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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.
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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.
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 ]
Composed in the early twentieth century, Leontovych's liturgy was an entirely new phenomenon in Ukrainian sacred music, in which the composer synthesized religious and folk styles. Leontovych composed in his style, essentially synthesizing a folklore foundation with the models of the liturgy used in the Lavra .
Eastern Orthodox liturgical days (15 C, 61 P) M. Eastern Orthodox liturgical music (3 C, 28 P) ... Revised Julian calendar;
The Eastern Orthodox cross. August 7 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 9. All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 21 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For August 8, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 26.
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 .