Orthodox Music For Small Parishes

Orthodox Music For Small Parishes Orthodox musician in London creating English-language Church chant for small choirs. 🎶 My name is Viktor Mastoridis.

Rooted in tradition, shaped by community, shared with love. 🎶 Resources on Patreon. I’m an Orthodox Christian based in London, sharing English-language Church music rooted in Russian and Byzantine traditions. Since 2017, I’ve been compiling liturgical texts and chants for our East London community, now the Community of Saints Etheldreda and Sophrony. I compose and adapt music for small choirs, usi

ng simplified notation and two-voice harmony. My work blends tradition with clarity, aiming to serve English-speaking parishes with accessible, prayerful chant.

📚 Learn more & access resources: https://patreon.com/smallorthodox

30/08/2025

🎶 Tone 1 Troparia from the Russian Orthodox Octoechos — Simplified Obikhod style — instrumental version for study — for small parish choirs.

🎼 PDF score with pointed text (melody + bass)
🎧 Audio + instrumental practice track for focused tone study

Designed for choirs with limited resources and for anyone wishing to study Orthodox liturgical music in general.

📄 Download free on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/137720219
☕ Support or download via Buy Me a Coffee:
https://buymeacoffee.com/smallorthodox/tone-1-troparion

📘 Just published: Digital Pointed Notation Basics — A practical guide to a simplified chant notation system, adapted fro...
11/08/2025

📘 Just published: Digital Pointed Notation Basics — A practical guide to a simplified chant notation system, adapted from Fr Michael Fortunato’s original method and refined for digital use.

Designed for small Orthodox choirs and chant leaders working in English, with clear examples and notation logic rooted in the Octoechos tradition.

📥 Read it here:

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Our next Readers Vespers are on 9 Sept 2023. For the liturgical texts and music go here:
19/08/2023

Our next Readers Vespers are on 9 Sept 2023.
For the liturgical texts and music go here:

To support the learning of the chants, there are audio files on the right (bottom if mobile) with the fixed melodies and notations.

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