sticheron

Definitions

noun In the Gr. Ch., a troparion, or one of several troparia, following the psalms and intermingled with stichoi. See stichos.

noun A hymn, often written in cycles and sung in alternation with psalm verses, used in the Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite.

Ancient Greek

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Scripture, while the sticheron is a short verse of ecclesiastical composition modelled after the stichos.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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
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
a psalm (like our antiphons), which introduces a sticheron, or hymn sung at Matins and Vespers.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
The last sticheron, then, concludes, "I exalt your suffering.

Spero News author unknown 2010
The last sticheron, then, concludes, "I exalt your suffering.

Spero News author unknown 2010