THE VALAAM LITURGY OF ST.JOHN CHRYSOSTOM. Part 1
Hierodeacon German (Ryabtsev) with the brethren of the Valaam Monastery
You will hear not only hymns of the main Christian service - the Divine Liturgy and heartfelt readings from the Epistle of St.Paul to Galatians and the Gospel according to St.Matthew, but also the Troparion and Kontakion to Ss Sergius and Herman of Valaam, the founders of the Valaam Monastery, in Kievan chant with ison: the melody is accompanied by a protracted singing on one note, as a rule, in lower register.
Though the hymns are performed in Church Slavonic, all words are sung and read so distinctly that the listener understands them as if he were hearing them in Russian.
1. The beginning of the Liturgy 00:00
2. The Great Litany * 00:24
3. First Antiphon ** 04:37
4. The Little Litany *** 08:45
5. Second Antiphon ** 09:55
6. The Only-Begotten Son **** 12:04
7. The Little Litany *** 13:27
8. Third Antiphon ** 14:39
9. Come, let us worship… ** 17:45
10. Troparion and kontakion to Ss Sergius and Herman of Valaam (kievan chant, ison singing, tone four) 18:52
11. Lord, save the pious… ** 20:55
12. The Thrice-Holy ** 21:48
13. The Epistle Reading ** 23:34
14. The Gospel Reading ** 26:56
15. The Litany of Fervent Supplication * 29:39
16. The Litany for the Catechumens ** 32:02
17. The Litany of the Faithful *** 33:45
18. The Litany before the Great Entrance * 34:46
19. The Great Entrance (The Cherubic Hymn) bulgarian chant to the special melody «He Who clothes Himself in light as in a garment» 36:22
* znamenny chant
** znamenny chant, ison singing
*** valaam chant
**** znamenny two-part singing