Paschal Stichera

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Byzantine chant Easter hymn liturgical hymn

Paschal Stichera are festal liturgical hymns in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite traditions, chanted during the Paschal services to celebrate Christ’s Resurrection.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Paschal Vespers 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine chant ⓘ
Easter hymn ⓘ
liturgical hymn ⓘ
addressedTo Holy Trinity ⓘ
resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: risen Christ
associatedConcept Paschal mystery ⓘ
eschatological joy ⓘ
renewal of creation ⓘ
associatedWithFeast Easter ⓘ
Easter ⓘ
surface form: Pascha
associatedWithPerson Jesus Christ ⓘ
chantTradition Byzantine chant ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine chant tradition
containsAcclamation Christ is risen from the dead ⓘ
and upon those in the tombs bestowing life ⓘ
trampling down death by death ⓘ
language Church Slavonic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
various vernacular languages ⓘ
liturgicalBook Octoechos ⓘ
surface form: Parakletike (Great Oktoechos)

Pentecostarion ⓘ
liturgicalFunction festal proclamation ⓘ
hymn of praise ⓘ
processional chant ⓘ
liturgicalRank festal hymnody ⓘ
liturgicalSeason Eastertide ⓘ
surface form: Bright Week

Easter ⓘ
surface form: Pascha
modeSystem Octoechos ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine Octoechos
musicalForm sticheron ⓘ
occasion Paschal Matins ⓘ
Great Vespers ⓘ
surface form: Paschal Vespers

midnight Paschal procession ⓘ
performedBy cantor ⓘ
choir ⓘ
congregation ⓘ
religiousDenomination Eastern Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
textSource Byzantine chant ⓘ
surface form: Orthodox hymnography
theme Resurrection of Christ ⓘ
defeat of Hades ⓘ
joy and light ⓘ
victory over death ⓘ
usedFor celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ
usedInLiturgy Orthros ⓘ
surface form: Orthros of Pascha

Great Vespers ⓘ
surface form: Paschal Vespers

Paschal services ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Paschal canon → associatedWith → Paschal Stichera ⓘ
Vespers → hasVariant → Paschal Stichera ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paschal Vespers
Paschal Divine Liturgy → uses → Paschal Stichera ⓘ