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General Recessional for Lent & Holy Week
       Having Suffered the Passion (Preterpivyj) - midi

Bridegroom Matins
      —At the Censing before Bridegroom Matins [Carpatho-Russian Use]:
             Carpatho-Russian Chant [E Minor] - midi
             Carpatho-Russian Chant [G Minor] - midi
      —Alleluia & Behold the Bridegroom:
             Kievan Chant (Obikhod) - midi
             Kiev Caves Lavra Chant (OCA Obikhod) - midi
             Kievan Chant, arr. Rimsky-Korsakov - midi
      —Thy Bridal Chamber [English & Slavonic]:
             Kievan Chant: "Behold the Bridegroom" (Obikhod) - midi
             Kiev Caves Lavra Chant: "Behold the Bridegroom" (OCA Obikhod) - midi
             Bortniansky - midi
             Bortniansky [English Only] - midi
             Carpatho-Russian Chant [E Minor] - midi
             Carpatho-Russian Chant [G Minor] - midi
             Kievan Chant, arr. Arkhangelsky - midi
             Kievan Chant, arr. Heckman - midi
             Kievan Chant, arr. Kotalik - midi
             Kievan Chant, arr. Rimsky-Korsakov - midi

Holy Thursday Matins (Wednesday Evening)

General Unction after Holy Thursday Matins (Wednesday Night)
       Text
       Full Choir
       Small Choir (Soprano Melody)

Holy Thursday Vesperal Liturgy
      —Vesperal Liturgy Beginning:
             Text & Great Litany
      —Lord, I Call:
             Obikhod (Alto Melody) - midi
             Obikhod (Soprano Melody) - midi
      —O Gladsome Light:
             See Vespers page.
      —Prokeimena, Lessons, & Alleluia:
             Obikhod & Znamenny Chant - midi
      —Trisagion (Between the 2nd and 3rd Prokeimena):
             See Liturgy page.
      —Of Thy Mystical Supper, for Holy Thursday (General Use):
             We sing this hymn in place of, or as:
                    • the Cherubic Hymn
                    • the Communion Hymn, and during clergy communion
                    • 'Receive the Body', as the faithful commune
                    • 'We have seen the True Light...'
                    • 'Let our mouths be filled...'
             Obikhod (Alto Melody) - midi
             Obikhod (Soprano Melody) - midi
             Obikhod (Lvov-Bakhmetev) - midi
             Carpatho-Russian Chant - midi
             Lvov [Slavonic] - midi
             Znammeny Chant (E Minor) - midi
             Znammeny Chant (G Minor) - midi
      —Of Thy Mystical Supper, at the Great Entrance:
             Obikhod (Alto Melody) - midi
             Obikhod (Soprano Melody) - midi
             Carpatho-Russian Chant - midi
      —Of Thy Mystical Supper, Pre-Communion Prayer during Clergy Communion:
             Obikhod (Alto Melody) - midi
             Obikhod (Soprano Melody) - midi
      —Of Thy Mystical Supper, at the Communion of the Faithful:
             Obikhod (Alto Melody) - midi
             Obikhod (Soprano Melody) - midi
      —Of Thy Mystical Supper, in Place of 'Let our Mouths' (with Litany of Thanksgiving):
             Obikhod (Alto Melody) - midi
             Obikhod (Soprano Melody) - midi
             Obikhod (Lvov-Bakhmetev) - midi
      —Magnification Hymn to the Theotokos (Zadostoinik):
             Lesser Znamenny Chant - midi

Holy Friday Matins (Thursday Night)
      —At the Censing before Matins [Carpatho-Russian Use]:
             Carpatho-Russian Chant [E Minor] - midi
             Carpatho-Russian Chant [G Minor] - midi
      —Exapostilarion: The Wise Thief [English & Slavonic]:
             Kievan Chant: "Behold the Bridegroom" (Obikhod) - midi
             Benigsen (Trio) [English Only] - midi
             Carpatho-Russian Chant [E Minor] - midi
             Carpatho-Russian Chant [G Minor] - midi
             Kiev Caves Lavra Chant (Alto Melody) - midi
             Kiev Caves Lavra Chant (Soprano Melody) - midi
             Kievan Chant: "Behold the Bridegroom", after Ledkovsky - midi
             Kievan Chant: "Thy Bridal Chamber" (Plainchant) - midi
             Lisitsyn (Trio) [English Only] - midi
             Lisitsyn, arr. Custer - midi
             Staritsky - midi
             Uzhgorod Chant - midi
             Znamenny Chant (Plainchant) - midi

Holy Friday Vespers (Friday Afternoon)
      —Recessionals:
             Most Grieving Mother (Stradal'na Mati) - midi

Holy Saturday Vesperal Liturgy
      —Vesperal Liturgy Beginning:
             Text & Great Litany
      —Lord, I Call: [OCA Octoechos]
             Obikhod (Lvov-Bakhmetev; Alto Melody) - midi
             Modern Obikhod (Kievan Chant; Full Choir) - midi
             Soprano Melody (Kievan Chant; Small Choir) - midi
      —Lord, I Call: [Mother Mary/Met. Kallistos Octoechos]
             Obikhod (Lvov-Bakhmetev; Alto Melody) - midi
             Modern Obikhod (Kievan Chant; Full Choir) - midi
             Soprano Melody (Kievan Chant; Small Choir) - midi
      —O Gladsome Light:
             See Vespers page.
      —Old Testament Readings 1-5:
             Text
      —Old Testament Reading 6:
             Text & Refrain, Bulgarian Chant - midi
      —Old Testament Readings 7-14:
             Text
      —Old Testament Readings 15:
             Text & Refrain, Bulgarian Chant - midi
      —As Many as Have Been Baptized: (in place of the Trisagion)
             See Liturgy page.
      —Prokeimenon & Epistle:
             Obikhod & Znamenny Chant - midi
      —Arise, O God: (in place of the Alleluia)
             Turchaninov [English & Slavonic] - midi
      —Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence: (in place of the Cherubic Hymn)
             Kievan Chant - midi
      —Magnification Hymn to the Theotokos (Zadostoinik):
             Lesser Znamenny Chant - midi
      —Communion Hymn:
             Gethsemane Melody (with One is Holy) - midi
             Modern Greek Melody (with Psalm Verses) - midi