Byzantine chant - Εγκώμια Αγίας και Μεγάλης Παρασκευής

The famous byzantine Lamentations of the Tomb of Christ, sung during the Matins of Holy and Great Saturday (Holy Friday evening). The official name of the hymns is "Εγκώμια", which is greek and means "Praises". The Praises (although considered being hymns of lament) are chanted in Plagal 1st and 3rd Tones, which are actually used for chants intended for triumphant occasions. On this performance parts of all three Staseis of the Praise are chanted. Note that in the beginning of each part, the second verse is chanted in arabic.
Title: "Εγκώμια - Α' Στάσις / Β' Στάσις / Γ' Στάσις" (Praises - 1st / 2nd / 3rd Stasis)
Service: Holy and Great Saturday Matins
Performers: Greek Byzantine Choir

[@konstantinosdavelos3512]

1]Η ζωή εν τάφω κατετέθης, Χριστέ, και αγγέλων στρατιαί εξεπλήττοντο, συγκατάβασιν δοξάζουσαι την σήν. 2]Μεγαλύνομέν σε, Ιησού Βασιλεύ, και τιμώμεν την ταφήν και τα πάθη σου, δι’ ων έσωσας ημάς εκ της φθοράς. 3]Ο ωραίος κάλλει παρά πάντας βροτούς ως ανείδεος νεκρός καταφαίνεται, ο την φύσιν ωραΐσας του παντός. 4]Οίμοι, φώς του κόσμου! οίμοι φως, το εμόν! Ιησού μου ποθεινότατε έκραζεν, η Παρθένος, θρηνωδούσα γοερώς. 5]Προσκυνώ το πάθος, ανυμνώ την ταφήν μεγαλύνω σου το κράτος, φιλάνθρωπε, δι’ ων λέλυμαι παθών φθοροποιών. 6] Ἀνυμνοῦμεν, Λόγε, σέ τόν πάντων Θεόν, σύν Πατρί καί τῷ ἁγίῳ σου Πνεύματι, καί δοξάζωμεν τήν θείαν σου ταφήν. 7] Μακαρίζομέν σε, Θεοτόκε ἁγνή, καί τιμῶμεν τήν ταφήν τήν τριήμερον, τοῦ Υἱοῦ σου καί Θεοῦ ἡμῶν πιστῶς. 8]Ἅξιον ἐστι, μεγαλύνειν σε τόν ζωοδότην, τόν ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ τάς χεῖρας ἐκτείναντα, καί συντρίψαντα τό κράτος τοῦ ἐχθροῦ. 9] Ἔφριξεν ἡ γῆ, καὶ ὁ ἥλιος Σῶτερ ἐκρύβη, σοῦ τοῦ ἀνεσπέρου φωτὸς Χριστέ, ἐν τῷ τάφῳ δύντος νῦν σωματικῶς. 10] Ὥσπερ πελεκάν, τετρωμένος τήν πλευράν σου Λόγε, σούς θανόντας παῖδας ἐζώωσας, ἐπιστάξας ζωτικούς αὐτοῖς κρουνούς. 11] Τέτρωμαι δεινῶς, καὶ σπαράττομαι τὰ σπλάγχνα Λόγε, βλέπουσα σφαγήν σου τὴν ἄδικον, ἡ Παρθένος ἀνεβόα ἐν κλαυθμῷ. 12]Ἄναρχε Θεέ, συναΐδιε Λόγε καί Πνεῦμα, σκῆπτρα τῶν ἀνάκτων κραταίωσον, κατά πολεμίων ὡς ἀγαθός. 13] Τέξασα ζωήν, παναμώμητε ἁγνή Παρθένε, παῦσον Ἐκκλησίας τά σκάνδαλα, βράβευσον εἰρήνην ὡς ἁγαθή. 14] Αἱ γενεαί πᾶσαι, ὕμνον τῇ ταφῇ σου, προσφέρουσι Χριστέ μου. 15]Καθελών τοῦ ξύλου, ὁ Ἀριμαθαίας, ἐν τάφῳ σε κηδεύει. 16]Δεύρο πάσα κτίσις, ύμνους εξοδίους, προσοίσωμεν τώ Κτίστη. 17] Ὢ γλυκύ μου ἔαρ, γλυκύτατόν μου Τέκνον, ποῦ ἔδυ σου τὸ κάλλος; 18] Ἔῤῥαναν τὸν τάφον, αἱ Μυροφόροι μύρα, λίαν πρωὶ ἐλθοῦσαι. 19]Εἰρήνην Ἐκκλησία, λαῷ σου σωτηρίαν, δώρησαι σῆ Ἐγέρσει. 20] Ὦ Τριὰς Θεέ μου, Πατὴρ Υἱὸς καὶ Πνεῦμα, ἐλέησον τὸν Κόσμον. 21]Ιδείν την του Υιού σου, Ανάστασιν, Παρθένε, αξίωσον σους δούλους.

