This area contains texts drawn directly from the services of the Orthodox Church and its hymnography, including key texts for feasts, prayers, hymns, and related materials. It also includes rubrics and other guidance for the celebration of the divine services.
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Rubrics for the all-night Vigil service, as said in its 'cell' or 'reader's' format - i.e. when no priest is present.
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The concluding prayer of the akathistos hymn to the Passion of Christ, which constitutes a strong prayer of deliverance in suffering.
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A moving hymn thanking God for the created cosmos - often taken as an akathistos of the cosmos and created environment. By Metropolitan Tryphon (secularly Boris Petrovich Turkestanov, d. 1934).
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Dedicated to Christ's sacrifice upon Golgotha, and the divine love manifest in the incarnation.
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The akathistos hymn to Christ, offered in deeply personal and intimate terms of self-sacrifice, love and obedient humility.
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The most common akathistos hymn, dedicated to the Virgin Mother of God and Theotokos. This ancient hymn is sung communally during Great Lent, and said throughout the year.
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The traditonal Paschal greeting, 'Christ is risen! Indeed, he is risen!' in a large number of modern and ancient languages.
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The great psalm of repentance, which forms a bedrock of a number of liturgical motions in the divine services.
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Troparia, kontakia, and various other hymns for the Nativity of Christ, drawn from the Church's liturgical service books.
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Troparia, kontakia, and various other hymns for the Theophany of Christ, drawn from the Church's liturgical service books.
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