Nativity of Christ


Nativity of Christ

Index of liturgical music for the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ (December 25)


Royal Hours

The First Hour
Prokeimenon (Lvov-Bakhmetev & Znamenny, Arkhangelsky)
Prokeimenon (Lesser Znamenny)

The Third Hour
Prokeimenon (Lvov-Bakhmetev & Znamenny, Arkhangelsky)
Prokeimenon (Lesser Znamenny)

The Sixth Hour
Prokeimenon (Lvov-Bakhmetev & Znamenny, Arkhangelsky)
Prokeimenon (Lesser Znamenny)

The Ninth Hour
Prokeimenon (Obikhod, Lvov-Bakhmetev & Znamenny, Arkhangelsky)
Prokeimenon (Lesser Znamenny)

Troparion and Kontakion

Troparion (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Troparion (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT") 
Troparion (Byzantine, 2 part, Lawrence - "YY")
Troparion (Byzantine, 3 part, Lawrence - "YY")
Troparion (Byzantine, 4 part, Lawrence - "YY")
Troparion (Carpatho-Rusyn - "YY")
Troparion (Greek - "YY")
Troparion (Greek - "TT") 
Troparion (Znamenny, Margitich - "YY")
Troparion (Znamenny, Morosan/Obleschuk - "YY/TT")

Kontakion (Lvov-Bakhmetev)
Kontakion (Greek)
Kontakion (Samopodoben)
Kontakion (Bortniansky)

Vespers

Stichera at Lord, I call (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Stichera at Lord, I call (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")
Stichera at Lord, I call
(Kievan, Ledkovsky - "YY")
Stichera at Lord, I call (Kievan, Ledkovsky - "TT")

Doxastichon at Lord, I call (L’vov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Doxastichon at Lord, I call (L’vov-Bakhmetev - "TT")
Doxastichon at Lord, I call (Kievan, Ledkovsky - "YY")
Doxastichon at Lord, I call (Kievan, Ledkovsky - "TT")
Doxastichon at Lord, I call (Znamenny, Margitich - "TT")

Troparia at the Prophecies (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Troparia at the Prophecies (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")

Refrains on the Troparia at the Prophecies (Bulgarian - "YY")
Refrains on the Troparia at the Prophecies (Bulgarian - "TT")

Prokeimenon and Alleluia at the Epistle (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Prokeimenon and Alleluia at the Epistle (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")
Prokeimenon and Alleluia at the Epistle (Znamenny - "YY")
Prokeimenon and Alleluia at the Epistle (Znamenny - "TT")

Great Compline

Stichera at the Litya (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Stichera at the Litya
(Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")
Stichera at the Litya (Kievan, Ledkovsky - "YY")
Stichera at the Litya (Kievan, Ledkovsky - "TT")
Stichera at the Litya (Galician “Bolhar,” Obleschuk -"YY/TT")

Doxasticha at the Litya (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Doxasticha at the Litya
(Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")
Doxasticha at the Litya (Kievan, Ledkovsky - "YY")
Doxasticha at the Litya (Kievan, Ledkovsky - "TT")

Stichera at the Aposticha (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Stichera at the Aposticha (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")
Stichera at the Aposticha (Kievan, Ledkovsky - "YY")
Stichera at the Aposticha (Kievan, Ledkovsky - "TT")

Doxastichon at the Aposticha (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Doxastichon at the Aposticha (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")
Doxastichon at the Aposticha (Kievan, Ledkovsky - "YY")
Doxastichon at the Aposticha (Kievan, Ledkovsky - "TT")

Matins

Kathisma Hymn after 1st Psalter Reading (Carpatho-Russian, Obleschuk)

Kathisma Hymn after 2nd Psalter Reading (Carpatho-Russian, Obleschuk - "YY")
Kathisma Hymn after 2nd Psalter Reading (Carpatho-Russian, Obleschuk - "TT")

Magnification
(Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Magnification (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")
Magnification (Znamenny - "YY")
Magnification (Znamenny - "TT")
Magnification (Morosan - "TT")

Kathisma Hymn (Lvov-Bakhmetev)
Kathisma Hymn (Carpatho-Russian, Obleschuk)

Prokeimenon (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Prokeimenon (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")
Prokeimenon (Znamenny - "YY")
Prokeimenon (Znamenny - "TT")

Post-Gospel Stichera (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Post-Gospel Stichera (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")
Post-Gospel Stichera (Kievan - "YY")
Post-Gospel Stichera (Kievan - "TT")

First Kanon (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
First Kanon (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")

Kanon Refrains (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Kanon Refrains (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")

Hypakoe (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Hypakoe (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")
Hypakoe (Kastalsky - "YY")
Hypakoe (Kastalsky - "TT")

Kathisma after Ode 3 (Lvov-Bakhmetev)

Exapostilarion (Morosan)
Exapostilarion (Kiev Caves, Obleschuk)

Stichera at the Praises (Common Chant, Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Stichera at the Praises (Common Chant, Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")

Doxastichon at the Praises (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Doxastichon at the Praises (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")
Doxastichon at the Praises (Kievan, Ledkovsky - "YY")
Doxastichon at the Praises (Kievan, Ledkovsky - "TT")

Divine Liturgy

First Antiphon (Lesser Znamenny - "YY")
First Antiphon (Lesser Znamenny - "TT")

Second Antiphon (Lesser Znamenny - "YY")
Second Antiphon (Lesser Znamenny - "TT")

Prokeimenon (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "YY")
Prokeimenon (Lvov-Bakhmetev - "TT")
Prokeimenon (Znamenny - "YY")
Prokeimenon (Znamenny - "TT")

Hymn to the Theotokos (Lvov-Bakhmetev)

Communion Hymn (Morosan)
Communion Hymn (Ukrainian kant, Obleschuk)
Communion Hymn (Modern Greek, harm, Lawrence) 
Communion Hymn (Modern Greek, 3 pt, Lawrence)