Oktai, Oktoikh, Octoechos
[The chants according to the 8 Tones]
This book contains chants for each of the 8 Tones, with the
following items (per Tone):
Small Vespers:
- At Lord, I have cried..., the Theotokion
- The Aposticha and Theotokion
- (The Resurrection Troparion and Theotokion)
Great Vespers:
- (Lord, I have cried...)
- At Lord, I have cried..., the Stichera (3 to the Resurrection, 4 others,
plus 3 extra stichera to the Theotokos); the Dogmatic Theotokion (Dogmaticon)
- O gentle light... (included in some editions)
- The Aposticha and Theotokion
Matins:
- (God is the Lord...; Troparion ending; Alleluia in the 8 Tones)
- The Ypakoi
- The Antiphons
- Sunday Prokeimenon
- The Stichera on the Praises
- The Theotokion: Most blessed art thou, O Virgin Theotokos...
Liturgy:
- The first troparion at the Beatitudes
- The Sunday Prokeimenon and Alleluia (included in some editions)
- It is truly meet... (included in some editions)
Weekday Vespers and Matins:
- Theotokia at Lord, I have cried... and the Aposticha
Appendix:
- The Resurrectional Gospel Cycle (11): Svetilen and Theotokos, and Gospel
Stichera on the Praises
- The Resurrection Troparion and Theotokion in the 8 Tones
- The First Sticheron at Lord, I have cried... in Small Znamenny Chant, in
the 8 Tones
- The Podobny in the 8 Tones
- Alleluia in the 8 Tones
- (The Sedalny in the 8 Tones)