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  • Kathe kainourgio o kyrios to memfete os kai ta meta to 1963 anoigmata ton patriarhon me tous katholikous kai olous tous alloysMin balete ta agia eis toys skylous kai ta diamantia sta gourounia me autous thelei na mas enosei o bartholomaios.Ma den akouse ton agio kosma ton etolon ton papa na katarasthe giati autos tha einai i aitia toy kakou

  • Kai tora den einai arga Ean oloi mazi kliros kai laos metanoisome o kyrios tha mas sygxorisi

    Tris fores estilen ton daniel stin nineyi o kyrios kai tis dio egelousan ma tin triti katevi o basilias apo ton thronon tou kai eforese sakkon kai spodokai erixe staxtin eis tin kefali tou kai epenthise

    o basileus me ton lao kai kanenas den efage oute anthropos oute zoonkai o kyrios tous synxorise to idio prepei na kanome kai emeis kliros kai laos

  • Giati soy fenete periergo adelfe?episkefthika tin ellada to 2007 otan egine o gamos ton omofilon

    Kai eipa stous sygeneis mou oti gi ayto tha timorithoume apo ton kyrio giati emeis o periousios laos toy theou mas edexthikame ta xenofermena frouta apo tous kataramenous Zionists(sionistas) EVRAIOUS GOLDMANS Sacks,George S,orros, Lehman Brothers ect

  • Γνωριζει κανεις που ψαλλει η' μενει ο κυριος Παπανικολαου?

  • @grekos1940

    Φίλε δεν γνωρίζο πού ψάλλει τώρα. αλλά μένει στιν Σάμο. άμα βρω το τηλεφονό τού, θα σας το στείλω. ό Θεός μαζί σού.

  • @vagos2006 Σε υπερ-ευχαριστω αδερφε! Ψαχνω καιρο τωρα! Χρονια Πολλα!

  • ti einai n "mount athos version" ?

  • @ZyklonCable θεωρούν ότι θα είναι η έκδοση που τραγουδιέται από τους μοναχούς στο Άγιο Όρος

  • @ZyklonCable

    Φιλε, η έρμενία αυτή ειναι γραμμένο άπο ενα Μοναχό στο άγιο όρος....Το ονομάζουν "τού καλογήρου" ό Θεός μαζι σου....

  • Anyone know if this recording is available for download or purchase?

  • Lord, one day I hope the people in power; will find a way to coexist

  • God speed.

  • Ellinikí Glossa

  • What a voice. This would benefit from subtitles.

  • oses fopes to akouo toso bazo ta klamata. giati mou pires tous papoudes mou kipie...

  • @koringn μη ρωτας γιατι αλλα προσευχησου για αυτους.ο Θεος ξερει τα παντα και εχει σχεδιο σωτηριας για ολους μας.ολοι μας με τη Χαρη του Θεου θα ξαναδουμε τους αγαπημενους μας καποια μερα.κανεις δεν πεθαινει, μονο κοιμαται.γι'αυτο και λεγονται κεκοιμημενοι.ας εχουμε ολοι μας πιστη και αγαπη και για ολα τα αλλα φροντιζει ο Θεος.

  • @littleladytomboy euxapisto gia ta logia sou file.

  • @koringn Τίποτα.Τον Πανάγαθο να ευχαριστείς και κάνε και καμιά προσευχή και για μένα.ο Θεός να αναπαύει τις ψυχές των κεκοιμοιμένων και να ενισχύει των ζώντων με τη Θεία Χάρη Του.Αμήν.

  • Everytime I listen to this, my spirit starts to hum it back. Agios o Theos, agios Iskirios, agios Athanatos, eleyson imas.

  • @sanctiacobvs Now and forever and unto the ages of ages...

  • Glory to God!

  • @Ellinas2007 ο θεος που ειναι Πανοπτης ευχομαι να σε εχει παντα καλα,Ειρηνη μεσα σου αδελφε Ελληνα......

