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About Doxastarion

This site is published with the blessing of Bishop Auxentios of Etna and Portland. On it, we present what is, for the present, a small selection of the Byzantine Church hymns in English used at the Saint Gregory Palamas Monastery in Etna, California, which is under the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Etna and Portland. These are provided in both Byzantine notation and Western staff notation. We hope to continue to expand this library for the benefit of the faithful.

A note on the transcriptions into staff notation. The ison is notated as a second part, with the breve ( breve ) used to indicate that the note is held until another note is given for the second part. Arrows attached to accidentals represent pitch adjustments of a sixth‑tone (33 cents). The beginner may disregard the arrows, but slight adjustment of the pitch in the direction of the arrow will result in a more authentic rendition.

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Music for Sunday, Tone 3

Posted on May 28, 2026

• “Lord, I have cried” in Tone 3 (slow melody): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• “Lord, I have cried” in Tone 3 (brief melody): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• “Set a watch, O Lord” in Tone 3: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Resurrectional Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” (brief melodies): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Resurrectional Apolytikion: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Fourth Heothinon Doxastikon (Gospel sticheron): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Theotokion at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• “Today is salvation...”: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for Sunday, Tone 2

Posted on May 21, 2026

• “Lord, I have cried” in Tone 2 (slow melody): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• “Set a watch, O Lord” in Tone 2 (soft chromatic): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• “Lord, I have cried” in Tone 2 (brief melody): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• “Set a watch, O Lord” in Tone 2 (hard chromatic): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Resurrectional Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” (slow melodies): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Resurrectional Aposticha (slow melodies): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Resurrectional Apolytikion: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Resurrectional Stichera of the Praises (brief melodies): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Theotokion at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• “Today is salvation...”: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for Sunday, Tone 1

Posted on May 14, 2026

• “Lord, I have cried” in Tone 1 (slow melody): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• “Lord, I have cried” in Tone 1 (brief melody): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• “Set a watch, O Lord” in Tone 1: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Resurrectional Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” (slow melodies): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Dogmatikon Theotokion in Tone 1 (brief melody): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Resurrectional Aposticha (slow melodies): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Resurrectional Apolytikion: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Resurrectional Praises (slow melodies): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Theotokion at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Announcement: Audio Files

Posted on May 14, 2026

We are pleased to announce that we have added synthesized audio files for all music from this upcoming Sunday, the Sunday of the Blind Man, up until the Sunday of All Saints. We will continue to add more as time permits, and all new posts will include audio.

Music for the Sunday of All Saints and May 25 (Saint John the Forerunner)

Posted on May 8, 2026

• Dogmatikon Theotokion in Plagal of Tone 4: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Doxastikon of the Forerunner at the Aposticha: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Doxastikon of All Saints at the Aposticha: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Resurrectional Apolytikion: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• First Heothinon Doxastikon (Gospel sticheron): Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Theotokion at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for Pentecost

Posted on May 3, 2026

• Stichera at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Aposticha: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Hymns after Psalm 50 at Matins: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Stichera of the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” of Kneeling Vespers: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Aposticha of Kneeling Vespers: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for the Sunday of the Holy Fathers and May 11 (Saints Cyril and Methodios)

Posted on April 29, 2026

• Doxastikon of the Fathers at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Doxastikon of the Saints at the Aposticha: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Doxastikon of the Fathers at the Aposticha: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Doxastikon of the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Theotokion at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for Ascension and May 8 (Saint John the Theologian)

Posted on April 25, 2026

• Stichera of the Feast at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Doxastikon of the Saint at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Aposticha of the Feast: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Doxastikon of the Saint at the Aposticha: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Doxastikon of the Saint at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Doxastikon of the Feast at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for the Sunday of the Blind Man

Posted on April 20, 2026

• Stichera at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Doxastikon at the Aposticha: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Stichera of the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Theotokion at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

Posted on April 17, 2026

• Stichera at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Doxastika at the Aposticha: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Stichera of the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Theotokion at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for Mid-Pentecost and April 23 (Saint George)

Posted on April 14, 2026

• Doxastikon of the Saint at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Doxastikon of the Feast at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Aposticha of the Feast: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Doxastikon of the Saint at the Aposticha: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Doxastikon of the Saint at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Doxastikon of the Feast at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for the Sunday of the Paralytic

Posted on April 8, 2026

• Stichera at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Doxastikon of the Aposticha: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Doxastikon of the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Theotokion at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers

Posted on April 5, 2026

• Resurrectional Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” (slow melodies): Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Stichera of the Myrrhbearers at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Doxastikon of the Myrrhbearers at the Aposticha: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Resurrectional Stichera of the Praises (brief melodies): Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Second Heothinon Doxastikon (Gospel Sticheron): Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Theotokion at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for Saint Thomas Sunday

