The Lord's Prayer - Tone 8 samohlasen
- The Lord's Prayer - Tone 4 podoben "Udivisja Josif"
- The Lord's Prayer -
recitando
- Responses after the Lord's Prayer
- "One is holy"
- Communion Hymn
- Communion Hymn for Sunday - Cherubikon melody A
- Communion Hymn for Sunday - Cherubikon melody B
- Communion Hymn for Sunday - Cherubikon melody C
- Communion Hymn for Sunday - Cherubikon melody D
- Communion Hymn for Sunday - Cherubikon melody E
- Communion Hymn for Sunday - Cherubikon melody F
- Invitation to Communion
- "We have seen the true light" - melody A
- "We have seen the true light" - melody B
- "Blessed is our God"
- "May our mouth be filled" - melody A
- "May our mouth be filled" - melody B
- "May our mouth be filled" - melody C
- Responses at the Litany of Thanksgiving
- "Blessed be the name of the Lord"
- "Blessed be the name of the Lord" - melody A
- "Blessed be the name of the Lord" - melody B
- "Blessed be the name of the Lord" - melody C
- "Blessed be the name of the Lord" - melody D
- Dismissal
- Intonation for the Living ("Many Years")
- Intonation for the Living - melody A
- Intonation for the Living - melody B
- Intonation for the Living - melody C
- Intonation for the Departed ("Eternal Memory")
- Intonation for the Departed - melody A
- Intonation for the Departed - melody B
- The Divine Liturgy of our
Holy Father Basil the Great - music in the Divine Liturgies, pp. xx-yy
- Setting A (Mukačevo melodies)
- "It is proper and just"
- "Holy, holy, holy"
- Responses at the Instiution 1
- Responses at the Instiution 1
- Anamnesis Acclamation - "We praise you"
- Hymn to the Theotokos - "In you, O woman full of grace"
- Setting B (Prešov melodies)
- "It is proper and just"
- "Holy, holy, holy"
- Responses at the Instiution 1
- Responses at the Instiution 1
- Anamnesis Acclamation - "We praise you"
- Hymn to the Theotokos - "In you, O woman full of grace"
- The Vigil Divine Liturgy - music
in the Divine Liturgies,
pp. xx-yy
- Introduction
- Psalm 103 - setting A (chanted)
- Psalm 103 - setting B (festal melody)
- Hymn of the Evening - "O Joyful Light"
- Great Prokeimenon
- Saturday evening
- Sunday evening
- Monday evening
- Tuesday evening
- Wednesday evening
- Thursday evening
- Friday evening
- Small Litany
- The Eight Tones for Sunday
- music in the Divine
Liturgies, pp. xx-yy
- Sunday Tone 1
- Psalm 140 with stichera - Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon
- Alleluia
- Sunday Tone 2
- Psalm 140 with stichera - Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon
- Alleluia
- Sunday Tone 3
- Psalm 140 with stichera - Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon
- Alleluia
- Sunday Tone 4
- Psalm 140 with stichera - Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon
- Alleluia
- Sunday Tone 5
- Psalm 140 with stichera - Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon
- Alleluia
- Sunday Tone 6
- Psalm 140 with stichera - Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon
- Alleluia
- Sunday Tone 7
- Psalm 140 with stichera - Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon
- Alleluia
- Sunday Tone 8
- Psalm 140 with stichera - Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon
- Alleluia
- Moveable Feasts - from Pascha through Palm
Sunday - music in the Divine Liturgies, pp. xx-yy
- Pascha
- Troparion - Third Antiphon - Entrance Hymn - Kontakion -
Prokeimenon - Alleluia
- The Lord's Prayer (melody from the Paschal Canon)
- Communion Hymn - Cherubikon melody A
- Communion Hymn - Cherubikon melody B
- Communion Hymn - Cherubikon melody C
- Communion Hymn - Cherubikon melody D
- Dismissal - "Christ is risen"
- "Christ is risen" - alternate melody A
- "Christ is risen" - alternate melody B
- Bright Monday
- Bright Tuesday
- Bright Wednesday
- Bright Thursday
- Bright Friday - same as Bright Monday
- Bright Saturday
- Thomas Sunday
- Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon - Alleluia - Communion
Hymn
- Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers
- Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon - Alleluia
- Sunday of the Paralytic
- Kontakion - Prokeimenon - Alleluia
- Mid-Pentecost Wednesday
- Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon - Alleluia - Irmos -
Communion Hymn
- Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
- Sunday of the Man Born Blind
- Ascension
- First Antiphon - Second Antiphon - Third Antiphon -
Entrance Hymn
- Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon - Alleluia
- Magnification - Irmos (simple setting) - Irmos
- Communion Hymn
- Ascension - Post-festive period
- Third Antiphon - Entrance Hymn
- Sunday of the Fathers of the First Nicene Council
- Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon - Alleluia - Communion
Hymn
- Pentecost
- First Antiphon - Second Antiphon
- Third Antiphon - Post-festive Third Antiphon
- Entrance Hymn - Post-festive Entrance Hymn
- Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon - Alleluia
- Magnification - Irmos (simple setting) - Irmos
- Communion Hymn
- Pentecost Monday
- Magnification - Irmos (simple setting) - Irmos
- Sunday of All Saints
- Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon - Alleluia - Communion
Hymn
- (Sundays after Pentecost - see the Sunday Eight Tones)
- Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee
- Sunday of the Prodigal Son
- Sunday of Meat-fare
- Sunday of Cheese-fare
- First Sunday of the Great Fast
- Troparion - Kontakion - Alleluia
- Second Sunday of the Great Fast
- Third Sunday of the Great Fast
- Troparion - Kontakion - Alleluia - Communion Hymn
- Fourth Sunday of the Great Fast
- Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon - Alleluia - Communion
Hymn
- Akathistos Saturday
- Troparion - Kontakion - Communion Hymn
- Fifth Sunday of the Great Fast
- Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon - Communion Hymn
- Lazarus Saturday
- Troparion - Kontakion - Alleluia - Irmos (simple setting) -
Irmos - Communion Hymn
- Palm Sunday
- First Antiphon - Second Antiphon - Third Antiphon - Entrance
Hymn
- Troparion - Kontakion - Prokeimenon - Alleluia
- Magnification - Irmos (simple setting) - Irmos
- Communion Hymn
- Additional Hymns - music
in the Divine Liturgies,
pp. xx-yy
- "Make us worthy, O Lord"
- Prayer of Holy Simeon the God-bearer
- "Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos"
- "Beneath your compassions" - melody A
- "Beneath your compassions" - melody B
- "Praise the name of the Lord" (Polyeleos)
- "Accept me today as a partaker"
- "Glory to God in the highest" (Great Doxology)
- "A new commandment"
Sunday Vespers and Matins
- Vespers - music in
the Divine Liturgies, pp.
xx-yy
- Beginning Prayers
- Psalm 103 - setting A (chanted)
- Psalm 103 - setting B (festal melody)
- Litany of Peace
- First Kathisma - "Blessed is the man"
- Lamplighting Psalms
- Tone 1: Psalm 140 (introduction) - resurrectional
sticheron 1 2 3 - dogmatikon
- Tone 2: Psalm 140 (introduction) - resurrectional
sticheron 1 2 3 - dogmatikon
- Tone 3: Psalm 140 (introduction) - resurrectional
sticheron 1 2 3 - dogmatikon
- Tone 4: Psalm 140 (introduction) - resurrectional
sticheron 1 2 3 - dogmatikon
- Tone 5: Psalm 140 (introduction) - resurrectional
sticheron 1 2 3 - dogmatikon
- Tone 6: Psalm 140 (introduction) - resurrectional
sticheron 1 2 3 - dogmatikon
- Tone 7: Psalm 140 (introduction) - resurrectional
sticheron 1 2 3 - dogmatikon
- Tone 8: Psalm 140 (introduction) - resurrectional
sticheron 1 2 3 - dogmatikon
- Hymn of the Evening - "O Joyful Light"
- Great Prokeimenon
- Saturday evening
- Sunday evening
- Monday evening
- Tuesday evening
- Wednesday evening
- Thursday evening
- Friday evening
- Litany of Fervent Supplication
- Hymn of Glorification
- Litany of Supplication
- Litany of the Litija
- Canticle of
Simeon
- Trisagion prayers
- Blessing of bread
- Matins - music in
the Sunday Matins book
(though some selection represent the 2004 edition)
For an ordinary Sunday after Pentecost in Tone 4.