[@ajcastaneda413]

God Bless the Holy Orthodox everywhere! Greetings from an Orthodox Christian from Mexico :)

[@Giorgos9333]

May God bless you my brother!

[@onetolla7918]

Dios te bendiga y te mantenga bien hermano del sueño México. Saludos desde Grecia Constantinos

[@eidlebanon5245]

At 0:26 they start chanting in Arabic : Ya Yasouo lhayat O Jesus the life Fi kabren woudeata In a tomb you were put Fal junudu lsamayiwatu nzahalat So the heavenly soldiers were amazed Kolloha wa sabbahat tanazulak All of them, and they praised your humbleness.

[@adrianbarbacena6853]

where can i see the full romanized lyrics

[@krisel-helou2798]

Simply breathtaking

[@thaersadik324]

all my live to Jesus son of god my lord protect my kids from devil amen .mother meream help to make right choices always in my life because you helpex alot of times even isaw by your miracles 🌻🌻🌼🌼🌼🌹🌹🍀🍀

[@eudesdpc]

Amen!

[@liam7664]

*God, *Lord, *Son

[@39Thorns]

Reading the comments below makes me sad. Can please offer some words of clarity? The Eastern Mediterranean world used to be united, much like Europe or the United States is today. There were Arabic and Aramaic speakers, Egyptians, Persians, Armenians, Slavs....and Greeks. They all used Greek language much the same way we are all using English to comment now. Culturally, they were a mixture of their local culture+ Greek, just like today people wear jeans and listen to Western music etc. Spiritually, they had what we know today as the Orthodox faith. Politically, they were united in what was known as the Roman (and Byzantine) Empire. The invasion of Islam shattered that unity, leaving mostly Greeks and Armenians, and pockets of others. But for a thousand years, we were all brothers, something we should remember.

[@Assyrianland2]

Aramaic speakers where and are Assyrians brother, no one has suffered for our lord like the Church of the East and the Assyrian people!!

[@evavanhoey1262]

Already in the 5th century the Churches were divided within the Roman Empire; there was a cultural dichotomy between cities and the countryside; the Roman Empire did not conquer the Persian Empire so the Middle-East was divided and within the Persian Empire there were different cultures, religions and populations who lived quite seperate lives. Greek was the lingua franca of the Roman East but it certainly was no unity. The Arab conquests brought with them an enormous unification of the area. The 9th century caliphate was a political union stretching from Spain to Khorasan (Bactria). Still to this day Arabic is the lingua franca of this now politically divided region. The unity with the Greek north was broken however and Greek culture started to focus more on the north - the slavs and Russia - areas which traditionally were under the influence of Latin (Romenian is a Latin language and Poland and Hungary are also Catholic). This brings the point that North Africa never belonged to the Greek cultural zone. St. Augustine lived in the modern day Maghreb but read Vergil and wrote in Latin. Yes I am a historian of Late Antiquity :)

[@DrDiabLLC]

what roman empire you are talking about, the byzantine empire was the only empire and our beloved father, emperor st. Constantine (the 1st christian emperor) moved the capital from Rome to the Byzantium and renamed the city Constantinople in 350AD. the Persian Empire had no presence in the middle east, by 640 AD the persian byzantine borders was located within nowadays iran (i.e. outside of the middle east), whereas a christian Arab kingdom "al hira" was located in between, that kingdom occupied the area of nowadays kuwait, south iraq, west KSA including bahrain and the arab emirates, and the capital of that kingdom was al hira, which was destroyed and grounded by the muslims, the only city to survive the so arab (non arab islamic) invasion was busra (located on the arabian sea in south iraq) Arabs as well had no presence in syria, the borderline between the arabs and the byzantines was located in nowadays borderline triangle between jordan-ksa and southeast syria (i.e. their presence was limited within the arabian gulf), the capital of the ghassanid kingdom busra al sham was a mixed greco-arab city located in south-east syria on the syrian-jordianian borders, and that was the west most expansion of the arabs, we are talking about the real arabs, and these arabs were orthodox christians (100%), only minor tribes were pagans (they counted less than 10% of the arabs at that times) and they lived in the area between ksa and yemen only, the rest of arabia was a homeland of many nations living with christian arabs. throughout history the persians had a one time presence in Mesopotamia during the times of our beloved prophet Daniel, and that was meant for a reason, but that occupation lasted for few years and disappeared thereafter, syria-lebanon-asia minor-north egypt are greek homelands, the romans were invaders, the byzantines were locals, whereas the muslims are invaders, they are not local and the vast majority of them are products of rapes and slavery of foreign nations, they bare foreign DNA. your knowledge is not accurate, and you need to review your sources. the byzantine church was never divided, and the locals of lebanon/syria/asia minor/ north egypt are ethnic greeks following the greek orthodox church, currently the patriarchate of Antioch is occupied by non greeks (or greek traitors) and its an abnormal situation that started after the genocide of 1820. Syria means "holy Aramaic homeland", and the name can give you an idea about the natives of this territory... it is the home land of one race and one culture... occupation cannot wipe the truth. St. Augustine was a phoenician living in a phoenician city when the phoenicians were the only natives of that area, the western phoenicians were finally defeated by the romans in the third punic war and the romans started to destroy the phoenician and greek settlements throughout the Mediterranean, however, the islamic conquest finished what the Romans started and they blew the entire face of west and north africa, including spain, portugal and many european cities...

