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In casual, unqualified use, ''troparion'' usually refers to the ''apolytikion'', or dismissal hymn, sung near the end of Vespers which establishes an overall theme for the liturgical day. It is repeated at the beginning of Matins , at several other services of the Hours , and at the Divine Liturgy following the Little Entrance . A troparion to the Mother of God ( Theotokos ) is called a ''theotokion'' (plural ''theotokia''). A troparion that is intended to expound on a point of Dogma is a ''dogmatikon''. Since the dogmatikon is often found in a place where subject the troparion is normally the Theotokos, most dogmatika are also theotokia and so may be called a "dogmatic theotokion". HISTORY A famous example, whose existence is attested as early as the 4th century, is the Vespers hymn, '' Phos Hilaron '', "Gladsome Light"; another, ''O Monogenes Yios'', "Only Begotten Son," ascribed to Justinian I (527-565), figures in the introductory portion of the Divine Liturgy. Perhaps the earliest set of troparia of known authorship are those of the Monk Auxentios (first half of the 5th century), attested in his biography but not preserved in any later Byzantine order of service. FAMOUS TROPARIA Paschal Troparion, Tone V: : Christ is risen from the dead, :trampling down death by death, :and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. Troparion of the Holy Cross , Tone I: :O Lord, save thy people, :and bless thine inheritance! :over their adversaries, :and by virtue of thy cross, :preserve thy habitation.
"Axion estin", a theotokion :It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos, :ever blessed, and most pure, and the Mother of our God: :more honorable than the Cherub im, and more glorious beyond compare than the Seraph im. :Without corruption thou gavest birth to God, the Word . :True Theotokos, we magnify thee. REFERENCE |