Doxastichon
Doxastikon
Type of hymn in the Eastern Orthodox Church
A Doxastikon (Greek: Δοξαστικόν "Glory sticheron")—plural: doxastika— is a type of hymn found in the Divine Services of the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite.
Specifically, a doxastikon is a sticheron which is chanted after or between:
- Δόξα
Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι·
"Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit."
and
- Καὶ νῦν
καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.
"Both now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen."[1]