Triod', Triodion

[The Chants for the Lenten and Paschal Periods:
The Lenten Triodion and the Flowery Triodion/Pentecostarion]

Note: In the Old Rite, the Lenten Triodion ends with Lazarus Saturday, and the "Flowery Triodion" (following the earlier Byzantine model) begins with Palm Sunday; in the New Rite (following the later Greek model), the Lenten Triodion extends through Holy Week, and the "Pentecostarion" begins with Pascha. The Old Rite division is more convenient because it breaks the chant material for the entire movable cycle roughly in half, making two volumes of nearly equal size.

(Much of this material needs to be verified, since I compiled this list many years ago. In addition, there are many "notes to myself" included here as to where the melodies are located and how many there are. At some point in the future I will clean up the text to remove these notes.)

A. Lenten Triod'

Lenten Obikhod:

From the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee until the 5th Sunday of Great Lent, on all Sundays at Matins, after the 50th Psalm, instead of Jesus having arisen..., we sing this Sticheron: Mnozhestvo sodeiannykh mi zol (5 melodies: 1-Tone 6; 2-another; 3-another; 4-another in Tone 2; 5-another in Tone 8)

On the Sundays of the Prodigal Son, Meatfare and Cheesefare, at Matins after the 18th Kathisma, we sing Psalm 136: By the waters of Babylon... (2 melodies: Znamenny Chant and Demestvenny Chant)

On Cheesefare Sunday and on the rest of the Sundays until the 5th Sunday of Great Lent, at Matins, after the 50th Psalm, instead of Through the prayers of..., we sing these Stichera in Tone 8: Slava. Pokaianiia otverzi mi dveri. (1 melody) In nynie. Na spaseniia stezia napravi mia. (3 melodies)

On Cheesefare Sunday (and the alternating Sundays until the end of Great Lent), at Vespers, the Great Prokeimenon in Tone 8: Ne otvrati litsa tvoego (3 melodies)

On the 1st Sunday of Great Lent (and the alternating Sundays until the end of Great Lent), at Vespers, the Great Prokeimenon in Tone 8: Dal esi dostoianie (4 melodies)

On the First Week of Greak Lent and during all of Great Lent, at the First Hour, we sing in Tone 6: In the morning... (We then read: Glory..., both now... What shall we call thee...) Then we sing: Direct my feet...; Let my mouth be filled...

(Some chant books include the Troparion at the 3rd Hour and the Troparion at the 6th Hour, but these are not usually included in the neumatic chant books.)

After the Ninth Hour, we sing the Beatitudes in Tone 8 (a sketchy melody with a refrain); then both choirs come together in the midst of the church and sing: Remember us, O Lord...; Remember us, O Master...; Remember us, O Holy One...

At Great Compline, the Refrains (with bows); we sing these Troparia in Tone 6: O Lord of hosts...; Glory... Gospodi ashche ne bykhom...; Both now... Mnogaia premnozhestva moikh...; Vsesviataia bogoroditse...; Vse upovanie... (2 melodies)

On all the Sundays of the Holy Great Lent, at the Liturgy we sing the Zadostoinik in Tone 8: In thee rejoiceth all creation... (3 melodies: Great Chant, Put' Chant, Znamenny Chant)

Other selections not usually contained in the Triodion:

• Alleluia and the Hymns to the Trinity, in the 8 Tones — These are found in the Obikhod, and sometimes in an appendix to the Triodion.
• The Heirmoi for the Great Canon, Tone 6 — These are located in the Irmologion.
• The Hymns of the Presanctified Liturgy — These are included in the Obednitsa (Kalashnikov) chant book.

Lenten Sticherarion:

The Pre-Lenten Period:

• Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee:
  Stichera and Doxasticon at Lord, I have cried...;
  Doxasticon at the Litya;
  Doxasticon at the Aposticha;
  Hymns after Psalm 50;
  Doxasticon at the Praises
• Sunday of the Prodigal Son:
  Stichera and Doxasticon at Lord, I have cried...;
  Doxasticon at the Litya;
  Doxasticon at the Aposticha;
  Psalm 136: By the waters of Babylon...;
  Hymns after Psalm 50;
  Doxasticon at the Praises
• Meatfare Sunday:
  Stichera and Doxasticon at Lord, I have cried...;
  Doxasticon at the Litya;
  Doxasticon at the Aposticha;
  (Hymns after Psalm 50);
  Doxasticon at the Praises
• Cheesefare Sunday:
  Stichera and *Doxasticon at Lord, I have cried... (also used as Sticheron after the 50th Psalm?);
  Doxasticon at the Litya;
  Doxasticon at the Aposticha;
  (Hymns after Psalm 50);
  Doxasticon at the Praises
• Sunday evening at Vespers:
  Stichera at Lord, I have cried...;
  Great Prokeimenon;
  First Aposticha Sticheron;
  (Troparia at the end of Vespers)

