Τη Υπερμάχω Στρατηγώ - To thee, the Champion Leader

[meusisto]

Is this a byzantine chant? From which century?

Thank you

[NikephorosOuranos]

@meusisto Yes, it's part of the Akathist to the Theotokos (=Mother of God), a poem attributed to St. Romanos the Melodist, written probably during 6th century AD.

[Yperfialos]

Ξυπνείστε μερικοί! Η χαμένη Πόλη είναι το χαμένο ήθος! Μην περιμένετε γεωγραφικές κατακτήσεις! Κοιτάξτε τα χάλια μας. Σε τέτοιο παλιολαό κλεφτών και χαραμοφάηδων θα πάει η Πόλη; Είμαστε μια ντροπή, επαίτες της "επάρατης" Ευρώπης. Ας φτιάξουμε σα λαός και βλέπουμε θα γίνει μετά... Αρχείστε με το να μην πετάτε σκουπίδια ολούθε και να μη βρίζετε και θυμώνετε όταν οδηγάτε.

Μα είστε με τα καλά σας που θέλετε και την Πόλη; Να τη χαλάσουμε κι αυτήν όπως διαλύσαμε όλη την Ελλάδα;

[MegaKomninos]

One word this is, magnificent. History echoes in its sound.

[petamaR21]

apo pou to katevazoume gia ringtone?

[grekos1940]

ΜΑΚΑΡΙ ΝΑ ΦΑΝΟΥΜΕ ΑΞΙΟΙ ΣΥΝΕΧΙΣΤΕΣ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΓΟΝΩΝ ΜΑΣ Κ ΝΑ ΓΡΑΨΟΥΜΕ Κ ΜΕΙΣ ΤΕΤΟΙΟΥΣ ΥΜΝΟΥΣ!!

[dlteodorian]

@grekos1940 Kατι μου λεει οτι οταν παρουμε την Πολη (Γιατι θα την περουμε ,χωρις να ακουω λιακοπουλους κτλπ ) Μαρτυριες τουρκων που ειπαν οτι θα πεσει στα χερια μας ..εχω πολες ,παντος οταν την παρουμε κατι μου λεει οτι θα γραφτουν μεγαλα εργα ,ειτε τραγουδιστα ειτε ψαλοντας !

[grekos1940]

@dlteodorian αδερφε διαβαζε Παισιο τα λεει ολα εκει!..την Πολη θα την παρουν οι Ρωσσοι κ θα μας την δωσουν...πρωτα ομως θα περασουμε μεγαλες δοκιμασιες απο τον ΟΦΗ τον διαβολικο...θα δεχτουν πολλοι το χαραγμα 666 στο μετωπο τους κ αυτοι δν θα σωθουν...ο εχθρος αυτος ειναι η Παγκοσμιοποιηση των αμερικανων

[emilydanr]

@grekos1940 απο τον οφη και απο τον εργοτελη φιλε

[parisfr12]

@grekos1940 για το ΔΝΤ λέει τίποτα ο Παίσιος?

[grekos1940]

@parisfr12 βεβαια...τα ειχε προβλεψει ολα αυτα...τις δυσκολιες που περναμε σημερα κ τους προδοτες πολιτικους που θα τους σιχαθει ο κοσμος οπως ειχε πει...

[parisfr12]

@grekos1940 παιδιά πρέπει να ξεκαθαρίσουμε τι ακριβώς έχει ειπωθεί... άλλοι λέγαν ότι θα πάρουμε την πόλη μες το 2011-2012.. άλλοι ότι θα πέσει λοιμός στην Τουρκία...

επειδή μάλλον τίποτα από αυτά δεν θα γίνει... καλύτερα να δούμε το δικό μας καθημερινό πρόβλημα... και την άλλη φορά που θα γίνει διαδήλωση, ας αντιδράσουμε μαζικά.

[grekos1940]

@parisfr12 ΚΟΜΜΟΥΝΙΣΤΗΣ ΕΙΣΑΙ?

