AKATHISTUS’ TUNES IN THE TRADITION OF CENTRAL RUSSIA’S CHURCHES AND MONASTERIES
This article focuses on the akathistus’ singing in the contemporary practice of divine service in Russian Orthodox Church. The material of study are lots of records with akathistus’ tunes and some musical texts. Among them are as published materials as unpublished ones. Last ones were given the author by regents and choristers working in churches and monasteries of Central Russia. These materials are collected, decoded and analysed by the author and on the basis of this evidens some results were obtained. The author can reveal specific nature of widespread akathistus’ tunes as one as Sarovsky tune and so called Akademichesky tune, also can show peculiarities of local acathistus’ tunes used only in one or two churches and monasteries