hypakoe

Greek Orthodox hymn

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…only in the morning office; hypakoē (from “to respond”) was originally a responsorial hymn (having soloist-chorus alternation); katabasia (from “to descend”) refers to the singing of an ode by left and right choirs descending from their stalls and singing in the middle of the church; theotokion, from Theotokos (Mother of…
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