The Lenten Period:

• (At Friday of the 1st Week, at the end of the Liturgy, the Troparion and Theotokion at the Moleben to St. Theodore)
• First Sunday of Great Lent:
  At 1st Vespers: Stichera and Doxasticon at Lord, I have cried...;
  Doxasticon at the Litya;
  Doxasticon at the Aposticha;
  At God is the Lord..., the Troparion;
  Doxasticon at the Praises;
  (At the Liturgy of St. Basil: Alternate hymn melodies for the Consecration sequence;)
  (Zadostoinik: "In thee rejoiceth...", various melodies);
  At 2nd Vespers, the Great Prokeimenon
• The Second Sunday of Great Lent:
  Stichera and Doxasticon at Lord, I have cried...;
  Doxasticon at the Aposticha;
  At God is the Lord..., the Troparion;
  Doxasticon at the Praises
• The Third Sunday of Great Lent:
  Stichera and Doxasticon at Lord, I have cried...;
  Doxasticon at the Litya;
  Doxasticon at the Aposticha;
  Doxasticon at the Praises;
  After the Great Doxology: the Trisagion, sung to the funeral procession melody (2 melodies: usual [Opekalov?] and Great Chant)
  Troparion of the Cross, Tone 1;
  At the Veneration/Kissing of the Cross: the Troparion;
  Then we sing: We fall down before Thy Cross... (Znamenny and Put' chants);
  Doxasticon and Theotokion;
  During the Veneration of the Precious Cross: Stichera; then in Tone 8: Slava..., I nynie...; Dnes' izhe neprikosnovennyi...
  (Communion Hymn)
  
• The Fourth Sunday of Great Lent:
  Stichera and Doxasticon at Lord, I have cried...;
  Doxasticon at the Aposticha;
  At God is the Lord..., the Troparion;
  Doxasticon at the Praises
• On Thursday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent:
  Hymns at the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete;
  Kontakion (Tone 6): O my soul, my soul...
• On Saturday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent:
  At God is the Lord..., the Troparion (Tone 8);
  Kontakion (Tone 8) - 3 melodies (2 are Great Chant; <another Znamenny Chant melody on page 381b>):
  Refrains at the Akathist Hymn;
  Theotokion at the Praises
• The Fifth Sunday of Great Lent:
  Stichera and Doxasticon at Lord, I have cried...;
  Doxasticon at the Aposticha;
  At God is the Lord..., the Troparion;
  Doxasticon at the Praises
• At Lazarus Saturday:
  Stichera, Doxasticon and Theotokion at Lord, I have cried...;
  (Doxasticon at the Aposticha);
  At God is the Lord..., the Troparion;
  (Doxasticon at the Praises);
  Svetilen (2);
  Zadostoinik at the Liturgy - Put' Chant and Great Chant

B. Flowery Triodion:

The Entry into Jerusalem of Christ (Palm Sunday/Flowery Sunday):

• At Small Vespers:
  Theotokion at Lord, I have cried...;
  Theotokion at the Aposticha;
  Troparion (2 melodies);
• At Great Vespers:
  Stichera and *Theotokion at Lord, I have cried...;
  Litya Stichera and *Theotokion;
  Aposticha Stichera and *Theotokion;
  
• At Matins:
  Velichanie (Znamenny and Put' Chant);
  *Hypakoe;
  Prokeimenon;
  Sticheron after Psalm 50;
  The Canon (Tone 4: Heirmoi, Refrains and Troparia), sung in its entirety, similar to Pascha (this cycle of hymns is only found in rare manuscripts);
  Kontakion (*2nd melody) *& Oikos;
  (At the Praises: Stichera and *Theotokion);
  
• (At the Liturgy: Antiphons, Zadostoinik in Put' Chant and Great Chant, and Communion Hymn)
• On Sunday at Vespers:
  Theotokion at Lord, I have cried...;
  Aposticha

Holy Week Services

• On Holy Great Monday:
  • At Matins:
    Alleluia and Troparion;
    Svetilen (also sung on Holy Tuesday and Holy Wednesday);
    Doxasticon at the Praises;
    Aposticha and Doxasticon
• On Holy Great Tuesday:
  • At Matins:
    Doxasticon at the Praises;
    Aposticha and Doxasticon
• On Holy Great Wednesday:
  • At Matins:
    Sticheron, Doxasticon and Theotokion at the Praises;
    Aposticha and Doxasticon

• On Holy Great Thursday:
  • At Matins:
    Troparion (Tone 8, also sung on Holy Friday);
    Kontakion (Tone 8 or 6?) - also used at the Liturgy, but sung thrice with variant text; the Alleluia (2 melodies) may be sung at the Liturgy at various places;
    Doxasticon at the Praises;
    Doxasticon and Theotokion at the Aposticha;
    
