By the Waters of Babylon

Psalm 136
V. Krupitsky
(Sung at Matins on the 3 Sundays preceding Great Lent)

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If at a Vigil, immediately begin the Evlogitaria "Blessed art Thou, O Lord..."

English text: "The Psalter according to the Seventy", Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MS, 1987
Adapted from the music arrangement in English of T. Clader, "Stichera for the Sunday of the Prodigal Son",
St. John of Kronstadt Press. The complete volume may be purchased through: sjkp.org.
Carol Surgant ~ music.russianorthodox-stl.org ~ 2/26/08