The phrase A '''Sessional Hymn''' can refer to is a set of [[troparion|troparia]] (hymns) chanted after each [[kathisma ]] from the [[Psalter ]] at [[Matins ]] which may be is normally preceded by a little small [[ektenialitany]] (litany), depending on the . In [[typikonw:Greek Language|Greek]] in use and a number of aspects , these hymns are called "kathisma" (because they follow the Psalm readings of the day's properssame name. In [[Church Slavonic|Slavonic]] it is called a ''sedálen'' from ''sediti'', "to sit" (Cf. [[w:Latin language|Latin]] ''sedere'', "to sit").<ref>''The Festal Menaion'' (Tr. Mother Mary and Archimandrite [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Kallistos Ware]], Faber and Faber, London, 1984), p. 553.</ref> Hymns with the same name are also used after the [[Polyeleos]], for Saints of Polyeleos or [[Vigil]] Rank, and the phrase is also used for the hymns after the third [[ode ]] of the [[Canon (hymnography)|canon]]at Matins.
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