Disc I
 Great Vespers
1. «Come, let us worship…»*
2. «Bless the Lord, O my soul…»
3. «The Great Litany»*
4. «Blessed is the man…»**
5. The Little Litany
6. «Lord, I have cried…» (tone eight***)
7. Stanzas for: «Lord, I have cried…» (tone eight***)
«While yet in the world Sergius and Herman were set aflame by the love of Christ…»
«The saints of wondrous courage are not spared the torments of the flesh…»
«O pillars with a soul, Sergius and Herman, adorned by the virtues…»
«Flourishing in the house of the Lord like an abundance of olives…»
«To the special melody: O Most glorious wonder…»***
8. «We glorify Thee, God in three persons…» tone six Common chant
9. Dogmatic «Who does not bless Thee, O Most Holy Virgin…» (tone six**)
10. «O Gladsome light…» Valaam chant arranged for four voices by Deacon Sergy Trubachev
11. The Old Testament readings
12. Stanza for the Litiya «The wondrous light of the Light which has no beginning…» (tone three***)
13. «The gracious light of the Divinity in three persons and of your souls, Sergius and Herman…» (tone two***)
14. Dogmatic «O new wonder of all ancient wonders!» (tone two***)
15. Stanza for the Verses «Rejoice, Sergius and Herman, two men chosen by God, invincible warriors of Christ…» (tone five)
To the special melody: «Rejoice…»***
16. «We bless you, the monks, and the host of whom sings praises to God in the Trinity…» (tone eight***)
17. Hymn to the Mother of God «O Virgin unwedded…» (tone eight***)
18. «Lord, now lettest Thou…»** The Trisagion… «The Lord’s prayer»
19. Troparion to Ss Sergius and Herman of Valaam «Truly obedient to the Gospel of Christ …» (tone four) [Common chant, ison singing]
20. «Hail, O Virgin Mother of God…»***
21. «Blessed be the name of the Lord…»*** [Psalm 33*]
22. Exclamation
* Znamenny chant
** Valaam chant
*** Valaam chant, ison singing
Exclamations: Priest Rostislav Perebeinos
Disc II
Matins
1. The Six Psalms
2. The Great Litany*
3. «God is the Lord…»( tone four**)
4. Troparion «Truly obedient to the Gospel of Christ…» (tone four) [Lesser Znamenny chant, ison singing]
5. Troparion «Fleeing from the clamour of the world…» (tone one**)
6. Dogmatic «We praise Gabriel…» (tone one) [Znamenny chant, ison singing]
7. Polyelaion
8. The Exaltation to Ss Sergius and Herman of Valaam [Znamenny line chant]
9. Sessional hymn «Praising the name of the Lord in his divine temple…»
10. «From my youth…» (tone four**)
11. The Gospel reading (tone four**)
12. Psalm 50
13. Stanza «The memory of the light-bearing fathers, like trumpets resounding…» (tone six*/***)
Canon to Ss Sergius and Herman of Valaam (tone four*/****)
14. Ode 1
15. Ode 3
16. Sessional hymn «Retreating from the sound of the waves of the cares of this world…»
* Znamenny chant
** Valaam chant, ison singing
*** Common chant
**** Greek chant, ison singing
Exclamations and reading from the Gospel:
Priest Rostislav Perebeinos
Disc III
Matins (contd.)
1. Ode 4
2. Ode 5
3. Ode 6
4. Kontakion «Abandoning the life of this world…» (tone four) [Lesser Znamenny chant, ison singing]
Ikos «Being unwise, I shall sing to the all-laudable fasters…»
5. Ode 7
6. Ode 8
7. «My soul doth magnify the Lord…» [Greek chant, ison singing]
8. Ode 9
9. «Let all that breathes praise the Lord…» (tone four**)
10. Stanzas for the Praises
«Thou didst grant to us an image of how to please Thee, O Lord…»
«Through the observance of God’s commandments and the action of unceasing prayer…»
«As an inexhaustible treasure-trove…»
«Rejoice, O desert, once barren and uninhabited…» (tone four)
«To the special melody Thou gavest us a sign…»*/**
11. «With grateful heart and lips we praise Thee, O Almighty Lord…» (tone six**)
12. Hymn to the Mother of God «O Mother of God, thou art the true vine…» (tone six) [Znamenny chant, ison singing]
13. The Great Doxology**
14. Troparion to Ss Sergius and Herman of Valaam «Truly obedient to the Gospel of Christ…» (tone four) [Common chant, ison singing]
15. Festive ringing of the bells
* Znamenny chant
** Valaam chant, ison singing
Exclamations: Priest Rostislav Perebeinos
Recorded in a home studio, 2004 |
