Occasional Services & Hymns

- Sheet music for occasional services (from the Book of Needs) in the Russian Orthodox Church,

featuring the Pannikhida, hymns for the Wedding Service (under development), and Hymns to the Theotokos

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O Heavenly King
Kievan Chant, 6th Tone, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

Wedding Prokeimenon
Znamenny Chant, 8th Tone

Pannikhida
This file contains the text and music for the entire service.

O My Most Blessed Queen
traditional melody
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
*melody in Alto

Beneath Thy Mercy
Dmitry Bortniansky, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
*melody in Alto

Theotokion of the Third Hour
Georgian Chant
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson
*melody in Alto

It is Meet to Magnify Thee
traditional setting
*melody in Alto

Troparion for the Kursk Root Icon of the Theotokos of the Sign
Common Chant, 4th Tone

Troparion for the Iveron Icon
Common Chant, 7th Tone
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

9th Ode Irmos for the Nativity of the Theotokos
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

Instead of “It is Truly Meet” for Christmas
Greek Chant, 1st Tone
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

Instead of “It is Truly Meet” for Ascension
Znamenny Chant
*melody in Alto

Instead of “It is Truly Meet” for Pentecost
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

In Thee Rejoiceth   Video
Greek Chant, 8th Tone
*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, 3rd 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
Bulgarian Chant, 1st Tone, “Thy Fatherly Embrace”
different arrangement
arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

To Thee, the Champion Leader
Kievan Chant, 8th Tone, arranged by Archpriest George Johnson

To Thee, the Champion Leader
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

To Thee, the Champion Leader
Boris M. Ledkovsky (adapted for English by Archpriest George Johnson)
*melody moves between Alto and Soprano

O Theotokos and Virgin
Common Chant, 4th Tone

O Theotokos and Virgin
Lesser Znamenny Chant, 4th Tone, arranged by E. Smirnov
*melody in Alto

O Theotokos and Virgin
Greek Chant, 4th Tone, arranged by Archangelsky

O Theotokos and Virgin
A. Strokin (adapted for English by Archpriest George Johnson)