The Galician chant (Ukrainian: галицький розспів), is a form of liturgical chant originating in Western Ukraine, used predominantly by the

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and the Western Eparchy of the

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, and to a lesser degree the

Orthodox Church of Ukraine The Orthodox Church of Ukraine ( uk, Православна церква України, Pravoslavna tserkva Ukrainy; OCU) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church whose canonical territory is Ukraine. The church was united at the unifi ...

. Along with the Kievan and Znamenny chants, the Galician chant has eight tones or modes. The first compilation of Galician chant by a Ukrainian was in 1894.

References

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