Traditional Praise and Worship Music of Kiev Pechersk Monastery

Kyivan chant (Kievan chant) is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical chant tradition associated with Kyiv and widely used across the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the Russian Orthodox Church, and churches stemming from the Moscow Patriarchate (including the Orthodox Church in America). It grew out of the medieval Slavic chant heritage but, compared to Znamenny chant, it features more syllabic, stepwise, and melodically simplified formulas designed for congregational and parish use. Melodies are organized in the eight-mode (Octoechos) system, rendered primarily in Church Slavonic, and were historically transmitted in distinctive Kyivan square notation. In modern practice, chant lines are often sung in unison or in later four‑part harmonizations while preserving the core modal formulas.