- 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...
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liturgically with
Vespers on Palm
Sunday night,
repeating some of the same
stichera (hymns) from the
Praises of the All
Night Vigil the
evening before. At...
- 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...
- with
Vespers on the
afternoon of
Great Monday,
repeating some of the same
stichera (hymns) from the
night before. At
Great Compline a
triode (Canon composed...
-
granted to the
Promised Land of
everlasting life.
Orthros of Holy Pascha,
Stichera: "Today the
sacred Pascha is
revealed to us. The new and holy Pascha, the...
- 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...
-
beginning at sunset, the
first liturgy of each day is
vespers at
which stichera are
chanted elaborating the
theme of the new day.[citation needed] These...
- 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...
- 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...