  • Παιδια αξιζουν συγχαριτιρια οι ξένοι που δεν μιλαν ελληνικα(μερικοι ακομα δεν ειναι καν ορθοδοξοι)και ακουν αυτες τις ψαλμωδιες και τις αναζητανε ακομα και σε cd....Συγχαριτιρια...Ο Θεος να σας ευλογει.

  • great great i like Byzantine music,best wishes from Georgia

  • Ο Θεός ευλογεί ... Καταπληκτική μουσική τόσο πολύ περήφανος να είναι Έλληνες Ορθόδοξοι

  • @7HackerH τίποτα περισσότερο από "ψολοχιμενι" "αραποτουρκοαμανεδες" που εκτος από την γλώσσα τίποτα Ελληνικό δεν έχουν παρα "εβραιοαραποτουρκοκλαψα" και μοιρολατρία εμετικά σκευάσματα για τα ορθόδοξα πρόβατα

  • @Ellinas2007 κανεις πολυ μεγαλο λαθος φιλε μου αν νομιζεις οτι το βυζαντιο ειναι τουρκια . μαλλον εισαι εντελως ανιστοριτος... κ σβησε το ελληνας γιατι το ντροπιαζεις.....

  • @Ellinas2007 Παληκάρι μου οι Αρχαίοι ημών πρόγονοι και ομιλούσαν και έγραφαν σωστά τα Ελληνικά, εσύ σε τι διάλεκτο γράφεις, γιατί δεν σε καταλαβαίνω;

  • @lahis1971 Ανάξιοι Απόγονοι, Ένδοξων Προγόνων

  • ΙΣΧΥΣ ΔΙΑ ΤΙΣ ΓΝΩΣΕΩΣ απευθύνομαι σε όλους τους έλληνες να σταματήσουν όλες η έχθρες "αναμεταξιμας", να κυριαρχήσει ειλικρίνεια ομόνοια για ευτυχία και πρόοδο σε όλους,μονο αυτό θα είναι η σωτηρια μας,να καταλάβουμε το μεγαλείο από την αρχή του ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ έως σήμερα,καμια στιγμή του ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ δεν ήταν κακια και ΑΝΩΦΕΛΗ για να καταλάβουν η "εχθριμας" ότι δεν παραδίνουμε τα "πιστεβομας" τα αρχαία και τα σημερινά χωρίς μάχη να το ξέρουν πολύ καλά,θύματα δεν γινόμαστε άλλο σε κανέναν εχθρό.

  • Me intersa mucho. Welcome to N U

  • Vagos, you upload one of the top quality videos!

    Praise you!

    I loved the chant as soon as it sounded!

    Blessings!

  • Thanks for keeping the Tradition of the Holy Fathers of the Church! Thanks for this beautiful hymn! God, the Almighty and Inmortal have mercy on us and bring us into unity! Greetings from Argentina!

  • @bebetonguga

    Glad to hear there are faithful in the dominions of the Latins!

  • Δὲ νομίζω ὅτι ὀφελεῖ νὰ φιλονικεῖτε περὶ θρησκείας σὲ μουσικὰ βίντεο μὲ ἐκκλησιαστικὴ μουσική . Ἀνεξαρτήτως τῆς σχέσης τοῦ καθενὸς μὲ τὰ θεῖα , θέλω νὰ πιστεύω πὼς ὅποιος ἔχει μουσικὸ γοῦστο δὲ μπορεῖ παρὰ νὰ ἀναγνωρίσει τὴν ὀμορφιὰ τοῦ παρόντος ὕμνου . Ἐγὼ τουλάχιστον , μολονότι συνειδητοποιημένος ἄθεος , τὸν ἀκούω μὲ δέος . Ναί ·κι ὅμως γίνεται ! Μουσικὴ τέτοιου κάλλους μὲ ἀγγίζει... ἀκόμη κι ὰν δὲν ἰσχύει τὸ ἴδιο γιὰ τὸ περιεχόμενο τῶν στίχων .

  • häha_sÜcht_mÅl_nÂch:_geldeasy_­Áûf_gòOglê

  • Thrice rocks!

