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The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church.Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days.
Russian liturgical music (6 P) Pages in category "Eastern Orthodox liturgical music" ... This page was last edited on 12 October 2017, ...
Lazarus Saturday is the day when, traditionally, hermits would leave their retreats in the wilderness to return to the monastery for the Holy Week services. [4] In many places in the Russian Church , the vestments and church hangings on this day ( Russian : Лазарева суббота or Вербная суббота) and on Palm Sunday are ...
Since then Orthodox church music has expanded and become more elaborate. The church uses eight 'tones' or 'modes,' which are broad categories of melodies. Within each of these tones are many small more precise melodies. All of these tones and their melodies rotate weekly so that during each week a particular tone is used for singing music.
Hebrew calendar used in Orthodox Jewish liturgy Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Orthodox liturgical calendar .
The Obikhod (Обиход церковного пения) is a collection of polyphonic Russian Orthodox liturgical chants forming a major tradition of Russian liturgical music; it includes both liturgical texts and psalm settings. The original Obikhod, the book of rites of the monastery of Volokolamsk, was composed about 1575. Among its ...
A sticheron (Greek: στιχηρόν "set in verses"; plural: stichera; Greek: στιχηρά) is a hymn of a particular genre sung during the daily evening (Hesperinos/Vespers) and morning offices, and some other services, of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches.
August 7. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 58. Menologion: The Seventh Day Day of the Month of August. Orthodoxy in China. August 7. Latin Saints of the Orthodox ...