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Presanctified

Settings of the fixed parts of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. Melodies are mostly taken either from "Sputnik Psalomshchika" or the Moscow Synodal Chant Book

• Great Litany and Little Litanies (8 KB)
  
• Response before First Prokeimenon (5 KB)
  
• "Let my prayer" (69 KB)
  
• Litany of Fervent Supplication (12 KB)
  
• Litany of the Catechumens and other litanies up to the Great Entrance (15 KB)
  
• Cherubic Hymn - Kiev melody (22 KB)
  
• Cherubic Hymn - Znamenny melody (40 KB)
  
• Litany after the Cherubic Hymn (9 KB)
  
• Lord's Prayer - Znamenny melody (27 KB)
  
• Lord's Prayer - Slavonic - Znamenny melody (104 KB)
  
• Responses after the Lord's Prayer (9 KB)
  
• "One is holy" (8 KB)
  
• Communion Chant (during the communion of the clergy) (19 KB)
  
• Verses when the Cup is brought out and after commnunion of the people (18 KB)
  
• Final Litany and other Responses (17 KB)
  
  
• Full text for Reader and Choir with music included (406 KB)
  

Mattins

• Alleluia and endings for the Hymns to the Trinity in all Eight Tones (178 KB)

Week 1

Full text and simple chant settings for Great Compline and the Great Canon.

• Great Compline (1067 KB)
  
  
• Great Canon - Monday (463 KB)
  
  
• Great Canon - Tuesday (464 KB)
  
  
• Great Canon - Wednesday (513 KB)
  
  
• Great Canon - Thursday (483 KB)
  
  

Week 5

Full text and melodies for Thursday Mattins with the Great Canon (including the variable material according to the Tone of the Week).

• Mattins with Great Canon (4930 KB)

Holy Week

• The Hymn of Kassiani (88 KB)
• Holy Friday Royal Hours (1046 KB) - complete text with Znamenny melodies
• Holy Matins Encomia (Praises/Kathisma) (1721 KB) - complete setting to "Greek Chant" melodies
• Holy Saturday Vespers and Liturgy (1644 KB) - full text with Stichera and Readings up to the Gospel and other variable parts for the Liturgy
• Holy Saturday Midnight Office (1807 KB)

  This is a slightly experimental setting of this service. The service is given in full in the abbreviated form customarily used, but with the entire Canon set for singing. Melodies and harmonies are taken from the standard nineteenth century Russian editions, but modified to give the melody in the soprano line and to remove parallel fifths and octaves.

Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2011 Archimandrite Kyril Jenner