[@lucab.9297]

dear.. emperor costantine was a roman emperor ; costantinopolis was the new capital of roman empire, you use byzantinum /byzantinum in a wrong way.. before 476 is totally not correct, and also in the Eastern part of roman empire, latin was the main language...after the born of holy roman empire in the older Eastern roman empire (now you can call it byzantine) greek was the official language...

[@genghiskhan6809]

+Dr. Diab the Byzantine empire rose out of the remains of the eastern Roman Empire, and Constantine was a roman emperor

[@abidnessman]

I know these well from my Serbian Orthodox life. I'm clueless what was said but they are spiritual and seem to penetrate my soul.

[@Православл]

Mac Man kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKS0eaiqep52hKM Here is with English subtitles

[@georgealexxx]

Beautiful chant.God bless all who listen this chant.greetings from Romania

[@reljatimotic]

Alex Romania Remove that profile photo.

[@ALC6914]

Alex Romania Doamne ajuta la toata lumea ce asculta aceste minunate versuri grecesti

[@lucajacovig8159]

greek is such a beautiful language

[@Bellg]

The absolute highlight of the liturgical year for me

[@yigithaninanms8016]

I'm from Turkey but i think Byzantine Empire was the best empire in history,bad things happened but you must understand we had to find home to ourselves in those dark warmongering ages,only option was to fight,sorry this happened.But know this We Turks love you Orthodoxes more than anyone,we still have your churches across Turkey,we value your religion.

[@xy-mq3in]

Ко није против нас он је са нама, много среће.Поздрав из Србије. Who is not against us is with us, a lot of luck. Hello from Serbia.

[@SATMathReview1234]

Yigithan İnanmış Jesus himself, even in his obscurity, dreaded the gathering of crowds, and where possible avoided them. Everything in Christianity that matters is from individual to individual; collectivities belong to the Devil, and so easily respond to his persuasion. The Devil is a demagogue and sloganeer; Jesus was, and is, concerned with individual souls, with the Living Word. What he gives us is truth carried on the wings of love, not slogans carried on the thrust of power. The risen Christ came to save Jew and Greek, Greek and Turk. Mesih dirildi! Hakikaten dirildi! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2HMdYGCrdKKjK8

[@Православл]

Yigithan İnanmış love you! I hope you visit our churches.

[@nikokonstantinidis5103]

Yigithan İnanmış WE FORGIVE YOU MY BROTHER FORGIVE US FOR OUR FAULTS

[@SomneDist]

If only every Turk and Greek think like that Turkey and Greece would be brother nations!

[@paullai1583]

I m from tge Orient..the Orthodox chants never never fail to touch my soul.Let the chants be preserved forever.

[@SamStGeorge]

I cannot be closer to my Creator than when I hear this Divine lamentation, Especially when it is bilingual

[@das1418]

I love both Catholicism and Orthodoxy, and hope to one day see them reunited.

[@DrDiabLLC]

in your dreams only, orthodoxy (the righteous path) is protected by God.

[@dimitrovbmw]

They were never united in the first place, were they? God and satan can not unite.

[@erdfgdvrefdvewdghebs7520]

@@dimitrovbmw they were united untill 1054

[@ΤζένγκιςΧάαν]

Νέβερ Νέβερ Νέβερ γουι γουίλ μπι γιουναϊτεντ γουιθ δεμ

[@agapitaagape2624]

@@DrDiabLLC so you are saying that 1000 years after the death of Christ the entire church was in error? No one is saved till the orthodoxy appeared? What you are portraying is ungodly pride. Jesus established one church but people divided, and who did has sinned already. When Jesus will return for his church will be one bride not two. The church of Christ cannot be divided. Mark 3 24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come." That's why Satan has his grip strong on the church today because christians are busy with quarrelling than gathering. Colossians 3:11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

[@felicity29]

I am using my daughters account sorry.I am Orthodox and a Reader in the OCA. I was raised and left the Latin rite, I needed more spiritaul disipline and orthodoxy was that piece of Christ's puzzle that I needed. I believe we have more ancient traditions that we keep and preserve where the west does not. But we as Orthodox must realize that it was the Emperor who made both Patriarchs of both Rome's Old and New drift apart. I believe someday we may reunite but for now let us do as Christ would have, and that is love each other. Because when we stand before him at that terrible judgement seat and our records ore revealed to us he will judge us and tells us all our faults.

