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The Paschal Cycle

- Sheet music for the period from the preparation for Lent through the Sunday of All Saints

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By the Waters of Babylon
Novgorod Melody, as in the Sputnik Psalomshchika

Open unto Me the Doors of Repentance   Video
Boris M. Ledkovsky (adapted for English by Archpriest George Johnson)
*melody in Alto

Now the Powers of Heaven
Kievan Chant, 6th Tone
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
– For a full choir, Sopranos sing V1, Altos sing V2, which is the melody, and Tenors sing V3.

Sunday of the Prodigal Son

Make Haste to Open Unto Me
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

Sunday of the Prodigal Son - Pointed Text Hymnody 

 
 
Sunday of the Last Judgement

      Sunday of the Last Judgement - Hymnody

      Arranged by Archpriest George Johnson      

     

Sunday of the Last Judgement Katavasia Odes

      Sunday of the Last Judgement Ode 3

      Sunday of the Last Judgement Ode 4

      Sunday of the Last Judgement Ode 6 

      Sunday of the Last Judgement Ode 7

      Sunday of the Last Judgement Ode 8

 
Sunday of Forgiveness

      Sunday of Forgiveness - Hymnody

      Arranged by Archpriest George Johnson      

    

Stikhera in Tone 6 on "Lord, I have cried", to the melody, "Having Set All Aside", arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

      Sunday of Forgiveness LIHC 1

      Sunday of Forgiveness LIHC 2

      Sunday of Forgiveness LIHC 3

      Sunday of Forgiveness LIHC 4

 

Lenten Vespers Troparia

Lenten Vespers Troparia

 
1st Sunday of lent 

      Sunday of Orthodoxy - Hymnody

      Arranged by Archpriest George Johnson   

    

2nd Sunday of lent 

      Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas - Hymnody

      Arranged by Archpriest George Johnson   

  Stikhera in Tone 2 on "Lord, I have cried", to the melody, "With what hymns of praise", arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

      Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas LIHC 1

      Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas LIHC 2

      Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas LIHC 3

      

3rd Sunday of Lent

Katavasia
from a Moscow Obikhod

4th Sunday of Lent

    4th Sunday of Lent- Hymnody

      Arranged by Archpriest George Johnson      

    Stikhera in Tone 8 on "Lord, I have cried", to the melody, "O Most Glorious Wonder", arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

      4th Sunday of Lent LIHC 1

      4th Sunday of Lent LIHC 2

      4th Sunday of Lent LIHC 3

5th Sunday of Lent

“Lord, I Have Cried” Stichera from the Triodion
6th Tone, to the special melody “Having set all your hope”

5th Sunday of Great Lent - Hynmody

Lazarus Saturday

Irmoi
Greek Chant, 8th Tone

Palm Sunday

Magnification
Common Chant, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

Irmoi
Greek Chant, 4th Tone

Antiphons at Liturgy
Znamenny Chant, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

Bridegroom Matins

Behold, the Bridegroom Cometh
Kievan Chant, to its own melody

Holy Monday Irmoi
Holy Tuesday Irmoi
Holy Wednesday Irmoi
Abbreviated Znamenny Chant, 2nd Tone

Exapostilarion
Kiev melody, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

Holy Saturday

Lamentations
Archpriest George Johnson

Irmoi
Abbreviated Znamenny Chant, 6th Tone

Kontakion
Abbreviated Bulgarian Chant, 6th Tone

God is the Lord
The Noble Joseph
Glory
Unto the Myrrh-Bearing Women
Both Now
When Thou Didst Descend Unto Death
Bulgarian Chant, 2nd Tone

Instead of “It is Truly Meet”
Abbreviated Znamenny Chant, 6th Tone

Exapostilarion
Greek Chant, 3rd Tone
harmony after E. Smirnov

Paschal Stichera
Znamenny Chant, arranged by Bakhmetev
*melody in Alto

Instead of “It is Truly Meet”
Abbreviated Greek Chant
*melody in Alto

Ascension

Magnification
Common Chant, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

Common Chant, ararnged by Archpriest George Johnson 2012

First Antiphon
Znamenny Chant, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
*melody in Alto

Second Antiphon
Znamenny Chant, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
*melody in Alto

Instead of “It is Truly Meet”
Znamenny Chant, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
*melody in Alto

Prokeimenon at Matins 

Znamenny Chant, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

Matins - after the Gospel in the 6th tone

Pointed Text 

Irmos - Znamenny Chant

Ode 1 

Ode 3

Ode 4

Ode 5

Ode 6

Kontakion

Ode 7

Ode 8

Ode 9

9th Ode Refrains

 

Glory…Both now on the Praises in the 2nd tone

Pointed Text

Troparion in the 4th tone after the Great Doxology

Pointed Text

Liturgy Antiphon 1 

Arranged By Archpriest George Johnson

Liturgy Antiphon 2

Arranged By Archpriest George Johnson

Troparion in the Liturgy

Pointed Text

Kontankion in the Liturgy 

Pointed Text

Zadostoinik

Arranged By Archpriest George Johnson

Pentecost

Troparion
Kievan Chant, 8th Tone
Kontakion
Kievan Chant, 8th Tone
O Heavenly King
Kievan Chant, 6th Tone
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
Prokeimenon at Matins
Znamenny Chant, 4th Tone
First and Second Antiphon
Znamenny Chant
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
Prokeimenon at Divine Liturgy
Znamenny Chant, 8th Tone
Instead of “It is Truly Meet”
Abbreviated Greek Chant, 4th 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

Irmosi -  Kievan Chant

Pentecost 1st canon ode 1 

Pentecost 1st canon ode 3 

Pentecost 1st canon ode 4

Pentecost 1st canon ode 5

Pentecost 1st canon ode 6

Pentecost 1st canon ode 7

Pentecost 1st canon ode 8

Pentecost 1st canon ode 9

Pentecost 2nd canon ode 1 

Pentecost 2nd canon ode 3

Pentecost 2nd canon ode 4

Pentecost 2nd canon ode 5

Pentecost 2nd canon ode 6

Pentecost 2nd canon ode 7

Pentecost 2nd canon ode 8

Pentecost 2nd canon ode 9 

 

Sunday of All Saints

Sunday of All Saints - Hymnody

      Arranged by Archpriest George Johnson      

    

Stikhera in Tone 6 on "Lord, I have cried", to the melody, "Having Set All Aside", arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

      Sunday of All Saints LIHC 1

      Sunday of All Saints LIHC 3

      Sunday of All Saints LIHC 4

     

Sunday of All Saints of Russia

Stikhera in Tone 1,2, and 8 on "Lord, I have cried"

      All Saints of Russia LIHC 1

Stikhera in Tone 8 "Lord, I have cried" to the melody, "O all-glorious wonder" arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

      All Saints of Russia LIHC 2

 Hymnody - All Saints of Russia

     

Sunday of All Saints of North America

Stikhera in Tone 2,6 and 5 on "Lord, I have cried"

All Saints of North America LIHC

All Saints of North America - Troparion

All Saints of North America - Kontakion

 

 

 

 
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