- Introduction
- Litany of Peace
- The Lord is God (Tone 4)
- Sessional Hymn 1 (Tone 4)
- Polyeleos
- Psalm 118
- Gradual (festal gradual in Tone 4)
- Resurrection Gospel
- "Having beheld the Resurrection"
- Psalm 50
- Canon of the Resurrection (irmos and 3 troparia), with
Katavasia of the Theotokos in Tone 4
- Ode 1
- Ode 3
- Ode 4
- Ode 5
- Ode 6
- Ode 7
- Ode 8
- Canticle of the Theotokos
- Ode 9
- Psalms of Praise
- Great Doxology
- Troparion
- Conclusion
Feast-day Vespers
- For Blessed Theodore Romzha, Bishop of Mukachevo - music
in the Divine Liturgies,
pp. xx-yy
- Hymn
- Stichera at Psalm 140 - Doxastikon
- Stichera of Litija
- Aposticha
- For our Holy Father Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra
- music in the Divine
Liturgies, pp. xx-yy
- Stichera at Psalm 140: first sticheron - second sticheron -
third sticheron
- Stichera of Litija
- Aposticha
- Blessing of bread, with troparion of the feast
Resurrection
Matins
This recording of Paschal
Matins in prostopinije was underwritten by Saint Andrew Byzantine
Catholic Church,
Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio, and its pastor, Father Bryan Eyman, and
recorded by the Schola
Cantorum of St. Peters in the Loop at Saint Volodymyr and Olha
Ukrainian Catholic Church in
Chicago. The harmonizations are the property of the Metropolitan Cantor
Institute; contact
Professor Thompson for more information.
- Troparion,
Tone 2
- Troparion,
Tone 6
- Invocation
and troparion with verses, Tone 5 ("Christos voskrese")
- Litany
of Peace
- Resurrection
Canon, Ode 1
- Resurrection
Canon, Ode 3
- Hypakoje
(Tone 4 samopodoben, "Predvarivsija")
- Resurrection
Canon, Ode 4
- Resurrection
Canon, Ode 5
- Resurrection
Canon, Ode 6
- Kontakion
and Oikos, Tone 8
- Sticheron,
Tone 6
- Resurrection
Canon, Ode 7
- Resurrection
Canon, Ode 8
- Resurrection
Canon, Ode 9
- Exapostilarion
(Samopodoben, "Plotiju")
- The
Praises, Tone 1
- The
Paschal Stichera
- Litany
of Supplication
- Litany
of Fervent Supplication
- Paschal
Dismissal
Church
Slavonic
The following selections are from
Carpatho-Ruthenian
Plain Chant.
Note that the Slavonic terminology (tropar, kondak, etc.) is
used here as an aid to finding melodies in the Papp
Irmologion.
- Divine Liturgy of St. John
Chrysostom:
- Solemn welcome of a
hierarch - Vosel Jesi - [here]
- First typical psalm
(Blahoslovi, duse moja) – [solemn]
- First typical psalm
(Blahoslovi, duse moja) – [simple]
- First typical psalm
(Blahoslovi, duse moja) – [another]
- Second antiphon - O
Only-begotten Son (Jedinorodnyj)
– [solemn]
- Second antiphon - O
Only-begotten Son (Jedinorodnyj)
– [simple]
- Second antiphon - O
Only-begotten Son (Jedinorodnyj)
– [another]
- Entrance hymn - Come, let
us worship (Prijdite) – [number
1]
- Entrance hymn - Come, let
us worship (Prijdite) – [number
3]
- Trisagion - Holy God
(Svyatyj Boze) – [number
1]
- Trisagion - Holy God
(Svyatyj Boze) – [number
2]
- Trisagion - Holy God
(Svyatyj Boze) – [number
3]
- Trisagion - Holy God
(Svyatyj Boze) – [number
4]
- Trisagion - Holy God
(Svyatyj Boze) – [number
5]
- All you who have been
baptized (Jelicy vo Christa) - [here]
- We bow to Your cross
(Krestu Tvojemu) - [here]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
1]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
2]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
3]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
4]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
5]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
6]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
7]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
8]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
9]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
10]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
11]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
12]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
13]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
14]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
15]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
16]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
17]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
