Services to Russian and Serbian saints in the context of the Annual Circle of Church singing of the 16th-17th centuries

Abstract

The article examines the services of Russian and Serbian saints in the context of the General artistic space of Russia during the period when it remained the only Orthodox state. ? significant number of services to the Roman, Byzantine, Russian and Slavic Saints written in the most complete Sticherarions with the subtitle ?D?iach?ie oko?, at that ?hants to Russian and Serbian saints, were created in Russia. Composers based on Byzantine canons, including the structure of services, sequence of chants, orientation to common models. One-type artistic techniques are used in worship services. However, chants differed significantly, as the singers creatively treated poetic texts using different musical methods.