  • ΜΠΡΑΒΟ ΑΔΕΡΦΕ!! ΝΟΜΙΖΩ ΟΤΙ ΑΥΤΟΣ Ο ΗΧΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΤΡΙΣΑΓΙΟΥ ΥΜΝΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο ΠΙΟ ΚΑΤΑΝΥΚΤΙΚΟΣ.Ο ΘΕΟΣ ΜΑΖΙ ΣΟΥ....

  • @ThePouroupoupou Ο ΠΙΟ ΚΑΤΑΝΥΚΤΙΚΟΣ ΗΧΟΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο Β΄. ΑΙΩΝΕΣ ΨΑΛΕΤΑΙ ΑΥΤΗ ΕΙΝΑΙ Η ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΗ. ΚΑΙ ΕΜΕΝΑ ΜΟΥ ΑΡΕΣΕΙ Ο ΠΛ. Α

  • Greeting from ethiopia ortodox

  • orthodox has been around for a very long time, it is the second biggest faith in the world, and is the only faith that has gone unchanged in the world from the time it was past down.

    do speak ill of my religion do reaserch and prove me wrong.

    god bless you my orthodox brothers.

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  • αξιόλογη ερμηνεία !

  • ΦΟΒΕΡΟ!

    Ο Κύριος να μας φωτίζει ώστε να μετανοήσουμε ως Έθνος διότι οι περισσότεροι ζουν σαν τα ζώα, υλιστικά και νομίζουν ότι θα ψοφήσουν μετα τον θάνατο τους. Γι'αυτό και πέφτουν στην πορνεία (προγαμιαιες σχεσεις) , παρανομια, αδικια, αρπαγή, πλεονεξία και κάθε αθλιοτητα.

  • @pistosxristianos καλα τα λεσ αδερφε

  • from which century is this?

  • and one last think to all so called atheists that try to prove me wrong : study, read and research before you talk please, i am answering the same think over and over again and is tiresome..

  • MrWonderful855 i dont need to prove to you or to anyone if the God is real or not as i told before, life is short you will find out soon enough, and by the way brother MrWonderful855 Christ have already answer that thousand of years ago on his story about the starving brother and his arrogant rich brothers...i have study enough about all religions and i can prove that God is real but if you wana see those proves you gota make your brain working and your eyes open first...

  • @LeoWolfComedy Atheism is worse

  • Πέστε μου αν υπάρχει άλλη γλώσσα στην οικουμένη που  μέσω αυτής η ψαλμωδία να υψώνεται έως τους ουρανούς εκτός της ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ;;;;;;

    Μην με θεωρήσετε εθνικιστή . Έτσι νοιώθω .

  • @plant171 και ο Θεος στα αρχαια ελληνικα ειπε την αποκαλυψη στον Αγιο Ιωαννη, επισης δεν μπορουν να ψαλουν το ιδιο στα αγγλικα γιατι δεν υπαρχουν αναλογες λεξεις ουτε καν στα νεα ελληνικα!

  • @plant171 ακριβως ετσι ειναι αδελφε μου

  • @TheBlackBabyJesus there is God like it or not believe it or not. Life is short and you will find it out soon brother. And God may show mercy on your soul when you face him.

  • is this song sang in Greek and in coptic?

  • @afronnopoulos

    in Greek...God Bless

  • @afronnopoulos coptic is heresy and doesnt have to do with this psalm. and yes its in hellenic.

  • @Lathander28 Whoa whoa whoa. Copts are most definately not heretics! Our Theology and Christology is much more logical and sound. What evidence would you like to share that leads to such an accusation? This type of unbrotherly love is what is keeping the Orthodox Churches from uniting and being One. 

  • @afronnopoulos We Copts sing this in the Greek language.

  • @afronnopoulos so beautiful

  • Respond to this video... BEAUTIFUL

  • Let us pray for the unity betwen catholic and orthodox.

  • Even though I am Hindu, I also pray to Jesus sometimes.

    Om Namah Shivay!

    In the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

  • As long as I can't understand monk music it's amazing.

  • im not religious but i do believe in music that imposes meaning on the world especially for those of whom this music means the most to. i guess you could say i praise the aesthetics of lots of religions -with the art, chants, etc

  • It's okay, if you did not know, these praises are from God, given to us to use for worship towards Him, who is a never ending God.