[@pimp963]

i must say these chants are quite beautiful i am a roman catholic but i pay my respects to my brothers in the east may all our chants be heard by our all mighty father and his son jesus the christ pater omnipotens Benedícat et custódiat orientalis omnes fratres mei

[@SStrengari]

I pray with depths of my soul that one day we re-unite. One of the greatest tragedies of this world is the division of the Roman and Orthodox Churches. Christ's body should not be divided as His garments were at Golgotha!

[@Ioannikios174]

Christ is not divided. "I believe in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church." It is absolute heresy to say that He is divided. The Orthodox Church is His body and can never be divided.

[@vros14]

The Church is indivisible, heretics have always been and always will be outside the Church.

[@paulwilliams9207]

Kyrie eleison Kyrie eleison Kyrie eleison 🕯️🕯️🕯️🙏🙏🙏☦️☦️☦️

[@adriansantiago313]

I totally agree.i am greek orthodox christian.baptize in saint stephanos church.i have roman catholic friends.so the fighting needs to stop.our lord jesus would not be happy with it.and the armenian monks greek monks need to stop the fighting.

[@Desirestolearn]

Simply amazing music honoring our Lord, God, and Savior. Makes me want to learn Greek and Arabic.

[@ΤζένγκιςΧάαν]

I thank god that i was baptised an orthodox christian from birth and I am able to experience this faith

[@CyGrGuy]

For those who are interested: 0:00 - 0:25 Greek 0:25 - 0:45 Arabic 0:45 - 3:45 Greek 3:45 - 4:03 Arabic 4:03 - 6:45 Greek 6:45 - 7:05 Arabic 7:05 - 10:25 Greek

[@DrDiabLLC]

arabic words only and they change nor add nothing, this is a pure byzantine chant, you can put words from any language in it, but it ain't going to change the soul of the chant, because it was and will always remain a pure byzantine Greek hymn ;)

[@adrianbarbacena6853]

where can i find the romanized lyrics

[@isihija]

This is just a glimpse of a beauty contained by the Orthodoxy! Слава Богу! Thanks for posting.

[@BlueTaurusOfc]

BEAUTIFUL prayers... That's how it should be, chanting in the original format of Byzantine in Greek, Aramaic, Syriac and Arabic, the original languages of this region...

[@Atreides22222]

Beautiful Christian music.

[@naomisolomon4101]

Remember, you don't have to join every fight that you are invited to. No discussion about right and wrong worship is going to bring you closer if you are engaged in the meaning of this prayer.

[@vladimirlifshitz198]

0:08 Η ζωὴ ἐν τάφῳ, κατετέθης Χριστέ, καὶ Ἀγγέλων στρατιαὶ ἐξεπλήττοντο συγκατάβασιν δοξάζουσαι τὴν σήν. 0:26 Ἡ ζωὴ πῶς θνῄσκεις; πῶς καὶ τάφῳ οἰκεῖς; τοῦ θανάτου τὸ βασίλειον λύεις δέ, καὶ τοῦ ᾅδου τοὺς νεκροὺς ἐξανιστᾶς. 0:53 Μεγαλύνομέν σε, Ἰησοῦ Βασιλεῦ, καὶ τιμῶμεν τὴν Ταφὴν καὶ τὰ Πάθη σου, δι' ὧν ἔσωσας ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς φθορᾶς. Μέτρα γῆς ὁ στήσας, ἐν σμικρῷ κατοικεῖς, Ἰησοῦ παμβασιλεῦ τάφῳ σήμερον, ἐκ μνημάτων τοὺς θανόντας ἀνιστῶν. Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ μου, Βασιλεῦ τοῦ παντός, τί ζητῶν τοῖς ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἐλήλυθας; ἢ τὸ γένος ἀπολῦσαι τῶν βροτῶν. Ὁ Δεσπότης πάντων, καθορᾶται νεκρός, καὶ ἐν μνήματι καινῷ κατατίθεται, ὁ κενώσας τὰ μνημεῖα τῶν νεκρῶν. Ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τάφῳ κατετέθης Χριστέ, καὶ θανάτῳ σου τὸν θάνατον ὤλεσας, καὶ ἐπήγασας τῷ κόσμῳ, τὴν ζωήν. Μετὰ τῶν κακούργων, ὡς κακοῦργος Χριστέ, ἐλογίσθης δικαιῶν ἡμᾶς ἅπαντας, κακουργίας τοῦ ἀρχαίου πτερνιστοῦ. Ὁ ὡραῖος κάλλει, παρὰ πάντας βροτούς, ὡς ἀνείδεος νεκρὸς καταφαίνεται, ὁ τὴν φύσιν ὠραΐσας τοῦ παντός. ᾅδης πῶς ὑποίσει, Σῶτερ παρουσίαν τὴν σήν, καὶ μὴ θᾶττον συνθλασθείη σκοτούμενος, ἀστραπῆς φωτός σου αἴγλη ἐκτυφλωθείς; Ἰησοῦ γλυκύ μοι, καὶ σωτήριον φῶς, τάφῳ πῶς ἐν σκοτεινῷ κατακέκρυψαι; ὢ ἀφάτου, καὶ ἀρρήτου ἀνοχῆς! Ἀπορεῖ καὶ φύσις, νοερὰ καὶ πληθύς, ἡ ἀσώματος Χριστὲ τὸ μυστήριον, τῆς ἀφράστου καὶ ἀρρήτου σου ταφῇς. Ἡ Ζωὴ θανάτῳ, θαῦμα! Πῶς ὁμιλεῖ; Πῶς θανάτῳ καταργεῖται ὁ θάνατος; ἐκ θανόντος πῶς πηγάζει δὲ ζωή; Ὢ θαυμάτων ξένων! ὢ πραγμάτων καινῶν! Ὁ πνοῆς μοι χορηγὸς ἄπνους φέρεται, κηδευόμενος χερσὶ τοῦ Ἰωσήφ.

