Doxastikon

DIMITRI CONOMOS

A troparion or sticheron that comes after the first half of the Lesser Doxology (“Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit”). In Greek services, from medieval times till today, it is a long verse set to a slow, elaborate chant, since it is intended to cover the time of processions in or around the church. The name doxastikon is derived from the Greek doxa, meaning “glory.” It appears twice at Vespers, before the entrance of the clergy and at the end of the Aposticha, and at Matins at the end of Lauds.