18]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
19]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
20]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
21]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
22]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
23]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
25]
- Cherubic Hymn (Ize
Cheruvimi) – [number
26]
- Nicene Creed (Viruju) - [here]
- It is proper and just
(Dostojno I pravedno) – [number
1]
- It is proper and just
(Dostojno I pravedno) – [number
2]
- Holy, holy, holy (Svjat,
Svjat, Svjat) – [number
1]
- Holy, holy, holy (Svjat,
Svjat, Svjat) – [number
2]
- Holy, holy, holy (Svjat,
Svjat, Svjat) – [number
3]
- We praise you, we bless
you (Tebe pojem) – [number
1]
- We praise you, we bless
you (Tebe pojem) – [number
2]
- We praise you, we bless
you (Tebe pojem) – [number
3]
- Our Father (Otce Nas)
– [number 2]
- Our Father (Otce Nas)
– [tone
4 bolhar]
- One is Holy (Jedin Svjat)
– [here]
- We have seen the true
Light (Vidichom Svit) – [here]
- We have seen the true
Light (Vidichom Svit) – [tone
2
bolhar]
- May our lips be filled (Da
ispolnatsja) – [number
1]
- May our lips be filled (Da
ispolnatsja) – [number
2]
- May our lips be filled (Da
ispolnatsja) – [number
3]
(funeral)
- Blessed be the name (Budi
imja Hospodne) – [number
1]
- Blessed be the name (Budi
imja Hospodne) – [number
2]
- Blessed be the name (Budi
imja Hospodne) – [number
3]
- Blessed be the name (Budi
imja Hospodne) – [number
5]
(funeral)
- Divine Liturgy of St. Basil
the Great:
- First setting:
- It is proper and just
(Dostojno I pravedno) - [here]
- Holy, holy, holy (Svjat,
Svjat, Svjat) - [here]
- Amin - [number 1]
- We praise you, we bless
you (Tebe pojem) - [here]
- In you, O full of grace
(O Tebi radujetsja) - [here]
- Second setting:
- It is proper and just
(Dostojno I pravedno) - [here]
- Holy, holy, holy (Svjat,
Svjat, Svjat) - [here]
- We praise you, we bless
you (Tebe pojem) - [here]
- Liturgy of the Presanctified
Gifts
- Ektenija response - [here]
- Let my prayer ascend (Da
ispravitsja) - [here]
- Now the powers (Nyni sily)
- [here]
- Our Father (Otce
Nas) - [Lenten
melody]
- O taste and see (Vsjusite
I vidite) - [here]
- I will bless the Lord
forever (Blahoslovju) - [here]
- We give you thanks
(Blahodarim Ta) - [here]
- Dismissal responses - [here]
- Vespers
- Psalm 103 (Blahoslovi,
duse moja) - [here]
- Blessed is the man (Blazen
muz) - [here]
- O Joyful Light (Svite
Tichij) - [here]
- Prokeimenon of the Great
Fast 1 (Ne otvrati) - [here]
- Prokeimenon of the Great
Fast 2 (Dal jesi dostojanije) - [here]
- Canticle of Simeon (Nyni
otpuscajesi) - [here]
- Matins
- Polijelej (Chvalite imja
Hospodne) - [here]
- Great Doxology, or
Velicanije Praznika (Velicajem Ta) - [here]
- Bolharskij pripiv
(Prijdite I my jako otrocy) - [here]
- Choirs of Angels, or
Anhelskij Sobor (refrain and first tropar
only) - [here]
- Stepenna in Tone 4,
“From my youth” (Ot junosti
moje) - [here]
- Canticle of the Theotokos,
or Velicanije Presv. Bohorodicy - [here]
- Festal Magnification at
Matins, in place of the above - [here]
- Book of the Eight Tones
(Octoechos)
- Tone 1
- Tropar - [here]
- Kondak - (same as tropar)
- Prokimen at Matins - [here]
- Resurrectional Canon - [irmosy]
- Prokimen at the Liturgy
- [here]
- Samohlasen tone - [stich]
- [stichera]
- Podoben: Nebesnych
Cinov Radovanije - [stichera]
- Podoben: Prechvalniji
Mucenicy - [stichera]
- Podoben: O Divnoje Cudo
- [stichera]
(skip at end)
- Bolhar tone - [stichera]
- Tone 2
- Tone 3
- Tone 4
- Tropar - [here]
- Kondak - [here]
- Prokimen at Matins - [here]
- Resurrectional Canon - [irmosy]
- Prokimen at the Liturgy
- [here]
- Samohlasen tone - (stich
melody missing) - [stichera]
- Podoben: Jako
Dobla - [stichera]
- Podoben: Dal Jesi
Znamenije - [stichera]
- Podoben: Zvanny Svyse
Byv - [stichera]
- Podoben: Udivisja Josif
- [stichera]
- Bolhar tone - [stichera]
- Tone 5
- Tone 6
- Tone 7
- Tropar - [here]
- Kondak - (same as tropar)
- Prokimen at Matins - [here]
- Resurrectional Canon - [irmosy]
- Prokimen at the Liturgy
- [here]
- Samohlasen tone - [stich]
- [stichera]
- Tone 8
