Troparion
In Byzantine liturgy and church music, the troparion (τ vom τρόπαριον, also: τ τρόπαριν) is a piece of liturgical poetry the size of a verse or a stanza (stanza). Several stanzas of a troparion are all sung in the same melody.
What has been called "Troparion" in Constantinople since the 6th century was called "Hypakoê" (ὑπακοή) in the Old Jerusalem liturgy , in German roughly "Answer".
The troparion often commemorates a salvation event or a saint to whom a certain day in the church year is dedicated. It is part of the proprium , the parts of the service that change from day to day. In addition, there are also troparia with other functions in the liturgy.
Examples
- Trisagion
- Theo Tokion , Troparion which the mystery of the incarnation of Christ from the Mother of God sings.
- Doxastikón , Troparion in honor of the Trinity
- Christmas Day Troparion :
- “Your birth, Christ our God,
made the world shine with the light of knowledge;
for through them worshipers of the stars were
instructed to
worship you as the sun of righteousness
and to recognize you as the one who came from on high.
Lord, glory to you! "
- “Your birth, Christ our God,
- Easter troparion:
- "Christian rose from the dead,
in death he conquered death
and brought life to everyone in the graves."
- "Christian rose from the dead,
- Apolytíkion , troparion for discharge at the end of the service (similar to the Ite missa est in the Roman liturgy )
- Stichiròn , a troparion that is inserted between the psalm verses