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) - 8332
St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (hymns) - 5825
St. Sergius, abbot of Radonezh (hymns) 1 min 7197
Sunday Troparia and Kontakia (hymns form the Octoechos) 6 mins 12274
Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska (hymns) 1 min 3795
To All Saints (hymns) - 5900
To Holy Apostles (hymns) - 6240
To the Cross (hymns) - 5896
Venerable Alexis the Man of God (Hymns) - 6825
Venerable Chariton the Confessor the Abbot of Palestine (hymns) - 3839
Venerable Euphrosyne of Alexandria (hymns) - 3597
Venerable Sabbatius the Wonderworker of Solovki (hymns) - 3546
Venerable Silouan of Mt. Athos (hymns) 1 min 3293