HEIRMOS – (Irmos pl. Heirmoi, Irmosi) – A hymn that stands as the first troparion in each ode of a kanon and serves as a thematic link between the Scriptural canticles and the feast being celebrated. In the Greek originals, the h. established the melodic and metric model used in subsequent stanzas of each ode.
HEIRMOS
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