The following two sets are each made up of music that is meant to be used together.
First Antiphon, “Bless the Lord”
Common Chant, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
Second Antiphon, “Praise the Lord”
Common Chant, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
“O Only-Begotten Son”
Lesser Znamenny Chant, 6th Tone, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
The Beatitudes
Trinity–St. Sergius Lavra Chant, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
First Antiphon, “Bless the Lord”
Archimandrite Matthew Mormyl, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
Second Antiphon, “Praise the Lord”
Archimandrite Matthew Mormyl, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
“O Only-Begotten Son”
Lesser Znamenny Chant, 6th Tone
arranged by Dmitry Soloviev and Archpriest George Johnson
*melody in Tenor
The Beatitudes
Moscow Chant, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
Second Antiphon, “Praise the Lord”
Archbishop Nikanor (adapted for English by Archpriest George Johnson)
*melody moves between Alto and Soprano
“O Only-Begotten Son”
Abbreviated Znamenny Chant, 6th Tone, arranged by E. Smirnov
*melody moves between Soprano and Alto
The Beatitudes
Trinity–St. Sergius Lavra Chant, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
*melody in Alto
O Come Let Us Worship
Greek Chant
*melody in Alto
Troparion of the Resurrection, 1st Tone
Abbreviated Greek Chant
Troparion of the Resurrection, 2nd Tone
Common Chant
Troparion of the Resurrection, 3rd Tone
Abbreviated Greek Chant
Troparion of the Resurrection, 4th Tone
Abbreviated Greek Chant
Troparion of the Resurrection, 5th Tone
Abbreviated Kievan Chant
Troparion of the Resurrection, 6th Tone
Abbreviated Bulgarian Chant
Troparion of the Resurrection, 7th Tone
Abbreviated Bulgarian Chant
Troparion of the Resurrection, 8th Tone
Kievan Chant
Kontakion of the Resurrection, 1st Tone
Abbreviated Greek Chant
Kontakion of the Resurrection, 2nd Tone
Common Chant
Kontakion of the Resurrection, 3rd Tone
Abbreviated Greek Chant
Kontakion of the Resurrection, 4th Tone
Abbreviated Greek Chant
Kontakion of the Resurrection, 5th Tone
Abbreviated Kievan Chant
Kontakion of the Resurrection, 6th Tone
Abbreviated Bulgarian Chant
Kontakion of the Resurrection, 7th Tone
Abbreviated Bulgarian Chant
Kontakion of the Resurrection, 8th Tone
Kievan Chant
O Protection of Christians
Abbreviated Bulgarian Chant
Liturgical Prokeimena
Znamenny Chant, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
melody in Soprano
melody in Alto
Litanies of the Catechumens and of the Faithful
N. N. Kedrov the younger (adapted for English by Archpriest George Johnson)
Cherubic Hymn
Staro-Simonovskaya, as in Tzerkovno-Pevcheski Sbornik
Cherubic Hymn
from Fatyeyev & Kastorsky
*melody in Alto
Cherubic Hymn
Soloviev (adapted for English by Archpriest George Johnson)
Cherubic Hymn
Streletskaya, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
*melody moves through all parts
Cherubic Hymn
Georgian Chant
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
*melody in Alto
Cherubic Hymn
Staro-Simonovskaya, arranged by A. Kastalsky
*difficult, SATB with Soprano divisi
Cherubic Hymn
Sophronievskaya, by Pavel Chesnokov (Op. 27 No. 5), adapted for English by Archpriest George Johnson
*difficult, wide ranges
Anaphora (Liturgy of St. Basil)
Kievan Chant
*melody in Alto
In Thee Rejoiceth Video
Greek Chant, 8th Tone
*melody in Alto
“And All Mankind”
Kievan Chant
*melody in Alto
It is Truly Meet
Greek Chant, 8th Tone
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
*melody in Alto
– a split in the tenor part offers a low option for choirs without any true tenors, but if resources allow for only one tenor part, the higher one should be sung when feasible
It is Truly Meet
Greek Chant, 4th Tone
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
It is Truly Meet
Greek Chant, 3rd Tone
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
It is Truly Meet
Greek Chant, 1st Tone
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
It is Truly Meet
“Moscow” Chant, 2nd Tone
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
It is Truly Meet
Abbreviated Znamenny Chant, 5th Tone
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
It is Truly Meet
Abbreviated Znamenny Chant, 6th Tone
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
It is Truly Meet
Kievan Chant, 7th Tone
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
It is Truly Meet
Bulgarian Chant, 1st Tone, “Thy Fatherly Embrace”
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
It is Truly Meet
Abbreviated Greek Chant, 4th Tone
based on an arrangement by A. F. Lvov
It is Truly Meet
Bulgarian Chant, 1st Tone, “Thy Fatherly Embrace”
different arrangement
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
And All Mankind
in all tones, matching the first eight settings of “It is Truly Meet” above
“One is Holy”
Archpriest George Johnson
Communion Verses
melody for “Rejoice in the Lord”
arranged by M. Kovalevsky
–Although this is set for the Sunday of All Saints, it can be used at other times by adding and subtracting verses as is necessary. Additional verses can be sung on the notes of the chord that ends each arranged verse.
“Receive ye the Body”
M. S. Konstantinov (adapted for English by Archpriest George Johnson)
We have seen the True Light
Abbreviated Kievan Chant, 2nd Tone, arranged from Chesnokov by M. S. Konstantinov
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
Znamenny Chant, 4th Tone
Common Chant, 4th Tone
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
A. Archangelsky, from “Hymns of the All-Night Vigil” (adapted for English by Archpriest George Johnson)
*high range for Sopranos and Tenors
Thy Soul Shall Rejoice
Kievan Chant
arranged by M. Kovalevsky
Thy Soul Shall Rejoice
Archpriest George Johnson
The Prophets Proclaimed Thee
Archpriest George Johnson
Ton Despotin (at vesting)
Common Chant
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
– To sing this seven-part hymn with only four parts, omit the upper Soprano part, the lower Tenor part, and the upper Bass part (in this case basses can sing the higher G's if necessary). The Soprano and Tenor parts are doubled as written, so for example a choir with no tenors could use both Soprano parts instead.
Ton Despotin (at vesting)
Archpriest George Johnson
Ton Despotin (after the entrance prayers)
Archpriest George Johnson
Eis Polla Eti Despota
Dmitri Bortniansky
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
O Come Let Us Worship (hierarchical)
Kievan Chant, 2nd Tone
traditional arrangement
Ordination Troparia
traditional
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
