Octoechos

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Byzantine liturgical book liturgical book

Octoechos is a principal Byzantine liturgical book that organizes hymns and services into an eight-week cycle of musical modes used throughout the church year.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Byzantine Octoechos	1
Parakletike (Great Oktoechos)	1
octoechos (eight-mode system)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine liturgical book ⓘ liturgical book ⓘ
associatedWith	John of Damascus ⓘ surface form: St. John of Damascus
basedOn	system of eight musical modes ⓘ
dateOfSystematization	8th century ⓘ
defines	system of eight echoi ⓘ
determines	melodic patterns for hymns ⓘ order of hymns by tone ⓘ
developedFrom	early Christian hymnographic practice ⓘ
excludes	Lent ⓘ surface form: Great Lent Paschal season in some traditions ⓘ
followsCycle	eight-week cycle ⓘ
genre	hymnographic collection ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Book of the Eight Tones ⓘ Oktoechos ⓘ Parakletike ⓘ
hasLiturgicalFunction	regulates weekly cycle of tones ⓘ
hasPart	canons ⓘ hymns for each of the eight tones ⓘ resurrectional hymns ⓘ stichera ⓘ theotokia ⓘ troparia ⓘ
hasTheologicalTheme	resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Resurrection of Christ
influenced	Byzantine chant tradition ⓘ Slavonic liturgical books ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
organizes	hymns ⓘ liturgical services ⓘ texts according to eight modes ⓘ
relatedTo	Horologion ⓘ Menaion ⓘ Pentecostarion ⓘ Triodion ⓘ
tradition	Byzantine chant ⓘ
usedBy	cantors ⓘ monastic choirs ⓘ priests ⓘ
usedFor	Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ surface form: Divine Office Matins ⓘ Sunday services ⓘ Vespers ⓘ weekday services ⓘ
usedIn	Byzantine Rite ⓘ Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox traditions influenced by Byzantine chant ⓘ
usedThroughout	liturgical year ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vespers → associatedWith → Octoechos ⓘ

Menaion → complements → Octoechos ⓘ

Typikon → coordinatesWith → Octoechos ⓘ

Byzantine Rite → liturgicalBook → Octoechos ⓘ

Paschal Stichera → liturgicalBook → Octoechos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parakletike (Great Oktoechos)

Paschal Stichera → modeSystem → Octoechos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine Octoechos

Euchologion → relatedTo → Octoechos ⓘ

Horologion → relatedTo → Octoechos ⓘ

Triodion → relatedTo → Octoechos ⓘ

Byzantine chant → scaleSystem → Octoechos ⓘ

this entity surface form: octoechos (eight-mode system)