Byzantine chant - Praise the Lord from the Heavens

[TheAndrewGorny]

I am on this session, and have an interesting fact about this performance. Ioannis Arvanitis was the artistic producer for this record, and was singing some of these phrases to assist us (he was not intended to be on record). One of us called out and said "why don't you just sing through it with us for a second and we'll get it?" Luckily, the tape was rolling :)

[miksulder]

Wages of sin is death but the gift of god is eternal life in Jesus Christ our lord.

[Lysandros]

This chant is hauntingly beautiful and relinds us how great and incomprehensible our Lord in Heaven is.

[2704443]

Listening to all this reminds me about why I despise Islam so much. All the former Byzantine, Middle Eastern, and North African lands that were taken by the Muslim invaders should be re-Christianized, the city of Istanbul renamed Constantinople, and the Hagia Sophia given back to the Orthodox Church for everyday Christian use.

[HalfManHalfCarrot]

@2704443 Pick up a book and you'll find out how stupid and ignorant you are. People like you disgust me.

[jyothisjames9]

@2704443 The churches that existed before the Islamic occupations still exist today. Look at Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Iraq. The muslim people also have a more than 1000 year culture. you cannot say you have the right to re-cristianize them. besides if they do not believe in the christian faith then what is the point in converting them? will the number baptized really change anything? You should be ashamed you even suggested that.

[2704443]

@jyothisjames9 I am very much aware that those churches exist today and my heart goes out to the Christians in these areas that must endure constant hardships in what were once their own lands. I speak of changing the heart of every muslim inidividual with the Gospel, sending a lot of missionaries in order use education and evanglelism to change the culture. Christians do have a right and responsibility to give the Gospel especialy when Islam calls for the destruction of the Jews and Christians.

[GEVO111]

O God,

I need to feel that I have forgiveness from You. So often my good intentions do not become what I want them to be, and so often the good I want to do, I don’t do. It is hard to face up to the wrong that is in my life. When I feel Your forgiveness, I feel clean and good inside and so free to be what You want me to be. Help me feel this goodness, and strengthen me to forgive those who have wronged me.

I pray in the name of Christ who shows us the way to Your forgiving presence. Amen.

[MrMarkovka11]

@GEVO111 Stand strong brother. If you will remain faithful to Him, He will remain faithful to you and show Himself in a great and mighty way! Peace be with you

[swiatlowiekuiste]

I just can't stop listening to this since a year

[nasucbt]

@swiatlowiekuiste this is a slower version of the song....look for byzantion laudati pe domnul  is the same song, in the right tempo....you just might like that one better...

[swiatlowiekuiste]

@nasucbt Thank you, but in this piece I prefer Mr Arvanitis' interpretation over Mr Angelopoulos. It's different language though

[Percernis]

@swiatlowiekuiste :

Makes two of us :) . It really is a very powerful interpretation of a chant that consists solely of a single verse.

[javgarfio]

Callixtinus: Thank you very much for these music.

It´s very dificult to find, and I guess it´s a very hard work for you.

Thank one more time

[xgreciandelightx]

@dirtoffmyshoulder1 The Orthodox Church has no problem with Evolution. It does with the Big Bang theory, though. Even with the Big Bang theory, the question of what created the materials for it to happen remains. Before there was anything, there was somehow something that blew up and subsequently caused everything. Where did that something come from? Also, if things did happen that way, then there was a ridiculously tiny chance for the universe to turn out the way it did. Seems like faith to me.

[bizintin]

Always, always in appreciation to Callixtinus for bringing this joy, beauty, rapture to grace our souls and lead us home to the well spring of our beginnings. I am graced by the extent of his dedication.

[Saburov2]

Fucking monotheistic songs. Pagan music is the best !!!

[juneharlow]

@Saburov2 if you don't like it you shouldn't be here listening to it. This is for people who love and fear the Word of God. Who are you to insult other people's beliefs? GET LOST!

[mzerv00]

@Saburov2

Lord, grant to our enemies true peace and forgiveness of sins; and do not allow them to leave this life without true faith and sincere conversion. And help us repay evil with goodness, and to remain safe from the temptations of the devil and from all the perils which threaten us, in the form of visible and invisible enemies. Amen.

[SpanishLegacy]

Extremely beautiful! i found it very exotic and mystic!

[tamtatamta191989]

thank you for this !!!

[behathorn]

what church are these pictures from?

[Callixtinus]

@behathorn : Various churches, like Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, San Marco in Venice, San Vitale in Ravenna etc

[behathorn]

@Callixtinus beautiful churches

[torontoteaurn]

‎1. San Michele in Africisco, Ravenna, ca. 545 (now at Bode Museum, Berlin);

2. Arian Baptistry, Ravenna, late 5th century;

3. San Vitale, Ravenna, 546-48;

4. Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, 867;

5. Battistero di San Giovanni, Florence, ca. 1225;

6. Another view of the Florence baptistery;

7. Capella Palatina, Palermo, ca. 1140s;

8. So-called "Mausoleum" of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, ca. 450;

9. Dome of the Ascension, Basilica di San Marco, Venice, last quarter of 12th century.

[AndrewzDescent]

@torontoteaurn Thanks!

[Callixtinus]

@torontoteaurn :

The Hagia Sophia was inaugurated in 537 AD

[torontoteaurn]

@Callixtinus Correct, but the mosaic of the Virgin Hodegetria in the apse was executed in 867, after the second period of iconoclasm.

[Callixtinus]

@torontoteaurn :

I am not 100% sure about this but I think the 2nd period of the byzantine iconoclasm officially ended somewhere in the 840s, by the then Empress Theodora. I am not aware of the exact date this Platytera shown here was crafted, but if it was around the date you give above it must have been after 869 and the damage the church suffered in the great earthquake of that year.

[jazzpsalti]

I was one of the melodists on this recording. I seem to forget about once a year how unreal the experience was, and then I listen.

[Callixtinus]

@jazzpsalti : It is like your whole self is voice, engulfed by a universe of voices, and in perfect harmony with them, right? Like nothing else exists. :)

[jazzpsalti]

@Callixtinus well, I was actually referring to experiencing Ioannis Arvanitis literally max out a city block-sized cathedral... his voice is unreal

[Callixtinus]

@jazzpsalti : I know :)))

[Death2Green]

Supernal.

[titussenlair]

Très beau

[PaleoThomist]

Christ is with us! He is and always will be!

Exquisite chant, Callixtinus. Thank you for sharing. God bless.

[vagos2006]

Don't forget that the solo in this piece is performed by Arvanitis! He is part of Romana Cappella. Chanted very Beautifully! I love it!

[BrotherAlphonsusMary]

I have always esteemed this hauntingly beautiful style of chant. Thanks for posting!

[treblechoir99]

Remarquable.

[Klaritzis]

"Ainite ton Kyrion..."

Kalakos

[GammaSigmaBeta]

Thank you for this! 

[parzifal2]

realmente esto es hermosisimo