troparions

Noun

troparion (plural troparions or troparia)

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) A short hymn of one stanza, or organised in more complex forms as a series of stanzas.
   • When awakened, Kyr Avram sits in bed and, as if out of fear, sings troparia and contakia in honor of his ancestors, whom the Serbian church has declared saints.1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 31