Spanish-Arabic-Greek Orthodox Christian Chant

This video shows footage of the Coro Bizantino de San Juan Damasceno (Byzantine Choir of Saint John of Damascus). They are part of the patriarchate of the Antiochian Greek Orthodox Church.

The Greek Orthodox Church in Antioch is one of the oldest churches in the world. As some may know, the Bible records that it was in Antioch that the disciples of Jesus were first called Christians (cf. Acts 11:26).

The Church in Antioch perhaps originally spoke Aramaic, but in time, being part of the Greek Church, it adopted Greek. With the rise of Islam and the Arab conquest of West Asia, many connected with the Church in Antioch adopted Arabic. In this video, we see a choir which is part of the Church in Antioch, but is located in Chile, thus the congregation employs Spanish at times.

As a result of this complex history, this choir in Chile, which is in communion with the Antiochian Church, switches back and forth from Spanish, to Arabic, and even to Greek.

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Education

Tags:

• Byzantine
• Greek
• Orthodox
• Chorus
• Chant
• Chile
• Spanish
• Arabic
• Antioch

[bryanguy1]

wow what are the lyrics 4:40 wow nice

[AbuKhamrAlMaseeHee]

@bryanguy1 the portion at 4:40 is in Arabic. That portion begins at about 4:36 and runs to about 4:49. The chorus says:

المسيح قام من بين الأموات و وطئ الموت بالموت ووهب الحياة للذين في القبور

Which translates roughly to: "Christ is risen from the dead, and has conquered death with death, and has given life to those who are in the grave."

[VolkHeart2009]

Powerful video Abu 5 stars

[MaryannKaw]

Thank you so much for uploading this... it is so beautiful!!!

[TourettesOrc]

wow 4:10 in so epic!

[blancbard]

ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ ΕΚ ΝΕΚΡΩΝ ΘΑΝΑΤΩ ΘΑΝΑΤΟΝ ΠΑΤΗΣΑΣ

CHRISTOS ANESTE EC NECRON THANATO THANATON PATESAS

[blancbard]

@Naseer958 Nothing... Just some crap that Western Romans and Eastern Romans invented at 1054AD to seperate the Roman Imperium for political and economic reasons....

[Iganomie]

Hristos a Inviat! Din morti, cu moartea pe moarte calcand!

[drgregorybenedict]

shukran

[east02west]

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[microloverecords]

Amazing! So the congregation are Syrian and Lebanese Greek Orthodox in Chile? I wonder what the history of this community in Chile is! Any links?

[100kidane]

I am Orthodox and pround.

[Naseer958]

What is the difference between Orthodox and Catholic?

[mohand7777]

lol