  • At Vespers:
    Doxasticon at Lord, I have cried...;
    
  • At the Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil:
    Prokeimenon;
    "Of Thy mystical supper..." (Kontakion), instead of the Cherubikon;
    Zadostoinik - Put' Chant (end of chapter a) and Great Chant

• On Holy Great Friday:
  • At Matins:
    (Troparion - see Holy Thursday);
    Gospel sequence;
    1st Antiphon (the only one written out with musical notation);
    Sedalen after the 1st Gospel;
    Sedalen after the 2nd Gospel;
    Sedalen after the 3rd Gospel;
    Sedalen after the 4th Gospel;
    Sedalen after the 5th Gospel;
    Prokeimenon before the 7th Gospel;
    Doxasticon and Theotokion at the Praises;
    Exaposteilarion (Svetilen);
    Sticheron after the 11th Gospel;
    Doxasticon and Theotokion at the Aposticha
  • At the Royal Hours:
    Troparia and Theotokion at the 1st Hour;
    Troparia and Doxasticon at the 3rd Hour;
    Troparia and Doxasticon at the 6th Hour;
    Troparia and Doxasticon at the 9th Hour
  • At Vespers:
    Doxasticon and Theotokion at Lord, I have cried...;
    Prokeimenon;
    Aposticha and Doxasticon;
    Troparia

• On Holy Great Saturday:
  • At Matins:
    On God is the Lord... We sing these Troparia (Tone 2): Blagoobraznyi Iosif... (twice); Glory...; Egda sned'...; Now and ever...; Myronositsam zhenam...;
    Lamentations ("Neporochny"): These are Troparia (with 3 Velichanii - Znamenny and Put' Chants) sung in 3 Stases after the verses of the 17th Kathisma);
    Kontakion (Tone 6);
    Zadostoinik - Great Chant;
    Doxasticon at the Praises;
    After the Great Doxology: Prokeimenon;
    Stikheron at the Kissing of the Plashchanitsa (Veneration of the Shroud): (2 melodies: Tone 8 and Tone 5)
    
  • At Vespers:
    At Lord, I have cried...: Stichera to the Resurrection (Tone 1): 4 (borrowed from the Octoechos); 3 more for Great Saturday; Glory...; Doxastikon (Tone 6 - 3 melodies); Now and ever...; Dogmaticon (Tone 1 from Octoechos);
  • Verses at the Parables: After the (6th?) Parable we sing (Tone 5): For gloriously hath He been glorified.
    Another, after the (12th?) Parable: Gospoda poite...
    <[from pg. 410b - where in service?]: Prokeimenon>
    After the Epistle, instead of Alleluia: Arise, O God, and judge the earth. (5 melodies)
    [At the Aposticha: Stichera to the Resurrection (Tone 1 - 4 from the Octoechos; Glory..., both now...; Resurrectional Theotokion) – The Aposticha is done only if there is no Vesperal Liturgy]
    
  • At the Vesperal Liturgy:
    "As many as have been baptised into Christ...", instead of the Trisagion
    "Let all human flesh keep silence..." (instead of the Cherubikon);
    Zadostoinik;
    Communion Hymn

Paschal Services

• At Holy Pascha:
  • At Matins:
    Sticheron at the Procession: Thy Resurrection, O Christ... (Tone 6): 3 melodies (one from the Octoechos);
    Troparion (numerous variations);
    Canon (complete musical setting in Tone 1: Heirmoi, Refrains and Troparia);
    Hypakoe (Tone 4);
    Kontakion and Oikos (Tone 8);
    Sticheron to the Resurrection: Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ... (2 melodies: Tone 7 - taken from the Obikhod; Osmoglasnik);
    Sticheron (Tone 6): Jesus having arisen from the tomb... (2 melodies - one from Matins, but with variations?; another - Great Chant);
    Katavasia;
    Exaposteilarion (Svetilen);
    On the Praises: 4 Stichera to the Resurrection (Tone 1 from the Octoechos, but possible different division of texts); 4 Stichera for Pascha (Tone 5); Glory..., both now...; Doxasticon and "Christ is risen..." (5 melodies);
    Troparion to St. John Chrysostom (Tone 8);
    At the Dismissal: And hath granted us eternal life... (8 melodies)
    [Plus: Stichera and Doxasticon at the Kissing (3 in Tone 6, 1 in Tone 8; Glory..., both now...; 1 in Tone 5 – these are not found in the liturgical books)]
  • At the Liturgy:
    (Antiphons and Entrance verses);
    Zadostoinik [5 melodies: Great Chant (back of vol. 1), Put' Chant (chapter a-i), Great Chant (chapter b-i), Demestvenny chant (chapter a-ii), Pskov Demestvenny Chant (chapter b-ii)];
    Communion Hymn

