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The Basics
These pages provide the essential tools to use the website, find your way around, and get to the most commonly needed information
- Home Page
- The Cantor Institute
- The Role of the Cantor
- The Role of the Lector
- Directions to the Cathedral
- Publications
- Useful stuff
Liturgy
- Liturgy (overview article)
- The daily cycle of services
- Vespers
- Compline
- Midnight Office
- Matins
- Hours
- Typika
- The Divine Liturgy
- Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom
- Preparation
- Enarxis
- Readings
- Great Entrance
- Anaphora of Saint John Chrysostom
- Holy Communion
- Dismissal
- Preparation
- Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil
- Preparation
- Enarxis
- Readings
- Great Entrance
- Anaphora of Saint Basil the Great
- Holy Communion
- Dismissal
- Preparation
- Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
- Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom
- The Holy Mysteries
- Baptism
- Chrismation
- Eucharist
- Crowning
- Priesthood
- Penance
- Anointing of the Sick
- The Services for the Departed
- The Parastas
- The Funeral Service
- Commemoration of the Departed
- Occasional services
- Akathist
- Moleben
- Paraklisis
- Panachida
- Blessings
- The weekly cycle of commemorations
- The eight-week cycle of tones
- The liturgical year
- The Beginning of the Liturgical Year
- Feasts of the Mother of God
- The Christmas Fast
- Christmas
- From Christmas to Theophany
- Theophany
- The Meeting with Simeon and Anna
- The Great Fast of Holy Lent
- Great and Holy Week
- Pascha - the Resurrection our Lord
- Bright Week
- The Paschal Season
- The Ascension
- From Ascension to Pentecost
- Pentecost
- The Time after Pentecost
- Feasts of Saints
- Feasts of Churches
- Exaltation of the Cross
- Elements of the liturgy
- Liturgical Books
- Liturgical Languages
- Greek
- Church Slavonic
- English
- Liturgical topics
Prostopinije
- Prostopinije (overview article)
- History
- Styles of Singing
- Harmonizing prostopinije
- Rhythm and Tempo
- Melodies
- Melodies for the Ordinary
- Melodies for Psalms
- Melodies for Scripture
- Melodies for Prokeimena and Alleluia
- Melodies for Troparia
- Resurrectional troparion melodies
- Kontakion melodies
- Podoben melodies for troparia
- Melodies for Stichera
- Samohlasen melodies
- Bolhar melodies
- Podoben melodies for stichera
- Melodies for Canons
- Prešov Chant
- Learning the melodies
- Chant books
- Performance practice
- Other chant systems
- Znammeny
- Galician/Kievan
- Galician chant books
- Irmologion
- Hlasopisnets
- Reading square-note notation
- Obikhod
- Bulgarian
- Greek
- Melkite
- Hymns
- Liturgical Hymns
- Evening Hymn
- Hymn of Glorification
- Canticle of Simeon
- God is with us
- Polyeleos
- By the waters of Babylon
- Hosts of Angels
- Hymn of the Resurrection
- Canticle of Zechariah
- Canticle of Mary
- The Great Doxology
- Hymn to the Only-Begotten Son
- Trisagion
- Cherubic Hymn
- The Lord's Prayer
- The Communion Hymn
- Paraliturgical Hymns
- Eucharistic hymns
- Marian hymns
- Feast-day hymns
- Sunday hymns
- Choral Music
- Singing the Services
- Throughout the year
- Great Vespers on Saturday Evening
- Great Vespers for Feasts
- Daily Vespers
- Sunday Matins
- Festal Matins
- Daily Matins
- The Hours and Typika
- Singing the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
- Singing the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil
- Compline
- The Holy Mysteries
- The Baptismal Services
- The Wedding Service
- Ordination of a Deacon
- Ordination of a Priest
- Anointing of the Sick
- Services for the Departed
- During the Great Fast
- The Hours and Typika during the Great Fast
- The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
- Great and Holy Week
- Pascha and the Paschal Season
- Other services of the Liturgical Year
- Celebrations without a Priest (Reader Services)
- Sheet Music Archive
- Reference materials:
- Slavonic liturgical books:
- Velikij Sbornik
- L'viv Služebnik
- Ruthenian Časoslov
- Ruthenian Služebnik
- Ruthenian Archieratikon
- Slavonic chant books:
- Boksai and Malinič, Tserkovnoje Prostopinije (1906)
- Ratsin, Prostopinije (1925)
- Sokol, Basic Chant
- Sokol, Plain Chant
- Papp, Irmologion (1970)
- English liturgical books:
- Sisters of Saint Basil, The Office of Vespers
- Sisters of Saint Basil, The Office of Matins
- Sisters of Saint Basil, The Festal Menaion
- Sisters of Saint Basil, The Lenten Triodion
- Sisters of Saint Basil, The Pentecostarion
- Petras, Typikon
- English chant books:
- Byzantine Liturgical Chant
- Publications of the Byzantine Seminary Press
- Publications of Monsignor William Levkulic
- Publications of Mr. John Vernoski
- Publications of the Metropolitan Cantor Institute