[@vladimirlifshitz198]

Зои эн тафо Катэтэфис Христе Кэй агэлон стратеиэ эксеплитонто Сифгавасин доксаносэ тин син

[@vladimir-bagaev]

123

[@piotrmikoajczyk9789]

Coś nieprawdopodobnego! Nie mogę się od tego oderwać!

[@amywaters948]

Lord have mercy on me a poor sinner at your mercy cleanse me of my sins, i beg of you.

[@ChaimYosefMariateguiLeviPhD]

A jewel of enharmonic vocal music.......

[@user-tm1uj9hc4k]

❤❤❤❤❤ Δοξα στον Κύριον!!!

[@OysterWallace]

I'm an atheist and I highly approve this message. Fighting only creates more conflict, leading fewer opportunities for peace. Let's just enjoy this beautiful music

[@brentpadgett4253]

I am also an atheist who loves this.

[@genghiskhan6809]

Peace be with all. Amen.

[@Assyrianland2]

Beautiful indeed, hail Orthodoxy and all my Christian brothers and sisters!!

[@jimisown1959]

It is music that is bigger than me. Brings me so close to heaven.

[@nikokonstantinidis5103]

☦️☦️☦️☦️ Χριστός Ανέστη☦️☦️☦️☦️☦️ My our lord remember us in his kingdom and be merciful and to not forget about us for we have CRIED UNTO YOU OUR LORD AND WE HAVE NOT SUFER BUT UOU HAVE GUIDED US THROUGH OUR TIME OF TRUBLE HAVE MERCY ALL ORTHODOX BROTHERHOOD AND THOS SEEKING OUR SAVIOR

[@geozaharia3715]

Prohodul Domnului (cântarea de îngropare) din Vinerea Patimilor.

[@mikestavropoulos8672]

Glory to God for all things amen

[@TheBritannicRoyalist]

How lovely. Easter is the greatest festival of the church. I remember attending an Orthodox Holy Week many years ago. IC XC NI KA

[@NaomiCartridge]

That's very powerful, thank you for sharing this on youtube.

[@VladPepes]

May God bless the Church of His Son Jesus Christ!!

[@oneofjesus]

Inspired by God the Father, through his Son, Jesus Christ, in his Holy Spirit, who is in the men, whom you hear, in this chant, and, in whom, they are in. Amen.

[@mccurley1974]

@Lysandros I love all of the old laguages of the Church. I am a Traditional Catholic, where the Latin is chanted and sung every Sunday.

[@acerb4566]

beautiful rendition! i hope the song is 800 years old! the more ancient then all the better!

[@hollavman]

4:09. The two Holiest people ever born on Earth. Mãe de Deus e Nosso Senhor. Madre de Dios y Nuestro Señor. What tender beauty

[@biddybuzz]

This one sounds joyful and glorious...an exultation.....

[@MetaorphosisA]

Gorgeous!!! Thank u Callixtinus! Greetings from Serbia*

[@Miwac94]

Got the chills... Great singing! Orthodox Forever!

