English Analogion

Byzantine Musical Compositions in English

February

February 2

The Meeting (Presentation) of the Lord in the Temple

From the Festal Menaion of Kallistos Ware and Mother Mary – Elizabethan English

Stichera at Lord, I have Cried

Doxastikon at Lord, I have Cried

Both Now at the Entreaty

Stichera at the Aposticha

Doxastikon at the Aposticha

From the Festal Menaion of Kallistos Ware and Mother Mary – Modern English

Stichera at Lord, I have Cried

Doxastikon at Lord, I have Cried

Stichera at the Aposticha

Doxastikon at the Aposticha

From the Menaion of Holy Transfiguration Monastery

Stichera at Lord, I have Cried

1st Sessional Hymn – “Let Angels’ holy choirs”

Exaposteilarion

Doxastikon at the Praises

Megalynarion (Composed by Basil Crow)

February 4

Afterfeast of the Meeting (Presentation)

Doxastikon at Lord, I have Cried

February 5

The Holy Virgin Martyr Agatha of Sicily

Doxastikon at Lord, I have Cried

February 6

Saint Photius the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople

Idiomelon after the Orthros Gospel and Doxastikon at the Praises

February 8

The Holy Great Martyr Theodore the Commander

Doxastikon at the Praises

Doxastikon at the Aposticha of the Praises

February 10

The Holy Great Martyr Haralampus the Wonderworker

Doxastikon at Lord, I have Cried

Doxastikon at the Aposticha

Idiomelon after the Orthros Gospel

Doxastikon at the Praises

February 11

The Holy Hieromartyr Blaise

Doxastikon at the Aposticha

For an audio recording and instructional video of the above Doxastikon, click here.

February 14

Our Righteous Father Auxentius

Doxastikon at Lord, I have Cried

February 17

The Holy Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro

Doxastika at Lord, I have Cried and at the Aposticha

Doxastikon at the Praises

February 19

The Righteous Martyr Philothei of Athens

Doxastikon at the Praises

February 27th

Saint Raphael of Brooklyn

In the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), Saint Raphael of Brooklyn is commemorated on February 27th, the date of his repose. In Antiochian practice, the commemoration of Saint Raphael of Brooklyn is observed on the Saturday before the Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers (November 8), which means that it may fall between November 1 and 7.

St. Raphel of Brooklyn – Doxastikon at the Praises, by Chadi Karam (Byzantine Notation)

St. Raphel of Brooklyn – Doxastikon at the Praises, by Chadi Karam (Western Notation)

For more information about Saint Raphael, including his life and liturgical service, see below:

http://ww1.antiochian.org/straphaelofbrooklyn