What is a Kontakion?

[rhyddid_rose]

To Life Immortal

I've noticed that the Divine Liturgy was a bit different last Sunday. The choir director chanted a different song called Kontakion of Cheese Fare Sunday in Tone 6.

My question is what is a Kontakion and is there a book with all the Troparions and Kontakions so that someone would know what to chant on what day?

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Ba dhúthchas riamh d'ár gcine cháidh
Gan iompáil riar ó imirt áir,
'Siubhal mar iad i gcoinnibh rámhaid
Seo libh, canaidh amhrán na bhFiann.
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We're children of a fighting race
That never yet has known disgrace,
And as we march the foe to face,.......
We'll chant a soldier's song.
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[Orthosdoxa]

The red Nassar book. But it's still confusing to know what to do on what day. That book would be a start though. oca.org has the order of services for each day, too.

 

[Rilian]

Kontakion

A liturgical hymn that gives an abbreviated form of the meaning or history of the feast of a given day. The kontakion is sung after the sixth ode of the Canon in the liturgy and the Service of the Hours. St. Romanos the Melodist is considered to be the most important hymnographer of the Kontakion.

From the Dictionary of Orthodox Terminology.

The Typikon is the glue that holds the various readings, hymns and so on together for the liturgical year.