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Choral resources for the Byzantine Catholic Church

This page will serve as a central repository of notated music for singing in our church - both composed choral music, and harmonized plain chant. If you have suggestions for this page, please send them to mci@archptt.org!

Harmonized plain chant

Entire services:

• The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom
• The Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great - Anaphora A
• The Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great - Anaphora B
• The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts - SATB
• The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts - TTB
• The wedding service

Particular hymns:

• Akathist hymn (Pochaiv melody)
• Accept me today (Holy Thursday)
• Beneath your compassion
• Eternal memory (funeral)
• Heavenly King, Comforter (Pentecost)

Composed choral music for the liturgy

• Our Father - Rimsky-Korsakoff
• Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos

Paraliturgical hymns and spiritual songs

Our church has a long tradition of singing "spiritual songs" before and after liturgical services, and at major events such as pilgrimages. Like our plain chant, these are often sung in harmony, either in a folk style ("natural harmony") or through composed choral settings.

We hope to provide SATB settings of all the melodies used in the forthcoming hymnal for our church. Where a tune is used for several different songs, look for the one cited at the bottom of the page as the source of the melody. In general, a single harmonization can be used for all verses of a given hymn, and for both English and Slavonic versions.

General hymns

• A new commandment
• Come now to us, O Christ
• Give me your Body, O Christ
• Holy this moment
• Hosts of angels on high
• I do believe
• Lord, in this holy Mystery
• O Holy Spirit, Mighty Defender
• So great is God
• The Holy Spirit shall come upon you
• We thank you, God most high

Hymns to the Mother of God

• All the faithful come before you
• Beautiful holy Queen
• Christians, join in our procession
• From our hearts, we sinners
• Immaculate Mary
• Mary, look upon us
• Mother of all people
• 'Neath your holy icon kneeling
• O Mary, Mother of our God
• O Virgin Mary, Mother of God
• Purest Mother, people of the homeland
• Purest of Virgins
• Rejoice, O purest Mother
• Rejoice, O purest Queen
• Sing with joy and pray together
• Virgin Mother, Intercessor
• Virgin, we beseech you
• We come to you in prayer (I)
• We come to you in prayer (II)
• We hasten to your patronage
• We implore you, Virgin
• When the angel came
• Where our Mother reigns in heaven
• You, O Mary, our dear Lady

Hymns for the liturgical year - before Christmas

• Come, O Jesus
• Sound the trumpet
• O Father Nicholas
• O who loves Nicholas the saintly

Hymns for the liturgical year - Christmas and Theophany

• Angels from heaven
• Come, shepherds, joyfully
• Eternal God through gates of birth
• God the Lord eternal
• God's Son is born
• Heaven and earth
• In the town of Bethlehem
• Joyful news
• Joyful tidings come our way
• Let creation shout with gladness
• Nations rejoice
• Now, Father Adam, lead our rejoicing
• Praise the Lord
• Today in the cave of Bethlehem
• Wondrous news
  
• Angels we have heard on high
• Hark! The herald angels sing
• It came upon the midnight clear
• Joy to the world
• O come, all ye faithful
• O little town of Bethlehem
• Silent night
• The choirs of angels sing
• To Jordan's water

Hymns for the liturgical year - The Great Fast and Holy Week

• At the most holy cross
• Beneath your cross I stand
• Come now, all you faithful
• Do not forsake us
• Have mercy on me, O my God
• Having suffered
• O Son of David
• Rejoiice today
• Christ our King who reigns with justice
• Earth and heaven mourn
• In Gethsemene's darkness
• Now do I go to the Cross
• O my God, you are so merciful
• So boundless is her sorrow
• The grieving mother
• The sentence is passed
• We venerate, O Christ our God

Hymns for the liturgical year - Pascha to Pentecost

• Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
• Jesus Christ is risen from the dead
• Let us join and sing together
• The Lord now ascends

Hymns for the liturgical year - additional

• Glory to you brothers
• America the Beautiful

Other melodies for "New hymns for the liturgical year"

• Archangel Michael
• Christos voskres! Pid neba zwid
• Ellacombe
• Forest Green
• Franconia
• Good king Wenceslas
• Holy God, we praise thy name
• Kingsfold
• Mother of God
• We joy we keep the holy Fast