all the eight modes 4 koinonika of the first mode, 2 tetraphona (ἀπὸ τὸν κε), 1 pentaphonon (ἀπὸ τὸν ζω') second mode (temporary use of phthora nenano) third mode fourth mode plagal first mode plagal second mode (temporary use of phthora nenano) 2 koinonika in grave mode (second with temporary use of phthora nenano) 2 koinonika (one argon version with a long ) in plagal fourth mode Year cycle Menaion Κύριε, ἠγάπησα εὐπρέπειαν, plagal first mode (Ps 25:8, 13 Sept Encænia) Ἐσημειώθῃ ἐφ᾽ ἡμὰς, plagal second mode (Ps 4:7b, Sept Exaltation of the Cross) Λύτρωσιν ἀπέστειλε Κύριος, plagal fourth mode syntomon (Ps 110:9a, Christmas) Ἐπιφάνη ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ, first mode (Titus 2:11, Theophany) Ἐξελέξατο κύριος τὴν σιών, plagal fourth mode with (Ps 131:13, 25 Mar Annunciation) Ἐν τῷ φωτὶ [τῆς δόξης], grave mode with nenanismata (Ps 88:16b-17a, 7 Aug Transfiguration) Koinonikon oktaechon Θεοτόκε παρθένε ("Mother of God, Virgin") (through eight modes: α'-δ', πλα'-πλδ', α' each section concludes with a transitional teretismos) (15 Aug Dormition of the Theotokos) Triodion Γεύσασθε καὶ ἴδετε (Ps 33:9 "O taste and see"), fourth mode / (Presanctified Liturgy on Wednesday and Friday during Lent) Ἐκ στόματος νηπίων, plagal first mode (Ps 8:3a Lazarus Saturday) Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος, plagal first mode with long teretismos (Ps 117:26 Palm Sunday) Ἐξηγέρθῃ ὡς ὁ ὑπνῶν, fourth mode (Ps 77:65, Holy Saturday) Pentekostarion Σῶμα χριστοῦ μεταλάβετε, first mode with teretismos (troparion, Easter) Ἐπαίνει, Ἱερουσαλήμ, fourth mode (Ps 147:1, Antipascha or Thomas Sunday) Ὁ τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα, fourth mode (John 6:56, Mid-Pentecost) Ἀνέβη ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἀλαλαγμῷ, first mode (Ps 46:6, Ascension) Τὸ πνεῦμά σου τὸ ἀγαθὸν, plagal fourth mode (Ps 142:10b, Pentecost) Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, δίκαιοι, ἐν τῷ κυρίῳ· fourth mode (Ps 32:1, All Saints) See also Cherubikon Chourmouzios the Archivist Entry at Orthodox Wiki Heirmologion Koinonikon Octoechos Sticherarion References Manuscripts Exegetic Middle Byzantine notation Transcriptions according to the New Method Chourmouzios the Archivist (exegesis and transcription): Athens, National Library of Greece (Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος), Metochion of the Holy Grave (Μετόχι του Παναγίου Τάφου) ΕΒΕ-ΜΠΤ, manuscripts 704 and 705 Print editions Recordings of traditional paltes Studies External links About Gregorios the Protopsaltes: Gregory Protopsaltes the Byzantios Gregory Protopsaltes the Byzantios Recordings Byzantine composers Composers from the Ottoman Empire Eastern Orthodox liturgical music Musicians from Istanbul Greeks from the Ottoman Empire 17th-century Greek people Male classical composers 17th-century Greek musicians 18th-century Greek musicians 17th-century Greek writers 17th-century Greek educators 18th-century Greek