[parisfr12]

@grekos1940 όχι. απογοητευμένος επειδή μου κόβουν το μισθό και το δώρο χριστουγεννων-πάσχα.

[grekos1940]

@parisfr12 καποτε θα ξυπνησουν οι Ελληνες κ δεν θα ψηφιζουν ΠΑΣΟΚ κ ΝΔ συνεχεια....

[kapoiosify]

Xaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxa­xaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxa­xaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxa­xaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxa!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROLF!!!

[panostop3]

@kapoiosify xaze

[MrTomthom21]

mono AEK leme!!!

[parisfr12]

@MrTomthom21 και γιατί όχι ΠΑΟΚ?

[MrTomthom21]

@parisfr12 giati to leei o vartholomeos to xe pei o xristodoulos k olo to pareaki xaxaxa....k giati prepei na psakseis thn istoria ts omadas sou gia auto...AEK thessalonikhs

[MrTomthom21]

mono AEK leme!!!

[0dimitris9]

Αχ και να ξαναπαίρναμε αυτον τον ναό πίσω......

[rosetyler55]

ειναι πολα ωραιο, μπραβο σου!

[DigenisAkritas83]

Ο Υμνος αναφερεται στην Θεα Αθηνα.ΑΘΑΝΑΤΗ ΕΛΛΑΣ!

[kallimaxos]

Η ΡΩΜΑΝΙΑ ΝΙΚΑ!

[valantisblack]

Μέγας ο Κύριος.. και είναι στο πλευρό μας.. όλες της ημέρες του χρόνου όλες της ώρες όλα τα χρόνια... Δέν ζητά πολλά ο κύριος μόνο πίστη... αν την έχουμε δέν θα πέσουμε ποτε!

[FABARMBOY]

Ευγε ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ ΜΗΝ ΜΑΣΑΤΕ ΤΙΠΟΤΑ ΖΗΤΩ Η ΕΛΛΑΣ!

[MsScandal]

Μπραβο που το ανεβασες!

[DjStammy]

ΜΗΝ ΑΣΧΟΛΕΙΣΑΙ ΚΑΝ.... ΦΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΣΙ ΚΑΙ ΕΙΣΑΙ ΕΤΟΙΜΟΣ

[Krazymann234]

Κι εγω το ιδιο με τον parisfr12

[parisfr12]

paidia eimai atheos, alla to kommati ta spaei asxima! prepei na to paradextoume!

[DjStammy]

ΠΟΙΟ ΚΟΜΜΑΤΙ ΡΕ ΑΣΧΕΤΕ; ΑΝ ΕΙΣΑΙ ΑΘΕΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟ. ΜΗ ΣΧΟΛΙΑΖΕΙΣ ΚΑΝ ΟΜΩΣ

[parisfr12]

re megale, afou ta spaei ti kanw? na to krupsw?

[laberianus]

τα σπασε στα τσαρτσ

[bassostolos]

Beware my brothers, the mighty Ostrogoths are about to invade our holy empire

[antondoc8]

kala esu file de noiwtheis

[GeorgiosMICHALAKIS]

1) ECHARIKA, pantos, opou mou ebalan holoi "meion" otan anaphera "Batopaidi"...!!! tin kalyterin "omadikos faltso adonta omadan" meta tin ELBYX...!!!

[GeorgiosMICHALAKIS]

2) Alla kai o Stathis archise na "embleketai "me ta Simokaraïtika, kai to apotelesm aeinai oti EKATESTREPEN oti .. as eipomen "elaben" ...apo ton Stanitsan. AUTA echei i SK PANOUKLA: kai tous sostous, tous metatrepei eis FALTSOUS = kapoia charaktiristika :pauei o tonos na einai Hypermeizonas, kai to pentachordon na einai epetagmenton peran tou physikou, opos ORTHOS ektelesoun oi eos ton Stanitsan Patriarchikoi...

[GeorgiosMICHALAKIS]

Who's chanting here, please? Batopaidi?