  • Να διαβιβάσετε στο κύριο που ψάλλει τις ευχές μου για την αξία χρονική αγωγή αλλά και την όμορφη φωνή όπως και για το γνήσιο βυζαντινό ύφος

  • O ador!!!

    

  • da....foarte frumos.....pacat ca in romania ne este interzis sa cantam asa

  • Heavenly...soothing...

  • Beautiful.

  • A master. I love this video. I fell like in Heaven. I wasn't there, but I think angels sing byzantine music. I am a psalt, too. Not such a good psalt, but I try to become one:D. God bless you all! Love you in Christ.

  • I want to thank you for this beautiful Video and inspiring hymn. Orthodoxy and its liturgy will remain the only and true source of Christianity. It is a faith that will never end. There is no Christianity without the Orthodox faith and all the faith's of Christianity realize this. I'm a follower of the Greek Melkite Catholic faith but our liturgy, liturgy books and religious inheritance all come from the Orthodox faith. I will always look up to Orthodoxy for faith and theological knowledge.

  • jaHm kuschelbedarf und keiner da jemd Lust zu chattn

  • Man perverts religion and makes it some times look ridiculous and violent

  • @ironhenge7 And Christianity is not even a religion, I remember Fr. Romanides once teaching to our Dogmatics class; it is Revelation, from God to man, God revealed Himself to us. But your point well taken.

  • its in us all. the light or hydrogen. it drives us. its god. its true. science, frequencies. its all known.. no one is below me no one is above me.we all should know. stop control. there is no such thing as a chosen people. Nor is there any relevance in creating wars based on a 3000 year old piece of writing that was based on racism in the first place. Its time to heal the past. Live in the present and reshape the future for the greater good. HUMANITY. Orthodoxy is the closest thing to this.

  • Heaven exists. Unfortunately, there is also hell. From what you have written, it is quite obvious that for the moment you made your choice. Though, you have some time to change your attitude towards God, yourself and the others. You are free to have whatever system of beliefs you want, but this does not mean that they reflect the reality. If you prefer to live in a virtual world it's only your choice. But it doesn't have to be like that.

  • If you say you are prefectly happy being away from God, I really doubt it. Not even the fallen angels are happy with that, but they are too proud to admit and this is way they do not turn back to God. I do not know your past, but there is certainly something there that made you think and feel the way you feel now. You might want to have a look into your past and see what made you be the person you are now.

  • There could be people that hurt you and you decided to cope with that by asking for more pain and think that this is the way happines must be like. Unfortunately, in this world there is a lot of sadness, but it is the world we created by staying away from God. God respects our freedom of choice and He will not interfere with our lives if we do not want Him to do so. So, it's only up to us. We cannot change the whole world, but we can definetely take a decission to change ourselves.

  • @skata11 by asking atheists and non-orthodox to find their own truth you are denying orthodoxy.

    are you from the ecumenical patriarchate?

  • heavenpiece

  • Ἀμήν. Ἅγιος ὁ Θεός, Ἅγιος ἰσχυρός, Ἅγιος ἀθάνατος, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς (3).

    Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, Ἀμήν.

    Ἅγιος ἀθάνατος, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.

  • it is amazing

    just amazing

    it is outstanding

  • @skata11 amnv adelfo

  • Holy God Holy Mighty Holy Immortal Ones Have Mercy on us--

    Nothing in the entire philosophy of mankind even comes near this portal into True Knowledge--Poor us, we don't even know how to repent!

  • @rasimoo999 I believe we know how to repent, but we do not want to do this until the end, we lack patience and we are generally lazy.

  • @rasimoo999 There is of course the fact that repentance is a gift from God, but it is strange we never ask for it, as the saints did, until their end in tears.

  • wow ,its so beautiful

    GBU All , ((Syria))

  • This is a powerful spiritual weapon against the powers of darkness for ALL Christians, regardless of denomination. This is the language of the New Testament, Greek. Record this, download it, play it frequently! We are going to need this!

  • This is truly beautiful and deep spiritual. Many times in our parishes we don't have the quality, but still we try our best.

