Prayers of the Church - Troparia and Kontakia

Short hymns sung after the small entrance at Divine Liturgy. For Sundays the subject is the Holy Resurrection; a different hymn for each of the Eight Tones. Every feast has its particular hymn describing the event or the virtues of the saint. Also there are hymns giving in an abbreviated form the substance of the day’s feast. Originally, this was a hymn composed of many stanza (18-24) whose lengthy text required the use of a scroll. What remains today are short preliminary stanzas that give a concise meaning to the feast being celebrated. These hymns are also sung following the Sixth Ode in Matins, and during the Hours.

Prayer Read Time Hit Count
St. Mary Magdalene (hymns) - 8,350
St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (hymns) - 5,832
St. Sergius, abbot of Radonezh (hymns) 1 min 7,214
Sunday Troparia and Kontakia (hymns form the Octoechos) 6 mins 12,300
Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska (hymns) 1 min 3,800
To All Saints (hymns) - 5,910
To Holy Apostles (hymns) - 6,247
To the Cross (hymns) - 5,910
Venerable Alexis the Man of God (Hymns) - 6,828
Venerable Chariton the Confessor the Abbot of Palestine (hymns) - 3,845
Venerable Euphrosyne of Alexandria (hymns) - 3,601
Venerable Sabbatius the Wonderworker of Solovki (hymns) - 3,550
Venerable Silouan of Mt. Athos (hymns) 1 min 3,301