[NikephorosOuranos]

Όχι, ψάλλει η βυζαντινή χορωδία «Οι μάστορες της ψαλτικής τέχνης». Το cd λέγεται «'Ηχος καθαρός εορταζόντων»

[keraunoforos]

Εύγε αδελφέ! Καταπληκτική παρουσίαση.

[SilkBoxer]

Και όμως υπάρχει video με τον ίδιο ύμνο και εικονίζει το άγαλμα της "θεάς" Αθηνάς ...

[VyckRo]

beautiful

[chaunceybill]

mihalis15 brother, not only the Greeks were united in Byzantium, so were my Serbs and all other nations. We had Greek, Slavic, Armenian, Arab Emperors and dynasties. And above all, we had God on our side. The only thing needed was our Holy Orthodox Faith, Greek language and Roman law and we were all Romans. Byzantine Empire is the most free state us Orthodox Christians will ever get. It was a perfect universal Empire, "For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek..." (Romans 10:12)

[mihalis15]

You are right, but either way you put it this is pretty much the only time the Greeks were not fighting each other. Now they don't physically fight, but you can not say that Greece is a 100% united country.

[ggpassion]

greece is not united?////????!!!!!! are you makakas? at the euro 2004,when greece was playing football with portugal, for the cup, the televiewers that were shouting at the top of one's voices were at 92%.(the other 8% was having sex). my friend, Greece will always be united country.

[unmarkedX]

don't count on it

major political parties ang figures and about 95% of the greek press are slanting the country's history, hate christianity, undermine the country;s interests (do not support the veto for Skopje, support turkey;s accession in the EU , the annan plan for cyprus , illegal imigration ,terrorism and many more)

These people are enemies of Greece , as far as I am concerened , and the most important enemies by far ,because they are internal

[unmarkedX]

and btw

countries like Russia and Serbia know this as well

THE PRIME ENEMIES ARE DOMESTIC

[chaunceybill]

You are absolutely right my brother unmarkedX!!! And what's the solution to these problems? It's just being who we really are, and we are BYZANTINES! Just take a look at our problems Cyprus, Kosovo, FYROM, Bosnia, roman papists, Chechnya, Islamic terrorism, anarchists, aren't they the same? And who is gonna fix that? Is it EU or US or UN? Let's be honest here, the greatest allies of the EU and US in Europe are Turkey and Albania and they will throw all of us under the bus just to please them.

[unmarkedX]

With the exception of turkey

I do not accept that any of the nations you mentioned are by definition or necessarily our enemies

Like I said

Enemy number one and by far are Greeks who think that serving our national interests is evil and that they need to be against the country in order to be left or progressive or liberal or I dont know what the hell they think they are

[unmarkedX]

External enemies are also those, wherever they may be in the world, that are pushing for another East-West division and confrontation

I would suggest you stir clear from this trap as well

[unmarkedX]

It does not matter if we are more Byzantine (or eastern) than European (or western)

If they force us to chose WE HAVE ALREADY LOST

And the whole world has lost with us

Again I think you need to examine who the real enemies are

more carefully

(in terms of identity I agree we are surely not islamic, that does not make muslims our enemies, but we are certainly not part of that world)

[TackNW]

Historical Note: In 626 AD, while the Byzantine army, under Emperor Heracleios , was at war in Persia, Constantinople came under seige by the Avars. After months, with the defenders being encouraged by the Patriarch and clergy marching along the high walls with the Holy Icon of the Theotokos, a great storm and tidal waves destroyed most of the enemy fleet. In thanks, the faithful prayed all night, singing praises to the Virgin, without sitting. ['a-kathistos' = 'not sitting'].

[cyberangel07]

when the greeks stop fight each other and stop dreaming the glory of the past only then we go front again opoios to katalava exi kalos

[ss06ss06]

We Greeks have fought each other since the beginning of recorded history, and will continue to do so until the end of time.

As for our glorious past, what are we without it? Just another EUropean rabble.

[mihalis15]

In ancient times the Greeks did constantly fight each other, but there is only one time that they didn't, and were truly united. That was the time of the Byzantine Empire.

