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The Department of Sacred Music is pleased to offer free of charge to you the Liturgical Music PDF Library. For any comments or suggestions, please contact us.

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Highlighted Download:Music for the National Convention and for Regional Conferences (individual files) of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese is contained in this official book. (Download all Convention Music in one file (Files Updated 8/6/10). Please note that this file contains 166 pages and may take a couple minutes to appear on your screen.)

Regarding the KEYWORDS listed below, or the months listed above, if you would like to list all of the hymns associated with a particular keyword or month, simply click on that keyword, and only those files will be displayed. The same is true with any of the author's names.

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Title & Description Keywords
A
A Good Word

Selected verses from Psalm 44, sung at feasts of the All-holy Theotokos.  Click on the MIDI file (Listen) to hear how it sounds.

Akathist: Responses for the Canon & Oikoi

The response "Most Holy Theotokos, save us" in Tone 4, and the two responses: "Hail, O Bride..." and "Alleluia" in Tone 8, Key of C

Awed By Thy Beauty

Concluding Troparion for the Akathist Hymn (Service)

Kontakion of the Annunciation

Kontakion sung on March 25th, and during the Akathist Hymn (Service) - "To Thee The Champion Leader": Standard Archdiocese Version

Arise, O God

Sung at the Vesperal Liturgy on Holy Saturday morning

G
God Is With Us

Sung at Great Compline

Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete - Full Version

Music for the Full Version of the Canon, sung on the Fifth Thursday of Lent. Updated 4/9/11.

Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete - Monday

Music for Monday of the first week of Lent

Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete - Thursday

Music for Thursday of the first week of Lent

Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete - Tuesday

Music for Tuesday of the first week of Lent

Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete - Wednesday

Music for Wednesday of the first week of Lent

K
Kontakion of Annunciation

This is the standard Kontakion of Annunciation, also sung during Great Lent at the Akathist service.

Raphael, Kontkaion of

Feast Day is first Saturday of November

O
O Lord of Hosts

Sung at Great Compline

Lord Have Mercy for Ordinations

Music sung as the bishop prays over the head of the candidate being ordained

P
Polyeleos-Psalm 134

This is the 1st Polyeleos, Psalm 134, sung in Orthros (Matins) on Major Feasts.

Post-Gospel Hymns for the Triodion

The three hymns beginning with 'Open to me the doors of repentance'

Pre-Communion Psalms

These 3 Psalms (22, 23, & 115 LXX) may be sung before or during Communion.

Psalm of Thanksgiving

This compilation of psalm verses may be sung either during communion or after the Divine Liturgy.

T
Troparion of the Akathist Hymn (Service)

Troparion sung on the 5th Friday of Great Lent - "With mystic apprehension"

Troparion of Theophany (Epiphany)

Feast day is January 6th, sung from January 6th - 14th

Raphael, Troparion of

Feast Day is first Saturday of November

Troparion of 5th Saturday of Lent

Sung on the 5th Saturday of Great Lent, as well as at the Akathist on the 5th Friday only.

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