Sticheron
Sign in to saveA 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.
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- The sticheraric melos and the troparion
- The sticheron and its musical settings
- <span id="History of the notated chant book Sticherarion"></span>History of the notated chant book ''Sticherarion''
- The parts and cycles of the book sticherarion
- Cycles of the book Octoechos
- Types of stichera
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Palaeobyzantine notation (10th–13th century)
- Middle Byzantine notation (13th–19th century)
- Chrysanthine notation (since 1814)
- Studies
- External links
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.
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