The music for this page is still being composed. Hymns highlighted in blue might be ready in the summer of 2009. Hymns that are not highlighted are ready now.

To view (and print) a hymn, click the word "view" next to the hymn you want.
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To hear a computer-generated sound file of a hymn, click the word "hear" next to the hymn you want.

		First Mode
		Second Mode
		Third Mode
View View View View View View View View View	Hear Hear Hear Hear Hear Hear Hear Hear Hear	Fourth Mode    God is the Lord    Apolytikion & Theotokion    Kathismata    Hymns of Ascent (Anabathmoi)    More honourable (Timiotera)    Let Every Breath    Verses of Psalms 148 & 149    Slow Praises (sticheraric)    Brief Praises (heirmologic)
		Plagal First Mode
		Plagal Second Mode
		Grave Mode
		Plagal Fourth Mode
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To download all Orthros hymns in fourth mode click here (00 pages, 00 Mb)

To download all music for Orthros, click here (000 pages, 00 Mb)

Note: Clicking a "Hear" link will open a MIDI file, which can be played by your computer's media player. All these MIDI files are very small (less than 10 Kb). Bear in mind that a computer plays these files using an equal-tempered scale, which does not always correspond precisely to the actual pitches of Byzantine scales.

The translation used for these Orthros hymns is copyrighted by the Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Brookline and is used with their permission. We chose their translation because many people throughout the world hold their liturgical translations in high regard due to their precision, meter, and elegance. While the music is copyright St. Anthony’s Monastery, the texts are copyright Holy Transfiguration Monastery, and may not be further distributed or used in sound or print publications or otherwise without the prior written permission of Holy Transfiguration Monastery.