[@MrAthenian89]

@mszegedy Lykourgos Angelopoulos is the name of one of the people who are chanting. He is a very well known chanter in Greece.

[@Alexioskommenos]

Πραγματικά απίστευτοι. δεν έχω λόγια!

[@xaxaboeli1]

iesu, iesu, iesu!dideba shenda, sakhiero gmerto.beautiful!

[@SimeqoL]

Byzantine Empire is the one !

[@henriqueaguiar6730]

E você é comunista? Quem apoia o comunismo é automaticamente excomungado pela Santa Igreja, porque o comunismo é dialético e anticristão!

[@SimeqoL]

i just like this music i nothing to do with the church

[@nordicwolf3797]

Murat Tosun it is not music, Murat, a prayer

[@SimeqoL]

as for me a music :)

[@sanctous]

+NeoNika blogger a chant is a mixture of words and music. it is a song, but of a special type. music made by instruments or by human voice. To the person singing it with belief, it is a prayer. To other people not concerned by this belief, it is a song

[@UranijaZeus]

Contemplating Holy Week.

[@HonestTries]

Thank you for uploading all of these, they are utterly wonderful!

[@VallyX17]

Beautifule one. Is it Greek-Arabic mixed Chant?

[@DrDiabLLC]

no it is not a mix, it is a pure byzantine chant, it is an eastern Greek heritage, when we say Greek we mean ethnic Greeks and not limited to those living in Greece... you can introduce words from any language to this chant, but that will not change the chant, its a divine byzantine hymn.

[@szakhem]

It is mostly Greek but there is a bit of Arabic interspersed at various intervals. Amazingly beautiful touching the depth of my soul and invoking endless memories of Holy Easters in my beautiful Lebanon.

[@Callixtinus]

Thank you, you too!

[@brastaseptim]

Εσένα, να δοξάσουμε τον Θεό!

[@tomandrew3]

"I believe in one Holy Catholic Church" I am an Orthodox Christian. The word has Greek roots. I would agree that its' use by the Roman Church when defined as meaning "universal" is a misinterpretation, for if this definition were real would'nt they have preferred the Latin Universalis (Universal)? There exist faults in both east and west. It is my hope that these schisms can be resolved with the new Roman Pontiff and that our Patriarch can achieve reunion. May the peace of the Lord be with you

[@soldier9718]

arabic and greek! what a mix!

[@paulramsey51]

Thanks for the great Music !

[@padude64]

God Bless our Lord!

[@motaiam]

very beautiful

[@Benji89001]

blessed be the mighty lion that the lord god Yahweh is..

[@kalomoira15]

VERY beautiful version of the Egkomia! Thx once more and KALI ANASTASI!

[@GEVO111]

First christian chants in the world were Armenian. Make clear the path of the Lord he returns with full might. Glory to the father and praise him for our brothers singing here and around the world.

[@businessjetmanagement512]

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, lets not fight for anything or anybody. We shall invite all people to listen and accept such divine music. These are not made by men but implanted into men by angels high above through Holy Ghost. Let's not stop or comment or fight with anybody even if they do or contain porn. We SHALL NOT BE STAINED nor will our Christ,then what if we could save their soul by accepting them ! That's what God intends and had come to earth for- to save all+

[@123must]

Beautiful ! Thanks

[@NopeNotMelol]

God bless you.

[@ortodox56]

Ad majorem Dei gloriam !

[@samihelou]

We should pray for unity instead of mourning our current situation. The enemy is is only strong because of our separation.

[@CBullion005]

Thank you Percernis.

[@iobacchy]

Beautiful. Thank you very much.

[@Themostamazinguy]

I'm not saying this to be hateful, I swear. I think this in mostly greek but sometimes arabic. I speak arabic fluently, and at 3:34 after the chorus I can understand maybe 90% of the words (i'm not perfectly fluent though) They are talking about ascension of the soul.

[@MathemaEducation]

You're correct, there is definitely a few verses in Arabic. I too speak Arabic (not fluently) but also picked it out.

[@Themostamazinguy]

RealMuthafunctioninG I think it acutaly might be coptic. I'm not entirely sure.

[@MathemaEducation]

Themostamazinguy Hmmm, I don't think so. I hear those verses in Arabic on Holy Friday and we speak Arabic (Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch). Coptic is, as I've been told, quite different from Arabic, so if you could understand it, and assuming you don't understand Coptic, then there's a good chance that it's not Coptic.

[@Themostamazinguy]

RealMuthafunctioninG Coptic sound similar to arabic because Coptic is like a little brother to Arabic. But you're probably right

[@MathemaEducation]

Themostamazinguy Yeah, I'm not sure what Coptic sounds like. I've only ever heard it once from a friend's voice mail. It very well could be close to Arabic. But to the original point, I'm pretty confident that it's Arabic. Just out of curiosity, is the Arabic that you speak Egyptian Arabic? I'd be guessing but that might be close in accent to Coptic, not too sure though.

