Festal Stichera on “Lord, I Call” for Sunday, September 15
The stichera for the Feast on “Lord, I Call” are taken from the Aposticha of the Feast. Music for these stichera can be found here.
Rubrics and Horologion
The order of Liturgical services.
Texts for liturgical services
Texts of the propers sung at Vespers (stichera on “Lord I call,” Litya, Aposticha, Troparia and Kontakia that change daily according to either the day of the week or particular day of the month). Texts are “pointed” to be sung according to the tonal patterns of Common Chant (L'vov-Bakhmetev Obikhod, 1869 edition).
Music downloads
Liturgical music for daily worship during the year.
Tutorial for learning the tones
A self-study tool that introduces the singer to the eight tones of Common and Kievan Chant. Illustrates tonal patterns for singing stichera. Future sections will treat psalm verses, troparia, and kanons. Includes audio demonstrations.
Webinars for Church Musicians for the services of Great Lent through Pascha
In 2021, Dr. Vladimir Morosan, a member of the OCA Department of Liturgical Music and noted Orthodox composer, editor, publisher, and choir director, offered a series of four webinars dealing with the services of Great Lent and Holy Pascha. Each session addresses a particular subtopic.
Liturgical Music Chatroom Transcripts
In 2006, the Orthodox Liturgical Music Chatroom was inaugurated and was open on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month throughout 2006 and 2007. At each session, a “specialist” or “moderator” led a discussion related to church music, hymnology, vocal technique, church rubrics, church music for children, setting music to English, etc.