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Forefeast and Paramon (Eve) of the Nativity of Christ (Dec 20-24)
This hard chromatic version is sometimes used in the Antiochian patriarchate from December 20th - 23rd, Prosomion "Joseph was amazed," "Be thou ready Bethlehem, Eden hath been opened unto all . . . ." However, it is more proper to use the soft chromatic version when singing it as an Apolytikion. Updated 11/30/17.