[@jimmyeatworldamazing]

To those who argue: Let us remember the holy icons in this video. And, not sin here in their presence.

[@willgeek]

wow, what a find, thanks for posting this!

[@younggorey8610]

Blessing to I am that I am.

[@inele-nv8]

💕♥«´¨`• Δόξα τω Θεώ! ☦ IC XC NIKA ☦ •´¨`»♥💕 IC || XC ==☦== NI || KA ☦️H ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞH ΘΡΗΣΚΕΙΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ Η ΠΙΟ ΖΩΝΤΑΝΗ ! ☦️ ORTHODOXY IS THE ONE TRUE FAITH! ORTHODOX Forever! ⛪ PRAISE THE LORD, the ALMIGHTY! Ο ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΤΟ ΠΑΝ, Ο ΥΨΙΣΤΟΣ! 💗💗💗 ΥΠΕΡΟΧΟ ****🇬🇷💙☦️💙☦️💙☦️💙☦️💙☦️💙☦️

[@andrekagiannis3109]

Αμήν 🙏

[@sjengverheijden4069]

I fully agree Terry!

[@pitsinokaki]

Thanks for uploading...

[@JwahAmore31]

@babylonreject I soooooooooooooooo agree, love! ,,, a real shame we've lost this ability, huh? Cheers, and may the LORD BLESS you, mate! - J

[@johnfriday2299]

the artwork is amazing

[@CRITON9]

I am Russian and that is the reason that I can understand some words... because Ancient Greek language is the BASIS of all other languages!!

[@qwetry-j2u]

Я тоже русский, но ничего не понимаю. А можете сказать, что именно вы уловили?

[@alahatzaifat1872]

Actually... ancient greek is NOT the basis of all other languages.. hahaha... first of all, there were other languages MUCH older than greek... so that is obviously wrong. Yes, greek influenced many languages that came after it, but only in the stream of languages.. for example.. here are a few of the language families we have... Greek is only in one of these.. the indo-european...and it is the only language on its particular branch of those languages... it has been heavily borrowed from ...but you cannot say it is the basis of all other languages.. that is patently false... Niger-Congo (1,544 languages) Austronesian (1,276 languages) Indo-European (585 languages) Sino-Tibetan (472 languages) Atlantic-Congo (432 languages) Afroasiatic (372 languages) Trans-New Guinea (315 languages) Pama-Nyungan (240 languages) etc............. Just trying to keep it real!! (grin)

[@Darktigerism]

RESPECT CREECE !

[@DrDiabLLC]

not Greece but all credit goes to the imperial Greeks (ethnic eastern Greeks) ;)

[@andrekagiannis3109]

🙏🙏🙏☦🙏🙏🙏🇬🇷🇷🇺🇬🇷🇷🇺

[@Lee-lc1iq]

Forgive the ignorance of my following questions dear ones. I am a traditional Roman Catholic who absolutely loves the Divine Liturgy. I live in East Central PA, so am blessed to live near many Eastern Catholic churches. I frequently attend both Ukrainian and Ruthenian Liturgies. I have noticed some differences. Can anyone explain them to me? For instance, more kneeling in the Ukrainian church (virtually none in the Ruthenian). Praying the Holy Rosary and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy also seem more common in the Ukrainian churches. (Again, this is simply my observation). I understand that the Ukrainian church came to union with Rome before the Ruthenians. I would never use the word "better", but is one Liturgy more traditional than the other? Or perhaps the differences I am seeing are matters of individual parishes? Thank you and may God bless you all my brothers and sisters in Christ.

[@ourfatherinthegreen4065]

I am an atheist and I enjoy this, powerful voices for the defenders of western society in the east.

[@ryanapperson8932]

You do realize some of the voices in this are Arabic, right? Christianity isn't about defending one society or another and it is kind of befuddling to see it perverted to mean such. This is a lamentation over death of Christ, not some rebuke of middle eastern society.

[@JankyTV67]

They fight for Christianity and nothing more. Keep your nationalism out of it.

[@anthonyrusso8828]

マスター禅 as I said earlier brother you have hate in your heart but what I read what you say of other people and their faith you need some healing

[@bigbywolf9328]

AtHeIsT MeAn InTelLigEnT

[@FreeTruth777]

Christians are not of this world but a greater one.

[@DysprosiumJudas]

What beauty men devise to satiate that which is infinitely more beautiful.

[@MattyYaqoo]

الرب يبارك

[@DLBBAM]

yes I am confident that all true followers of Christ, regardless of denomination, creed, nationality, race, or any other division we have ourselves conceived, will be united together in Christ in the glory of Heaven. I do not think it is good for God's children to attack each other. Let us love one another, as Christ has commanded us.

