The Prophet David
Doxologies
Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom
St. Basil's Divine Liturgy
Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts
St. James' Liturgy
Vespers
Orthros
Mysteries
Menaion (Feast Days)
Triodion and Pentecostarion

The music for this page is still being composed. Hymns highlighted in blue should be ready by May of 2008. Hymns that are not highlighted are ready now.

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 Plagal 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)

 
 
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Prologue by Gregorios Stathis

Concerning Adaptation

Byzantine vs. Western Notation


About the Translation

The History of Byzantine Chant


Writing Byzantine Music


Epilogue by
  Photios Kontoglou


The Intervals of the Soft Chromatic Modal Genre

The Intonations of the Eight Modes

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