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- noun Plural form of
sticheron .
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The first part of the Orthros, or midnight office, consists of twelve prayers, the greater litany, two stichera followed by Psalms 134 and 135, a third sticheron followed by the gradual psalms, an antiphon with the prokeimenon, the reading of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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During the procession to the narthex, stichera proper to the feast are recited, and then the priest recites a series of prayers, to which the choir answers Kyrie Eleison many times, and the priest blesses all present.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Next the stichera proper to the feast are said by the choir with the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Psalms 103 and 140, several stichoi and similar stichera, a short hymn, and a psalm, some similar stichera and stichoi, the Nunc dimittis, the trisagion, and the apolytikion.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Then the stichera of the last kiss, said to have been written by John of
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A rendering of certain stichera from this office is included in this volume.
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The stichera of the last kiss, of which a rendering can be seen in Neale's [37] Hymns of the
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I need not trouble the reader with the minute distinction between troparia and stichera; as a troparion follows a Hirmos, so a sticheron follows an homoion, and then becomes a prosomoion.
Hymns of the Eastern Church 1818-1866 1866
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Polychronius, in his prologue to Job, says that as those that are without call their tragedies and comedies poietika -- poetics, so, in sacred writ, those books which are composed in Hebrew metre (of which he reckons Job the first) we call stichera biblia -- books in verse, written kata stichon -- according to order.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Collect. 4, p. 30 (mihi -- in my copy), calls these five books ta stichera -- books in verse.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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