[@admonster11]

amen!

[@ZzZRazor]

this is why it is called a religion , it is faith you believe something so strong without having any proof blind faith true faith ... christian and other people that believe into the existance of god still believe in science , but think of this humanity has a limit when we discovere something something else will appear until we reach a limit here is god here is the undiscovered the uneplained the undefined here is something bigger that humanity ... thnx a science and believer of god

[@nizzy8479]

☦️🇲🇫2021 🇪🇺🇪🇺

[@constantinexipalaeologus9393]

💙💙☦️🇮🇳

[@IvanIvanov-ff3tr]

Refers to today (for our brothers in Christ Catholics) Holy Friday. 02.04.2021

[@adrianbarbacena6853]

hi do you know where can i find the romanized lyrics of this chant

[@IvanIvanov-ff3tr]

@@adrianbarbacena6853 I n the tomb they laid you, you, O Christ, who are Life; in amazement angel armies lift up their song as they glorify your self-abasement, Lord. Now we magnify you, O Lord Jesus, our King, we pay honour to your Passion and burial for from foul corruption you saved us through them. Fairer he in beauty than are all mortal kind, now a corpse we see, unsightly, bereft of form, he who beautified the nature of all things. Bitterly lamenting, ‘Woe is me, O my light! my heart’s longing and the Light of the World, alas! Woe is me, my heart’s desire’, the Virgin cried. Lord, your pains I worship, and your burial praise, and I magnify your might, Lover of mankind. By them I am freed from passions which destroy. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Word, we sing your praises, as the Lord God of all, with the Father and your most Holy Spirit, Lord, and we glorify your burial divine. Both now and forever and unto the ages of ages. Amen. Now we call you blessed, All-Pure Mother of God, and in faith we hold in honour and venerate the three day entombment of your Son our God. I t is right indeed we should magnify the one who grants life, you, that stretched your hands wide upon the Cross, broke and smashed the might and power of the foe. All Earth quaked in fear and the sun concealed itself, O Saviour, when, O Christ, our light, you set bodily, as the light that knows no evening was entombed. Like the pelican, you gave life, O Word, to your dead children, wounded in your side, you let life-blood flow, letting fall life-giving drops of blood on all. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Great eternal God, co-eternal Word and Holy Spirit, look down in your goodness on those who rule, grant their sceptres strength against the warlike foe. Both now and forever and unto the ages of ages. Amen. Wholly undefiled, Mother, who gave birth to life, pure Virgin, ends all scandals which still beset Church, and as you are loving, Mother, grant her peace. E ach generation offers, my Christ, for your entombment in hymns and songs its praises. The Noble Joseph takes you down from the Tree, my Saviour, and in the tomb he lays you. Let all Creation join us, as to the Creator our farewell hymns we now sing. ‘O my sweetest springtime, O my sweetest Child, where has your beauty vanished? Myrrh-bearers came and sprinkled sweet myrrh upon your tomb, Lord, at early dawn they come now. Peace unto your Church, Lord, salvation to your people, grant by your Resurrection. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Father, Son and Spirit,O Trinity, my One God, have mercy on the whole world. Both now and forever and unto the ages of ages. Amen. Count all your servants worthy, to see, Most Holy Virgin, you Son’s bright Resurrection.

[@AZ53283]

Muito Bonito!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alucardian101]

In my opinion religion doesn't even need to come into this. I'm agnostic anyway so you'll ask why am I here? I'm here because of this magnificent music. You needn't be Christian to love the music and the qualities held within. Why argue who's god is better? I mean we all know the Mormons got it right ;) jkjk or am I? What a twist of shyamalan consistency. I say this music is great and here for us all to enjoy. Why needn't be considered.

[@IyadJabbour_thePhArMaCiSt]

Did anyone read the explanation? They said there is Arabic in the begining of every praise

[@CBullion005]

Please gentlemen, don't fight. You two believe in the same thing, but in diferent ways. As a states man from my country said "Between the individuals as between the nations, the respect to another's rights is the peace". And one right is the liberty choose of religion.

[@anthonyrusso8828]

José Cuautli Rodríguez God bless you

[@Leylameson]

Melodically it resembles Arabic, the words Greek, dedicated to Christianity. meaning of words

[@kostac600]

Very nicely done. Where was this recorded? This service in which these hyms are chanted is the Matins of Great and Holy Saturday. It is anticipated on Friday night. KwnF

[@Percernis]

CBullion005, as far as I'm aware the Pater himon is not chanted in byzantine tradition, only recited. As for the original text in Koine, you can look up the article for "Pater noster" in Wikipedia.