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'''Troparion''' (also ''tropar''; plural ''troparia'') is a type of hymn in [[Byzantine music]], in the [[Orthodox Church]] and other Eastern Christian churches. It is a short [[hymn]] of one [[stanza]], or one of a series of stanzas; this may carry the further connotation of a hymn interpolated between [[psalm]] verses.
The term most often refers to the ''apolytikion''(or "dismissal hymn"), the thematic hymn which closes [[Vespers]]. (In Greek churches, the apolytikion troparion is known simply as the ''apolytikion''; in most other churches, it is known simply as the ''troparion''.) This troparion serves as a thematic hymn and is repeated at every service of the day.
Troparia are also found as the stanzas of [[canon|canons]]. Such troparia are modeled on the [[irmos|irmoi]] of the [[ode]].