Posted on April 2, 2026

• Stichera at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Aposticha: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Doxastikon of the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for Pascha

Posted on March 30, 2026

• Ode 9 of the Canon: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Resurrectional Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” of Agape Vespers: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Great Prokeimenon at Agape Vespers: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for Holy and Great Saturday

Posted on March 27, 2026

• Stichera at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Stichera at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• “Arise, O God” (sung at Liturgy instead of “Alleluia”): Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for Holy and Great Friday

Posted on March 24, 2026

• Stichera at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Aposticha at Matins: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Stichera at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Doxastikon at the Aposticha of Vespers: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for Holy and Great Thursday

Posted on March 20, 2026

• Stichera at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Aposticha at Matins: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Stichera at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for Holy and Great Wednesday

Posted on March 17, 2026

• Stichera at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Aposticha at Matins: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Stichera at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for March 25 (the Annunciation) and Holy and Great Tuesday

Posted on March 15, 2026

• March 25 Doxastikon at “Lord, I have cried” of Great Vespers: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• March 25 Aposticha of Great Vespers: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• March 25 Doxastikon of the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation

The following Stichera are set out as they are sung at Vespers on the evening of the Annunciation following Athonite practice (i.e., 6 Stichera of the Triodion and 4 of the Feast):
• Stichera of the Triodion at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation

We also provide the same Stichera of the Triodion set out the way they are sung when the services of Holy and Great Tuesday are not combined with the Annunciation:
• Stichera of the Triodion at the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Stichera of the Triodion at the Aposticha of Matins: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Stichera of the Triodion at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation

Music for Holy and Great Monday

Posted on March 12, 2026

• Stichera of the Praises: Byzantine notation Staff notation
• Aposticha at Matins: Byzantine notation Staff notation

The following Stichera are set out as they are sung at Small Vespers of the Annunciation following Athonite practice (i.e., 6 Stichera of the Triodion and 4 of the Feast):
• Stichera of the Triodion at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation

• Doxastikon of the Annunciation (Small Vespers): Byzantine notation Staff notation

We also provide the same Stichera of the Triodion set out the way they are sung when Vespers on Holy and Great Monday is not combined with the Annunciation:
• Stichera of the Triodion at “Lord, I have cried”: Byzantine notation Staff notation

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• Octoëchos

•• Tone 1

•• Tone 2

•• Tone 3

•• Tone 4

•• Plagal of Tone 4

• Menaia

•• March 25 — The Annunciation

•• April 23 — The Holy Great Martyr George

•• May 8 — Saint John the Theologian

•• May 11 — Saints Cyril and Methodios

Doxastikon of the Aposticha
Doxastikon of the Aposticha (staff)
Doxastikon of the Aposticha (audio)

•• May 25 — The Third Finding of the Head of the Forerunner

Doxastikon of the Aposticha
Doxastikon of the Aposticha (staff)
Doxastikon of the Aposticha (audio)

• Triodion

•• Holy and Great Monday

•• Holy and Great Tuesday

Stichera of the Praises .pdf
Stichera of the Praises .pdf (staff)
Stichera of the Praises .pdf (audio)
Aposticha at Matins
Aposticha at Matins (staff)
Aposticha at Matins (audio)
Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” .pdf
Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” .pdf (staff)
Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” .pdf (audio)
Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” —for Annunciation
Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” —for Annunciation (staff)
Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” —for Annunciation (audio)

•• Holy and Great Wednesday

•• Holy and Great Thursday

•• Holy and Great Friday

•• Holy and Great Saturday

• Pentecostarion

•• Sunday of Pascha

Ode 9 of the Canon
Ode 9 of the Canon (staff)
Ode 9 of the Canon (audio)

•• Sunday of Saint Thomas

•• Sunday of the Myrrhbearers

•• Sunday of the Paralytic

Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” .pdf
Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” .pdf (staff)
Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” .pdf (audio)
Doxastikon of the Aposticha
Doxastikon of the Aposticha (staff)
Doxastikon of the Aposticha (audio)
Doxastikon of the Praises
Doxastikon of the Praises (staff)
Doxastikon of the Praises (audio)

•• Mid-Pentecost

•• Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

•• Ascension

•• Sunday of the Holy Fathers

Doxastikon at Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” q
Doxastikon at Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” q (staff)
Doxastikon at Stichera at “Lord, I have cried” q (audio)
Doxastikon astika at the Aposticha
Doxastikon astika at the Aposticha (staff)
Doxastikon astika at the Aposticha (audio)
Doxastikon of the Praises
Doxastikon of the Praises (staff)
Doxastikon of the Praises (audio)

•• Pentecost

•• Monday of the Holy Spirit

•• Sunday of All Saints

Doxastikon of the Aposticha
Doxastikon of the Aposticha (staff)
Doxastikon of the Aposticha (audio)