    Christ is in Our Midst!

  • I'm Atheist, but these chants do make me think about a deeper sense of being ... even just for a little while !!  (if that makes any sense )

  • Totally understand, my roommate is an atheist to, but she loves "praying" with me. We often listen to it while studying or when things get crazy. If it doesn't aid you spiritually, I hope it may aid you mental vitality. =)

  • The only True Way, my friend.

  • If this or any music that speaks to the soul enters and touches your soul, then perhaps your soul is hungry for that deeper sense of being.  I hope you embark upon a journey of light and beauty.

  • Thank you !!! I've promised myself to search for more religion and spirituality in my life, ... as soon as i've graduated. I'll start with the orthodox church ( and ancient Byzantine history ) ...since i'm half Russian, and i feel verry connected with this religion ...

  • I went in quite a similar way, and truth was there for me... i hope youll find it too. :)...

  • youve seen so many saints in the video and u r still an atheist?do not ask for reasons..reason is the devil's appointed prostitute

  • Well, im not sure about that. i believe that true reason leads to the orthodox faith and no other... noone can proove it wrong... only the weakness of the will of the world will take it as wrong without any reason at all...

  • yeah, I"m thinking of converting to orthodox, I can't find anything wrong with it yet.

    Do you know where I can start?

    I'm going to visit a greek orthodox church next week.

  • My advice to you is to go to the greek orthodox church, ask a priest and I'm sure he will be delighted to help you. Best of wishes from a orthodox brother :)

    Good luck!

  • @designedsayer That's a good start. Ask a priest. He will guide you. But do not forget to ask God to help you in everything you do. God help you!

  • @Borat911 The fact that this Holy praise has affected you in a positive way proves that you are not really an atheist. Let the Holy Spirit into your heart and accept Jesus Christ as your Lord. There won't be any place for atheists in the coming years. There will be only those on the side of goodness and those on the side of darkness. This is your time to choose. God is waiting for you with open arms.

  • We as believers know that there are no atheists. The word atheist comes from the Greek a-teos, which means "without God". Without God, nobody could even exist. But there are people who love God and what to be as close as possible to Him, and there are people that for some reason do not know how much God lives us, and stay away from him, and there are people that want to be as far as possible from God, and which are very unhappy people.

  • @alpidistra This is a beautiful "prayer-language" It is so very ethnic!

  • @dennis45764 Maybe because it's being chanted in Greek? The Eastern Orthodox has chanters but I've never come across any this good!

  • Beautiful!

  • Did not Christ say "He who believes in me shall not die but have life eternal?" The saints are indeed living in Heaven worshiping God unceasingly and praying on our behalf. We ask the saints to pray to God on our behalf... we do the same to Mary... we ask her to pray to God for us. For even when Christ was on Earth He listened to his mother... this is why we pray to Mary.

  • I think we also pray to the Most Holy Mother of God because we know how much she loves us and we are so grateful for her love.

  • @calinmiron Its a intersession. Just to clairify, orthodox believers pray to GOD. We ask the saints, and holy mother to intercede on our behalf. I wouldnt say pray just because it sounds as if worship is ment.

  • The woman praised Christ's mother saying "Blessed is the woman who bore you and the breasts that you sucked"... Christ did not deny this like people think when he said "Blessed rather are they that hear the word of God and obey it"... He, in fact, CONFIRMED the woman's statement because NO ONE heard the word of God and observed it like Mary did the Angel Gabrielle came to her and told her she would bear Christ and she replied, "let it be to me according to your word."

  • The Orthodox pray to Mary and ask her to intercede before Christ for us. One of the commandments is "honor your father and mother"... and no one did this greater than Christ himself. In the wedding of Cana Mary told Christ to help the family because they were out of wine and he said "My time has not come yet" but she told the servants to listen and do whatever Christ told them. Christ, Himself, listened to his mother!

  • Well put! She truly is the Theotokos. During Lent I weep with her for the agony of her Son and at Easter I rejoice.

