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Trisagion: Lord, We Pray That You May Be Merciful Cherubic Hymn The Litany of Supplication Father, Son and Holy Spirit Creed The Eucharistic Prayer: A Mercy Of Peace; We sing for Thee Hymn to the Mother of God: It is worthy The Lord's Prayer: Our Father One is holy Communion Hymn:Praise the Lord Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord
As a divine liturgy of the Church of Holy Wisdom, Hagia Sophia, it became over time the usual divine liturgy in the churches within the Byzantine Empire. Just two divine liturgies (aside from the presanctified ), those of Saints John and Basil the Great , became the norm in the Byzantine Church by the end of the reign of Justinian I . [ 1 ]
Tchaikovsky's setting of the Divine Liturgy, along with his All-Night Vigil and his nine sacred songs, were of seminal importance in the later interest in Orthodox music. [ 8 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Other composers, encouraged by the freedom created by the new lack of restriction on sacred music, soon followed Tchaikovsky's example. [ 9 ]
And one cried to the other, and they said "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts! The whole earth is full of His glory!" In a homily John Chrysostom interpreted Isaiah and the chant of the divine liturgy in general (neither the cherubikon nor the trisagion existed in his time) as an analogue act which connected the community with the eternal ...
The Alexandrian rites are a collection of ritual families and uses of Christian liturgy employed by three Oriental Orthodox churches (the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church), and by three Eastern Catholic Churches (the Coptic Catholic Church, the Eritrean ...
The Eastern Orthodox Church traditionally does not use any instruments in the liturgy, instead relying entirely on choral music and chanting. Essentially all the words of Orthodox services, except sermons and such, are either chanted or sung by readers and choirs and when possible the congregations.
Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy. Lord, bless (Bow.) Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, through the prayers of Thy most pure Mother, by the power of the precious and life-giving Cross, through the intercessions of my holy Guardian Angel, and of all the saints, have mercy on me and save me a sinner, for Thou art good and lovest mankind. (Prostration.)
O Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance! Grant victory to the Orthodox Christians* over their adversaries, and by virtue of Thy cross, preserve Thy habitation. *In monarchies where Eastern Orthodoxy was the state religion, this troparion was often used as a national anthem with the name of the ruler occurring here.