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Antiphon
A chant sung alternately by two choirs from the two kliroi; at the Liturgy the antiphons open the service.
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Apostolos (Book of the Apostle)
The liturgical book of Acts and the Epistles, read aloud before the Gospel at the Liturgy.
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Canon
The longest hymn of the service: nine odes, each with an irmos and several troparia, read at Matins.
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Cherubic Hymn
The Liturgy hymn sung while the Gifts are carried to the altar table, divided in two by the Great Entrance.
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Horologion
The reader's book: everything in the daily services that stays the same from day to day.
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Irmos
The opening strophe of each ode of the canon: it is sung, and it sets the melody and metre for the troparia that follow.
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Kathisma
One of the twenty divisions of the Psalter for liturgical reading; the name means «sitting».
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Kontakion
A short hymn sung right after the troparion, approaching the same feast from another side.
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Lenten Triodion
The book for the weeks before Great Lent, Lent itself and Holy Week.
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Litany
A series of short petitions proclaimed by the deacon, to each of which the choir answers «Lord, have mercy».
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Menaion
The book arranged by calendar date: for each day, the service to its saint or feast. Twelve volumes, one per month.
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Obikhod
The collection of the most commonly used chants — and the plain melodies an ordinary parish choir sings most of the time.
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Octoechos
The book of the weekly cycle: eight tones, each with services for every day of the week.
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Pentecostarion
The book for the paschal season, from Pascha to the Sunday of All Saints.
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Psalter
The book of the 150 psalms — the most-read book in church, divided into twenty kathismata.
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Sluzhebnik (Priest's Service Book)
The book of the priest and deacon: their prayers and parts at Vespers, Matins and Liturgy.
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Sticheron
A hymn sung after a verse of a psalm; stichera come in groups and make up much of what is sung at the vigil.
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Tone
Not pitch but a set of melodies. There are eight tones; they change weekly and repeat every eight weeks.
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Trebnik (Book of Needs)
The book of rites served on request: baptism, marriage, funeral, memorial and blessings.
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Troparion
A short hymn of a few lines — the main chant of the day, stating in two phrases what is celebrated.
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Typikon
The book of rules: what to serve when, and how the other liturgical books fit together. It contains no prayers of its own.
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Znamenny chant
The old Russian monophonic chant written in neumes («hooks»); rarely heard in parishes today.