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| Preface to First Edition | 13 |
| Preface to Second Edition | 19 |
| Preface to Third Edition | 21 |
| Introduction | 25 |
| S. Anatolius (d. 458) | 55 |
| Stichera for a Sunday of the First Tone | 57 |
| Evening Hymn | 59 |
| Stichera at Vespers, S. Stephen's Day | 62 |
| Stichera for Christmas-tide | 64 |
| S. Andrew of Crete (A.D. 660-732) | 71 |
| Stichera for Great Thursday | 73 |
| Troparia for Palm Sunday | 76 |
| The Great Canon | 78 |
| Stichera for the Second Week of the Great Fast | 82 |
| S. Germanus (A.D. 634-734) | 85 |
| A Sunday in the Week of the First Tone | 87 |
| S. John Damascene (circ. A.D. 780) | 90 |
| Canon for Easter Day, called the "Queen of Canons": | 92 |
| Ode 1. "'Tis the Day of Resurrection" | 95 |
| Ode 3. "Come and let us drink of that New River" | 97 |
| Ode 4. "Stand on thy watch-tower, Habakkuk the Seer" | 98 |
| Ode 5. "Let us rise in early morning" | 100 |
| Ode 6. "Into the earth's lowest parts descending" | 102 |
| Ode 7. "Who from the fiery furnace saved the Three" | 103 |
| Ode 8. "Thou hallowed chosen morn of praise" | 105 |
| Ode 9. "Thou New Jerusalem, arise and shine" | 107 |
| The Stichera of the Last Kiss | 108 |
| Idiomela for All Saints | 115 |
| Canon for S. Thomas' Sunday: | |
| Ode 1. "Come, ye faithful, raise the strain" | 116 |
| Ode 3. "On the rock of Thy Commandments" | 121 |
| Ode 4. "Christ, we turn our eyes to Thee" | 123 |
| Ode 5. "Thee, O Christ, we, very early rising" | 125 |
| S. Cosmas, surnamed The Melodist (A.D. 760) | 127 |
| Canon for Christmas Day: | |
| Ode 1. "Christ is born! Tell forth His fame" | 130 |
| Ode 3. "Him, of the Father's very Essence" | 133 |
| Ode 4. "Rod of the Root of Jesse" | 136 |
| Ode 5. "Father of Peace, and God of Consolation" | 139 |
| Ode 6. "As Jonah, issuing from his three days' tomb" | 141 |
| Ode 7. "The Holy Children boldly stand" | 143 |
| Ode 8. "The dewy freshness from the furnace flings" | 145 |
| Old 9. "O wondrous mystery, full of passing grace!" | 148 |
| Cento on the Transfiguration | 150 |
| S. Tarasius (A.D. 806) | 154 |
| S. Theophanes (A.D. 759-818) | 156 |
| Idiomela on Friday of Tyrophagus | 160 |
| Stichera at the First Vespers of Cheese Sunday (Quinquagesima): "Adam's Complaint" | 164 |
| S. Theodore of the Studium (A.D. 826) | 168 |
| Canon for Apocreos (Sexagesima) | 171 |
| Ode 1. "That fearful day, that day of speechless dread" | 174 |
| Ode 3. "God comes, and who shall stande before His fear?" | 176 |
| Ode 4. "The day is near, the Judgment is at hand" | 178 |
| Ode 9. "The Lord draws nigh, the righteous Throne's Assessor" | 181 |
| Orthodoxy Sunday (1st Sunday in Lent) | 184 |
| S. Methodius I (A.D. 836) | 192 |
| Idiomela for a Sunday of the Fourth Tone | 193 |
| S. Joseph of the Studium (A.D. 830) | 195 |
| Canon at Lauds for Sunday of the Prodigal Son (Septuagesima) | 198 |
| Cento from the Canon of Ss. Timothy and Maura: "Let our Choir new Anthems raise" | 201 |
| Cento from the Canon for the Monday of the First Tone; in the Paracletice: "And wilt Thou pardon, Lord?" | 204 |
| Cento from the Canon of the Bodiless Ones (Tuesday in the Week of the Fourth Tone): "Stars of the Morning" | 206 |
| Canon for Ascension Day: | |
| Ode 1. "After three days Thou didst rise" | 209 |
| Ode 3. "Exalt, exalt, the Heavenly Gates" | 212 |
| Ode 4. "Jesus, Lord of Life Eternal" | 214 |
| Ode 5. "Now that Death by death hath found its ending" | 216 |
| Ode 6. "Rain down, ye heav'ns, eternal bliss" | 218 |
| Ode 7. "Wafting Him up on high" | 221 |
| Ode 8. "Of twofold natures, Christ, the Giver" | 223 |
| Ode 9. "Holy gift, surpassing comprehension" | 226 |
| S. Theoctistus of the Studium (circ. A.D. 890) | 229 |
| Cento from the "Suppliant Canon to Jesus" | 229 |
| Metrophanes of Smyrna (circ. A.D. 910) | 233 |
| From the Canon for Sunday of the Second Tone: "O Unity of Threefold Light" | 234 |
| Euthymius (A.D. 910) | 236 |
| Leo VI (A.D. 917) | 237 |
| John Mauropus (A.D. 1060) | 238 |
| APPENDIX | |
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| S. Stephen the Sabaite (A.D. 725-794) | 240 |
| Idiomela in the Week of the First Oblique Tone | 242 |
| S. Joseph of the Studium (A.D. 830) | |
| "The Pilgrims of Jesus" | 245 |
| "The Return Home" | 248 |