This piece is from the Обиходъ Церковный Нотнагѡ Пѣнїя published in Moscow in 1772. The English text in this instance of that published by Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville.
It is traditional that the Dogmatikon at Great Vespers be chanted in Great Chant (that is, slower and more melismatic). In modern choral scores, this is rarely accomplished; but the Synodal chant-books preserve the medieval Znamenny melodies for us. This is an English adaptation of these hymn settings.