Bright Week:

• At the Canon: the Troparia to the Theotokos (2 for each Ode);
• The Great Prokeimena (Tone 7) for each day of Bright Week

• On Tuesday of Bright Week: the Hodigitria Icon of the Theotokos
  [Note: in the New/Greek Rite, instead of the commemoration on Tuesday, the Icon of the Life-Giving Spring of the Theotokos is celebrated on Thursday]
  At Vespers:
  Stichera on Lord I have cried...?;
  1st Sticheron at the Litya
  At Matins:
  Troparia (2 - both have 2 melodies)
  Velichanie (Znamenny and Put' Chant)
  Kontakion
  Svetilen

The Pentecost Period (the 50 days following Pascha)

• Thomas Sunday (Antipascha, The Second Sunday of Pascha):
  At Vespers:
  Stichera and Doxasticon on Lord, I have cried...;
  Litya Stichera and Doxasticon;
  Aposticha Stichera and Doxasticon;
  At Matins:
  Troparion;
  Velichanie (Znamenny and Put' Chant);
  Svetilen (2);
  Stichera and Doxasticon at the Praises;
  At the Liturgy:
  Zadostoinik;
  Communion Hymn

• Third Sunday of Pascha, of the Myrrh-bearing Women:
  At Vespers:
  Stichera and Doxasticon on Lord, I have cried...;
  Litya Stichera and Doxasticon;
  At Matins:
  Svetilen

• Fourth Sunday of Pascha (of the Paralytic):
  At Vespers:
  Stichera and Doxasticon on Lord, I have cried...;
  Litya Stichera and Doxasticon;
  Doxasticon at the Aposticha;
  At Matins:
  *Sticheron after the 50th Psalm;
  Svetilen;
  Doxasticon at the Praises

• At Mid-Pentecost:
  At Vespers:
  Stichera and Doxasticon on Lord, I have cried...;
  Aposticha Stichera and Doxasticon;
  At Matins:
  Troparion;
  Kontakion;
  Svetilen;
  Stichera and Doxasticon at the Praises

• Fifth Sunday of Pascha (of the Samaritan Woman):
  At Vespers:
  Stichera and Doxasticon on Lord, I have cried...;
  Doxasticon at the Litya;
  Doxasticon at the Aposticha;
  At Matins:
  Svetilen;
  Stichera and Doxasticon at the Praises

• Sixth Sunday of Pascha (of the Blind Man):
  At Vespers:
  Stichera and Doxasticon on Lord, I have cried...;
  Doxasticon at the Litya;
  Doxasticon at the Aposticha;
  At Matins:
  Svetilen;
  Stichera and Doxasticon at the Praises

• Ascension of the Lord:
  At Vespers:
  Stichera, Doxasticon and *Theotokion on Lord, I have cried...;
  Litya Stichera, Doxasticon and *Theotokion;
  Aposticha Stichera, Doxasticon and *Theotokion;
  At Matins:
  Troparion (2 melodies);
  Velichanie (Znamenny and Put' Chant);
  *Sticheron after the 50th Psalm;
  Kontakion and *Oikos;
  Svetilen;
  *Theotokion at the Praises
  At the Liturgy:
  Zadostoinik - Put' Chant (2: Solovetskii Monastery melody and Small Chant); Great Chant (2: chapter b-i; chapter b-ii with a variant passage); Demestvenny Chant;
  Communion Hymn

• Seventh Sunday, of the Holy Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council:
  At Vespers:
  Stichera and Doxasticon on Lord, I have cried...;
  Doxasticon at the Litya;
  Doxasticon at the Aposticha;
  At Matins:
  *Sticheron after the 50th Psalm;
  Svetilen (2);
  Doxasticon at the Praises

• The Sunday of Pentecost (The Descent of the Holy Spirit):
  At Vespers:
  Stichera, Doxasticon and *Theotokion on Lord, I have cried...;
  Doxasticon and *Theotokion at the Litya;
  Aposticha Stichera, Doxasticon and *Theotokion;
  At Matins:
  Troparion;
  Velichanie (Znamenny and Put' Chant);
  *Sticheron after the 50th Psalm;
  *Sedalen;
  Kontakion and *Oikos;
  Svetilen (2);
  Stichera (and Doxasticon?) and *Theotokion at the Praises;
  At the Liturgy:
  Zadostoinik (Put' Chant and Great Chant);
  Communion Hymn;
  At the following (2nd) Vespers:
  Sticheron at the Aposticha

• The Sunday of All Saints:
  At Vespers:
  Stichera and Doxasticon on Lord, I have cried...;
  Litya Stichera and Doxasticon;
  Doxasticon at the Aposticha;
  At Matins:
  Troparion;
  Velichanie (Znamenny and Put' Chant – for Temple Feasts only);
  Svetilen (2);
  First Sticheron at the Praises