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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.
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 ]
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 .
October 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). pp. 74–75. The Seventh Day of the Month of October. Orthodoxy in China. October 7. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of ...
The Eastern Orthodox cross. August 6 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 8. All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 20 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For August 7, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 25.
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.
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.
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.