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Sunday Orthros

With the help of Fr. Seraphim Dedes of the St. Gregory Palamas Monastery in Perrysville, Ohio, the Department of Internet Ministries offers you the chance to learn the 8 Byzantine Modes as sung during Sunday Orthros. You will need Real Player to listen to any of the samples as designated by the listen button (). For information on how to obtain Fr. Seraphim's CDs and the music in Byzantine and Western notation, see the list of works available from St. Gregory Palamas Monastery.


  Divine Liturgy

Select the appropriate link below to listen to:
"Hymns of the Divine Liturgy"
Produced by the National Forum of Church Musicians and chanted by Eikona


  Service of the Small Paraklesis

The service of the Small Paraklesis, conducted in alternation with the Great Paraklesis during the Dormition fast (August 1-14) as well as on many other occasions, is chanted in times of distress and sorrow of soul and is one of the most popular services of the Orthodox Church.

Translated and set to meter by Demetri Kangelaris and Nicholas Kasemeotes

Audio courtesy of Eikona

Learn to Chant the Small Paraklesis


 

Akathist Hymn

On the first four Fridays of Lent, we chant the Service of the Salutations to the Theotokos at Small Compline. On the fifth Friday of Lent, we chant the Canon of the Akathist in its entirety.

Audio and translation courtesy of Fr Seraphim Dedes of the St. Gregory Palamas Monastery in Perrysville, Ohio

Learn to Chant the Akathist Hymn

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CHANT.HCHC.EDU

This program is designed to help theological students preparting for ordination to the priesthood learn the theological and musical content of Byzantine sacred music.

This effort has been made possible by a generous grant from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion to the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. The purpose of the grant is to promote and study the use of technology in teaching theology.

Learn Byzantine Chant

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