Vespers is the main evening service in the Orthodox Church, traditionally offered around sunset. Click on the links below to hear and view musical selections from this service.
The Litany of Peace: recording and written music
Psalm 140
- Let my Prayer
- 1st mode: recording and written music
- 2nd mode: recording and written music
- 4th mode: recording and written music
- Plagal 1st mode: recording and written music
Gladsome Light: recording and written music
The Completion Litany:
- Plagal 1st mode: recording only; for written music, please visit the Divine Music Project page of St. Anthony’s Monastery and click on the link for “Responses” in plagal of the 1st mode.
- Plagal 4th mode: recording only; for written music, please visit the Divine Music Project page of St. Anthony’s Monastery and click on the link for “Responses” in plagal of the 4th mode.
Resurrectional Theotokia
- All Surpassing Every Thought (2nd mode): recording and written music
- Born of a Virgin (Plagal 4th mode): recording and written music
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Most musical arrangements and translations on this page are the work of Fr. Seraphim Dedes at the parish of St. Nektarios in Charlotte, North Carolina. Please consider supporting his work by visiting the AGES Initiative website.