Lectionary, Feast-day, and
Other Newly-Composed Spiritual Songs
Marian Hymns
Hymns in honor of the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary are often sung before the Divine Liturgy, as well at services such as Molebens or Akathists, and on pilgrimages.- "Rejoice, O Purest Mother" (Dormition)
Festal Hymns
The following hymns are for particular days in the Church's calendar, to be sung before or after the Divine Liturgy.- for August 6 (Transfiguration)
- for August 15 (Dormition; see also "Marian Hymns" above)
- for August 29 (Beheading of the Baptist)
- for September 1 (Beginning of the church year)
- for September 4 (St. Babylas and St. Moses)
- for September 8 (Nativity of the Theotokos)
- for September 14 (Exaltation of the Holy Cross)
- for October 1 (Protection of the Mother of God)
- for October 9 (James Alpheus)
- for November 1 (Blessed Theodore Romzha)
- for November 8 (Archangel Michael)
- for November 13 (John Chrysostom)
- for November 21 (Entrance of the Mother of God)
- for February 2 (Encounter of the Lord with Simeon and Anna)
Seasonal Hymns
- for St. Phillip's Fast
- for the
Great Fast (Ukrainian)
This hymn was written for (and published in) "The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology." The first, second, and last stanzas are sung on all of the five Sundays; the (numbered) stanzas are sung on the week correspoding to that number.
Hymns for Sundays
The
following newly-written hymn texts, set to familiar
Rusyn melodies, are based on the Gospel and
Epistle readings
for each Sunday in the Byzantine Lectionary. These
are meant
to provide additional options for singing BEFORE the Divine
Liturgy, helping the faithful to focus on the Word of
God which will be proclaimed that day.
- for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost
- for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost
- for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost
- for the 15th Sunday after Pentecost
- for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost
- Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross
- Sunday after the Exaltation of the Cross
- for the 18th Sunday after Pentecost
- for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost
- for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost
- Sunday of the Fathers at the Seventh Ecumenical Council
- for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
- for the 24th Sunday after Pentecost
- for the 25th Sunday after Pentecost
- for the 26th Sunday after Penteost
- for the 27th Sunday after Pentecost
- for the 28th Sunday after Pentecost
- Sunday of the Forefathers (Second Sunday before Nativity)
- Sunday of the Fathers (Sunday before Nativity)
- Sunday after Nativity
- Sunday after Theophany
- for the 35th Sunday after Pentecost
- for the 36th Sunday after Pentecost
- Sunday of Zacchaeus
- Sunday of Meatfare
- Sunday of Cheesefare