  • The Orthodox venerate the person in the icon, not the icon itself. It is not worshiping of the icon itself, for we only worship God. St. John of Damascus says icons are "opened books to remind us of God." He also references in the scripture where veneration is given to the rod of Aaron, the jar of manna, and holy places like Mt. Sanai or Golgotha.

  • The Icons were stunning. Thanks.

  • Since the soul is more noble than the body and God incomparably more noble than the world created by Him, he who values the body more than the soul and the world created by God more than the Creator Himself is simply a worshipper of idols. St. Maximos the Confessor

  • True science is truth without agenda. Christianity seeks all truth.

    But, we are dealing with perverted "science" and much perverted "christianity" today.

  • I think you might be confusing the 'ideas' of christianity with the practices of its most evil 'adherents'. Christians are human. They are not all angels. In truth, very few christians are close to the real sense of being christian. As for science, it does not contradict theology (and vice versa). Science and theology give answers to different questions (at least the real christian theology, not that propagated by fundamentalist groups).

  • Theology and Science never (and should never) contradict each other.

  • Theology and true science never contradicts... But I'm afraid we are assisting a perverted sience...

  • Great subject! we are here freely discussing , because of Christianity. The way things are going, the "liberals" and the "secularists" will take away our freedom, and perseucute those who allowed it to flourish!! The Prince of Peace, The Lover of our Souls, waits at the door, will you let Him in?

  • True. That space 'reserved' for "god" is now taken over by things like money, political ideologies, technological advances or simple egos, according to each human. God is not confined in a room, in any space or any society. And his existence or non-existence depends neither in our (dis)belief in him, nor in our (un)willingness to accept a concept of God in our society. Regarding believers as social outcasts in a secular society is as bad as regarding atheists social outcasts in a theocratic one.

  • True Orthodox Christians will remain when the end will come. There is only one True Faith and only one purpose in life that is our salvation.

  • There is room for God if we make room for God. There are upon thousands and thousand of orthodox christians in the world today. Your statement holds no water. If there was no room for God in a modern civilized society, then no one would be going to church and no human being would belive in God. Search God on Youtube, search Orthodox chants etc. Thousands of videos come up. Your statement is false! Until the end of times there will be faithful believers in little numbers maybe.

  • @vagos2006 Not little numbers, we grow, by faith we grow.

  • @vagos2006 as a turkish native i studied ancient greek language and literature. I truly believe the Greek orthodox religion is embellished with the profound history of Hellas which dates back Bc 5000's. I participated many Greek feasts held at Ayastefanos church in Yesilkoy , istanbul. Everytime i was there it gave chills on my spine. The tinge i had from that time still lingers in my life. I would root for the Greek Orthodox mysticism at all costs.

  • @petit76 I don't know how you know that you're turkish native, friend, as we all balkans people know that once ago every man who accepted the Islam was from this day Turk. All the lands of today's European Turkey was once in the Eastern Rome Empire, also known as Byzantine today, so the chances that you're "Greek" although this is a fairly new term, since once they called themselves Romeos, are at least equal.So maybe the genes are saying the word of your ancestors once orthodox Christians :)

  • @petit76 bpavo file.

  • @publicanimal9 if you and the people in your society doesnt believe in the God that doesnt mean He dont exist, like it or not He does exist and if there is no room in your society for the God there is our hearts and in our "society" and we pray and hope He will have a room for us when we die in His kingdom. Open your eyes and see the only truth, Him.

  • Εξαιρετικός ψάλτης!!!

  • orthodoxy. what else can anyone say.

  • οτι θελι ο ΘΕΟΣ!

  • What started in Russia will end in America. America is on the path to Communism and the blood of Christians will soon flow on its soil. The only question is when.

  • My friend we are close "even at the door"

  • true... unless a revolution comes soon, but only if it won't be a red revolution

  • I hope you are wrong, but fear you are right.

  • Profound

  • Hristos s-a înălţat!

    May you be blessed!

  • წმიდაო ღმერთო, წმიდაო ძლიერო, წმიდაო უკვდავო შეგვიწყალენ ჩვენ

  • now, I think there is 20% but they are groing reallyfast. There are not so many orthodox in russia because Stalin kill every christian. But no when he is gone we orthodox christians expanding explosieve.

