Troparion (also tropar, plural: troparia) in Byzantine music and in the religious music of Eastern Orthodoxy is a short hymn of one stanza, or one of a series of stanzas (this may carry the further connotation of a hymn interpolated between psalm verses). Strictly speaking, Byzantine music is the medieval sacred chant of Christian Churches following the Orthodox rite. ... Religious music (also sacred music) is music performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. ... ... A hymn is a song specifically written as a song of praise, adoration or prayer, typically addressed to a god. ... In poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. ...

Troparia to the Mother of God (Theotokos) are called theotokia (singular: theotokion). Russian Orthodox Icon of the Theotokos Theotokos is a Greek word that means God-bearer or Mother of God. It is a title assigned by the early Christian Church to Mary, the mother of Jesus, at the Third Ecumenical Council held at Ephesus in 431. ...

History

A famous example, whose existence is attested as early as the 4th century, is the Vesper hymn, Phos Hilaron, "Gladsome Light"; another, O Monogenes Yios, "Only Begotten Son," ascribed to Justinian I (527-565), figures in the introductory portion of the Divine Liturgy. Perhaps the earliest set of troparia of known authorship are those of the monk Auxentios (first half of the 5th century), attested in his biography but not preserved in any later Byzantine order of service. Henry Longfellow wrote an epic poem called The Wreck of the Hesperus. ... Justinian I depicted on a Byzantine mosaic Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus or Justinian I (May 11, 483–November 13/14, 565), was Eastern Roman Emperor from AD August 1, 527 until his death. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ...

Famous troparia

Paschal Troparion, Tone V: Easter (also called Pascha) is generally accounted the most important holiday of the Christian year, observed March or April each year to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead (after his death by crucifixion; see Good Friday), which Christians believe happened at about this time of year, almost two...

Christ is risen from the dead,

trampling down death by death,

and upon those in the tombs bestowing life.

Troparion of the Holy Cross, Tone I:

O Lord, save your people,

and bless your inheritance!

Grant victory to the Orthodox Christians

over their adversaries,

and by virtue of your cross,

preserve your habitation.

A theotokion

It is truly right to bless you, O Theotokos,

ever blessed, and most pure, and the Mother of our God:

more honorable than the cherubim, beyond compare more glorious than the seraphim —

without corruption you gave birth to God, the Word.

True Theotokos, we magnify you!

Reference

• Troparion at OrthodoxWiki