Movements
The Liturgy consists of twenty movements for unaccompanied mixed choir. Three contain solo passages: Movement 2 (Blagoslovi, dushe moia, Ghospoda/Bless the Lord, O my soul) for alto, Movement 10 (Veruiu/The Nicene Creed) for Bass, and Movement 12 (Tebie poiem/To Thee we sing), for treble or soprano. Two (Movements 14 and 19) are scored for double choir.
The twenty movements are these:
| Church Slavonic | Transliterated | English | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Великая ектения | Velikaya ekteniya | The Great Litany |
| 2 | Благослови, душе моя, Господа | Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda | The First Antiphon: Bless the Lord, О My Soul |
| 3 | Слава отцу - единородный Сыне | Slava otsu - edinorodnyy Syne | The Second Antiphon: Glory Be to the Father - Only-Begotten Son |
| 4 | Во царствие Твоем | Vo tsarstvie Tvoem | The Third Antiphon: In Your Kingdom |
| 5 | Приидите, поклонимся | Priidite, poklonimsya | The Little Entrance: Come, Let Us Worship |
| 6 | Господи, спаси благочестивыя | Gospodi, spasi blagochestivyya | Trisagion: Lord, We Pray That You May Be Merciful |
| 7 | Сугубая ектения | Sugubaya ekteniya | The Augmented Litany |
| 8 | Херувимская песнь | Kherubimskaya pesn' | Cherubic Hymn |
| 9 | Просительная ектения | Prositel'naya ekteniya | The Litany оf Supplication |
| 10 | Символ веры: верую | Simvol very: veruyu | Credo |
| 11 | Милость мира | Milost' mira | The Eucharistic Prayer: A Mercy Of Peace |
| 12 | Тебе поем | Tebe poem | We Praise Тhee |
| 13 | Достойно есть | Dostoyno est' | Hymn to the Mother of God: It Is Truly Meet |
| 14 | Отче наш | Otche nash | The Lord's Prayer: Our Father |
| 15 | Един свят | Edin svyat | One Is Holy |
| 16 | Хвалите Господа с небес | Khvalite Gospoda s nebes | Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord From The Heavens |
| 17 | Благословен граду - Видихом свет | Blagosloven gradu - Vidikhom svet | Blessed Is He - We Have Seen the Light |
| 18 | Да исполнятся уста наша | Da ispolnyatsya usta nasha | Hymn Of Praise: Let Our Mouths Be Filled |
| 19 | Буди имя Господне | Budi imya Gospodne | Blessed Be the Name of the Lord |
| 20 | Отпущение | Otpushchenie | Dismissal |
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