  • This is absolutely beautiful. I've only started attending an Orthodox church recently, and the entire liturgy is just rapturously beautiful.

  • wait until you visit a monastery my friend...

  • God Bless you my Orthodox brother! Keep walking the narrow path towards heaven the Orthodox way! But know that its not going to be easy.

  • Thank you! I've been learning as much as I can, and becoming more and more aware that the Orthodox faith is what I've held, without knowing it, all along. I keep thinking that if the liturgy is this beautiful in English here in America, how much more so must it be in an organically Orthodox language and country. Luckily, I'm already set to start learning Greek in the fall. Khristós Anésti!

  • Is it true that only 1% of Russians today practice Orthodoxy, and while many are members of the church, most are atheists? Thanks.

  • I'm not sure of the numbers. But during the socialist regime, the number of christians in general in russia fell dramatically due to the state's official atheism. People kept christianity, but didin't express it oficially due to eventual persecutions, that's why the numbers were so low.

    After the fall of communism, the number of christians just sprang upwards.

  • during stalin and lenin 300,000 monks and "fathers" were killed. Millions and millions of christians who stayed true to their faith have been massecared and tortured.

    During his reign Lenin said that he will even kill 90% of the population in any given country as long as his party gains control.

  • as an Elder in Mt Athos said..

    : The Russia gain in martyrs in that period, so the God now will bless this state some more...

  • Ahh, stalin gifted us martyers!

  • wonderful

  • Kristos Anesti! May the Lord bless all of my Orthodox brothers around the world on the Feast of Feasts - the Lord's Holy Resurrection. Amen.

  • This is Heavenly worship. what a treasure!

  • Dear orthodox brethren !

    Kyrie Iesou Christe , ije tou theou

    eleison mei ton amartolon !

    Amen

  • To put it in perspective, all Western scales are enharmonic in nature; the other 3 scale types cannot be accurately represented on, say, a piano because of their microtonal differences from the enharmonic scale.

    However, I am no professor of Byzantine music, simply a student. You could find better explanations, I am sure :)

  • Vagos, it's probably very stupid, but what does it mean "plagal 1st tone" ("1st tone heptatonic", "plagal of 4th tone", etc.)? Is it an ancient Greek equivalent to say, G major or D minor in Western scales? I'm not Orthodox and I haven't learnt these things... :)

  • baldwalrus, the short version is that there are eight modes, or tones: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Plagal 1st, Plagal 2nd, Grave (Plagal 3rd), and Plagal 4th. They each fall into one of 4 scale sets: enharmonic, diatonic, soft chromatic, and hard chromatic. The different modes are based on the modes of ancient Greek music.

  • ΣΥΝΓΚΛΩΝΙΣΤΙΚΟ

  • Wonderfull pics and hymn!!!

  • This is perhaps one of my most favorite hymns because it reminds us of the Triune God and the many ways in which humanity can think about how God loves us. Maybe I'm wrong, but when I listen to it, I begin to think about the Trinity in a way I typically dont.

  • can anyone explain the meaning of ter-ri-rem ?

  • Terirem is a meaningless word, often used for extended and improvised passages by the soloist. It draws out the song so as to evoke a meditative or almost ecstatic atmosphere.

    Other nonsense words, like 'ananes', are used to evoke the tone of the hymn and tune the choir.

  • Thanks for the explanation of "terirem". Someone told me it evokes the mystic "glossolalia" as in St. Paul's epistle to Corinthians, but I doubted that explanation as improbable.

  • It is not so improbable as an explanation Vonbiron. Terirem refers to the "language of the angels", which itself relates somehow to the mystic glossolalia. Just don't think that this word has any secret undeciphered meaning; take it as a symbol, a resemblance or a reminder.

  • terirem comes from angels

  • awesome,praise GOD

  • this men is incridibale he has a verry special voice..god bless him...i m always listening to him...

  • Life on earth has a purpose Orthodoxy is a purpose of beeing.

    orthodoxy=correct faith

    orthos= standing,upstanding,freestandi­ng,correct.

    doxa= belief, opinion,