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A '''DoxastichonDoxastikon''' (also ''doxasticon'' or ''doxastichon'', plural: ''doxastika''; Greek: Δοξαστικόν "Glory sticheron")—plural: ''doxasticha''— is a type of hymn found in the Divine Services of the Orthodox Church.

Specifically, a doxastichon doxastikon is a [[sticheron]] which is chanted between:*"Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit."and*"Both now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen."<ref> [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Kallistos (Ware)]], Bishop & Mary, Mother (1969), ''The Festal Menaion'', London: Faber and Faber, ppp. 550, ISBN 0-571-11137-8</ref>

Doxasticha Doxastika are normally found near the end of a series of stichera. Doxasticha Doxastika may be found at [[Vespers]] ("Lord, I Have Cried" and the [[Aposticha]]), at [[Matins]] ([[Kathisma]] hymns, Aposticha, [[LaudsAinoi|Praises]]), and at the [[Divine Liturgy]] (the [[Beatitudes]]).

There are other instances when a hymn is found between "Glory..." and "Both now..." (i.e., [[Apolytikion]], the [[Canon (hymn)|Canon]]); however, these hymns are [[troparion|troparia]] rather than stichera, and so are not referred to as doxastichadoxastika.

The subject matter of the doxastichon doxastikon can be either the glorification of the [[Trinity]], or honouring honoring the [[feast day|saint of the day]]. Feasts of the [[Theotokos]] (Virgin Mary) often do not have doxastichadoxastika, since she is honoured honored during the [[Theotokion]], which is the sticheron which follows "Both now and ever...". Lower-ranking feasts of saints do not usually have doxastichadoxastika, though some do.

Doxasticha Doxastika are always intended to be chanted in one of the [[octoechos|eight liturgical modes]], or a variation on the modes, known as an ''automelon''.

*[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w:/index.php?title=Doxastichon|&oldid=201136635 Wikipedia: Doxastichon]]

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