[ss06ss06]

This is an interesting view mihalis15 -- I will think about it.

[Oblivion1821]

cyberangel07 ama 3exasoume thn do3asmeni istoria mas tote den uparxei logos na milame gia to paron kai to mellon

[Funkylove28]

εγο  καθε παρασκευι παο εκλισια και το ακουο.

[Nikechagias]

@Funkylove28 δε γαμιέσαι μωρή μας το παίζεις και αγράμματη!

α να μου χαθείς!

[Funkylove28]

@Nikechagias ε?

[Funkylove28]

@Nikechagias το εγραψε ο αδερφος μου και ειναι μικρος:/ τωρα τι χωνεσαι?

[Funkylove28]

@Nikechagias και συ που το παίζεις μορφωμένος φαινεται από τον τρόπο που γράφεις! ΝΤΡΟΠΗ ΣΟΥ! ...........................

[dimsabas]

Εύγε! Ευχαριστώ πολύ! Άψογη εκτέλεση.

[1hMAL]

Mprawo Megale Nikifore ! 5 *****

[manthegreek]

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God have mercy on us the sinners

[manthegreek]

If you know the meaning of this chant we would not even talk about it.We are all brothers, but Turks are not blessed nation from God.They ve done many wrongs.And if we want it or not the justice is about to come.

[manthegreek]

its not the second...its like the first.Because thanks to other Mother Theotokon Maria and God we are free now, and we will get back the lost glory of Greece, Vyzantium and Orthodoxy

[alexanderwotl]

My Orthodox brother, as your Orthodox I just wanted to make two remarks about your comment. First: God's name comes first and then comes the name of Theotokos (your wrote Theotokos and God-I don't think that's appropriate). We all know that God is the greatest and Mary is simply a servant of God, who was chosen by God. Second: Don't forget that our riches shouldn't be stored on this earth but in heavens. So,. don't mention God's name in vain, while his name to the glory of any country.

[manthegreek]

Well my brother, ofcourse God is the Gratest and His name must comes first.But Mary is not "simply" a servant of God.If there wasn't the Inocent and Virgin Mary propably Jesus wouldn't has born yet, because no other women ever was capable to born the God.I put her name first also because of the chant and cause her prays to her Son are all the time answered.

[manthegreek]

Second:I dnt speak about our riches,ofcourse we wish that to come in heaven.I speak about Holy Justice my brother.And part of the Holy justice will take place in this life.Some nations made plenty of penalties..God has a plan for everything.Prophicies saying that Greece will get back Constantinople..Its not vain, its justice.

[alexanderwotl]

Which prophesies say that???

[alexanderwotl]

And please, let us all free ourselves from religious nationalism.

[PiusMatthias]

I pray one day that the Romanoi do retrieve Constantinople from the Turks. I hope these prophecies you mention come true.

[alexanderwotl]

Don't fall into the traps of heresy, my brother. Mary (Theotokos) was chosen by God himself, there is no question about the birth of CHRIST. He IS from the beginning and is God himself. And Mary is servant of God: "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be..."( Luke 1:38a) Do not forget this verse. Take care! God Bless!

[manthegreek]

My brother we believe the same thing.I dont want to give the opinion that I m fanatic or something.First of all elder Paisios said that prophesy.And he is saint.You know about him?Its not religious nationalism.Its justice as i said above.Not because we are good nation or the one, but because God will rigt some wrongs in this life.

[manthegreek]

I dont fall in a heresy, my brother you just dint understand what i said.Ofcourse Maria is servant of God, I didnt say anything diferrent.But she is not "just" a servant.She is the holyest woman ever in this life.Ofcourse i know this verse you mensioned and I believe in our Saviour Jesus Christ.

[NefeliDanai]

The ultimate hymn to our Mother Mary, Panagia, the masterpiece of Romanos Melodos.

[pepe4xxx]

its the 2nd National Anthem of Greece! not official, but for the faithful people!

[dimagogos]

What does this have to do with the national anthem?