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Sticheron
A sticheron (Greek: "set in verses"; plural: stichera; Greek: ) is a hymn of a particular genre sung during the daily evening (Hesperinos/Vespers) and morning ( Orthros) offices, and some other services, of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches. ''Stichera'' are usually sung in alternation with or immediately after psalm or other scriptural verses. These verses are known as ''stichoi'' (sing: ''stichos''), but ''sticheraric'' poetry usually follows the hexameter and is collected in a book called sticherarion (Greek: ). A sticherarion is a book containing the stichera for the morning and evening services throughout the year, but chant compositions in the ''sticheraric melos'' can also be found in other liturgical books like the Octoechos or the ''Anastasimatarion'', or in the Anthology for the Divine Liturgy. The sticheraric melos and the troparion In the current traditions of Orthodox Chant, the ''sticherarion'' as a hymn book was also used to call a chant ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Koukouzeles
John Koukouzeles Papadopoulos () was a Byzantine composer, singer and reformer of Byzantine chant. He was recognized as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church after his death. Among the most illustrious musicians of the Palaiologos dynasty, his music remains held in high esteem by Albanians, Bulgarians, Greeks, Macedonians, Romanians and Serbs. Name and etymology The name "Koukouzeles" was not the composer's surname. His real surname was Papadopoulos.Γρηγόριος, Στάθης (1986)''Ο μαΐστωρ Ιωάννης Παπαδόπουλος Κουκουζέλης. Η ζωή και το έργο του'' 'The magister John Papadopoulos Koukouzelis: His life and works'' Αθήνα: Περιοδικό Εφημεριος. pp. 1–38 "Koukouzeles" is allegedly derived from the Greek word for broad beans (κουκιά, ''koukia'') and a Slavic/Bulgarian word for cabbage (зеле, ''zele''). Allegedly, the name appeared when Koukouzeles was asked in school about the food he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hagiopolitan Octoechos
Oktōēchos (here transcribed ""; Greek language, Greek: pronounced in Koine Greek, koine: ; from wikt:ὀκτώ, ὀκτώ "eight" and wikt:ἦχος, ἦχος "sound, mode" called ; Church Slavonic, Slavonic: , from wikt:осмь, о́смь "eight" and wikt:гласъ, гласъ "voice, sound") is the name of the eight musical mode, mode system used for the composition of religious chant in most Christian churches during the Middle Ages. In a modified form, the octoechos is still regarded as the foundation of the tradition of monodic Orthodox chant today (Neobyzantine Octoechos). The octoechos as a liturgical concept which established an organization of the calendar into eight-week cycles, was the invention of monastic hymnographers at Mar Saba in Palestine, at the Patriarchates of Antiochia and of Constantinople. It was officially announced as the modal system of hymnography at the Quinisext Council in 692. A similar eight-mode system was established in Western Europe du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idiomelon
(Medieval Greek: from , 'unique' and , 'melody'; Church Slavonic: , )—pl. ''idiomela''—is a type of sticheron found in the liturgical books used in the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, and many other Orthodox communities like Old Believers. are unique compositions, while or —sing. , or (Medieval Greek: , Church Slavonic: , )—were used to create other hymns by a composition over the 's melody and following the poetic meter provided by the musical rhythm. The genre composed over these was characterised as or (Medieval Greek: 'similar to', Church Slavonic: , ). Definition of ''idiomelon'', ''avtomelon'' and ''prosomoion'' The hymn category can only be understood in comparison with and . Already in the older book Tropologion each melody of a certain hymn was classified by a modal signature of the Byzantine music, Byzantine Hagiopolitan Octoechos, octoechos—the eight-mode system as it had developed in Const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sticharion
The sticharion (also ''stikharion'' or ''stichar''; Greek: στιχάριον; Slavonic: Стиха́рь - Stikhár’) is a liturgical vestment of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, roughly analogous in function to the alb of the Western Church. The sticharion is worn by all classes of ordained ministers in the Constantinopolitan Rite and comes in two forms: one worn by priests and one worn by deacons and other altar servers. The sticharion is derived from the ''chiton'', a long, sleeved garment which reached to the ground and was worn in ancient times by both men and women. Deacons and Servers In the form worn by deacons, subdeacons, altar servers, and sometimes by readers, the sticharion is a long robe with wide, loose sleeves, fastened at the neck, and often open down the sides but held shut with buttons or ties. Thus in form, it is close to the dalmatic and tunicle of Western Christianity. There is usually a cross embroidered or appliquéd to the center o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherubikon
The Cherubikon (Koine Greek, Greek: χερουβικόν) is the usual Cherubic Hymn (Koine Greek, Greek: χερουβικὸς ὕμνος, Church Slavonic ) sung at the Great Entrance of the Byzantine Rite, Byzantine Divine Liturgy, liturgy. History Origin The cherubikon was added as a troparion to the Divine Liturgy under Emperor Justin II (565 – 578) when a separation of the room where the gifts are prepared from the room where they are consecrated made it necessary that the Liturgy of the Faithful, from which those not baptised had been excluded, start with a procession. This procession is known as the Great Entrance, because the celebrants have to enter the choir by the altar screen, later replaced by the iconostasis. The hymn symbolically incorporates those present at the liturgy into the presence of the angels gathered around God's throne.Parry (#Par99, 1999), p. 117. The chant genre ''Offertory, offertorium'' in traditions of Western plainchant was basically a cop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wan2013
WAN or Wan may refer to: Language * Wan language of the Ivory Coast * 万/萬 (Pinyin: Wàn), 10,000 in Chinese People * Wan (surname) ( and ), a Chinese surname * Wan (surname 溫), an alternative spelling for the Chinese surname Wen (溫) * Wan Wan (彎彎; born 1981) Taiwanese artist and actress * Wan (khan), Jurchen chieftain * ''Wan'', female Malay styles and titles Places Asia * Anhui, abbreviated Wǎn (皖), province of China * Nanyang, Henan, abbreviated Wǎn (宛), a city in China * Van, Turkey () * Wan, Pakistan, a village in Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan * Wan Man, an island in Terengganu, Malaysia Elsewhere * Wallan railway station, Australia * Wan, Burkina Faso, a town in Burkina Faso * Wanborough railway station, Surrey, England (GB station code: WAN) Other uses * Wataniya Airways, a former Kuwaiti airline, ICAO designator * Wide area network, computer network * WAN-IFRA, World Association of Newspapers * Wan, a character in the novel ''The Boy Who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heirmos
The irmos (or heirmos from ) in the Byzantine liturgical tradition is the initial troparion of an ode of a canon.Nativity Epistle of Metropolitan Laurus, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia The meter and melody of an irmos is followed by the remaining troparia of the ode; when more than one canon is used (as is typical at matins), only the first canon's irmos is sung, but the irmoi of the subsequent canons must be known in order to determine an ode's melody and so, even in canons where it is known that the irmos is never sung, the irmos is nonetheless specified. Note that in the Russian tradition, often only the irmos is sung, the rest of the ode simply being read; in Greek parishes, often the remaining troparia are simply eliminated, but in non-Russian traditions, all troparia of a canon are sung The term comes from the Greek verb "to tie, link" meaning that it poetically connects the Biblical ode to the subject of the canon. Because the irmos prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore The Studite
Theodore the Studite (; 759–826), also known as Theodorus Studita and Saint Theodore of Stoudios/Studium, was a Byzantine Greek monk and abbot of the Stoudios Monastery in Constantinople. He played a major role in the revivals both of Byzantine monasticism and of classical literary genres in Byzantium. He is known as a zealous opponent of iconoclasm, one of several conflicts that set him at odds with both emperor and patriarch. Throughout his life he maintained letter correspondences with many important political and cultural figures of the Byzantine empire; this included many women, such as the composer and nun Kassia, who was much influenced by his teachings. Biography Family and childhood Theodore was born in Constantinople in 759. He was the oldest son of Photeinos, an important financial official in the palace bureaucracy, and Theoktiste, herself the offspring of a distinguished Constantinopolitan family. The brother of Theoktiste, Theodore's uncle Platon, was an imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
