The Russian Kontakion of the Departed | Committal Service for HM The Queen Elizabeth II

[@karleinegraham446]

The British Royal Family always make music selections from the roots of Christianity in Europe. I remember the Prince of Wales, Charles and Camilla using " The Creed", "I believe", in the Russian Orthodox Chant at the Blessing of their marriage at St George's Chapel so many years ago. Prince Phillip was baptized in the Orthodox Christian faith and it is obvious that the family is familiar with Orthodox traditional worship and music. This prayer chanted for the dead is very beautiful and heart felt. Eternal Rest Grant Unto Queen Elizabeth II, O Lord and Let Your Perpetual Light Shine Upon Her. May Her Soul And The Souls Of All The Faithful Departed, Through The Mercy Of God, Rest In Peace. Amen. From Jamaican in New York, USA.

[@valiandrei6743]

If this does not play at my funeral, I'm not dying!

[@dc10fomin65]

That means you are living forever, why die, do you know count Vlad? He is Orthodox, and still roams the world, some call him Dracula!

[@lexgrant]

In Russian churches, this chant is the most common for memorial services. It differs only in that it is being performed much faster, almost in a reading. Now I listen to this singing and I'm amazed by the love and care with which this tune is performed. I mourn the passing of Her Majesty. The world will never be the same again...

[@stephenhickman304]

This is the Kievan version that could account for the difference maybe

[@KarenSarkissian]

@@stephenhickman304 the Kievan version is actually sung in all Russian churches. We have pretty much Kievan in our churches

[@lexgrant]

@@stephenhickman304 This is definitely not the case, because this chant is being sung in Kiev and in Moscow exactly the same way. Here, most likely, there is an arrangement of the English author, made with respect and love for the source material.

[@jelenaminja4767]

In every Orthodox church funeral service...

[@2323ace2323]

It’s Kyiv, Ukraine! Writing Kiev (the russian spelling) makes other believe that you are pro-putin and support the war that russia started.

[@norlington2]

This .music was arranged for an Anglican choir by Sir Walter Parratt, who was the organist at St George's in the 1890s. It was first used at a British royal funeral for Prince Henry of Battenburg in 1894, also for Queen Alexandra in 1925 and Winston Churchill in 1965 as well as Prince Philip and the Queen.

[@orlandofurioso2034]

thank you! did not know it was performed at Churchill's funerals too.

[@deanna0710]

One thing is for sure, The British really know how to do it and do it so eloquently and beautifully! I would be so very, very proud to be a UK citizen. What an experience to view such a display of love. It was just perfect. A touch of heaven!!

[@natalienebesny2421]

Kyivan chant not from russia

[@ЛарисаКуликова-м8м]

@@natalienebesny2421 из России...когда это создавалось это была единая Российская империя.

[@Magdalen2255]

If going by this piece specifically, then it's actually the Russians who really know how to do it eloquently and beautifully. And, even more specifically, the Orthodox.

[@timmymess4742]

@@Magdalen2255 Arranged by a British musician. Performed by a British choir. You can decry much about Britain but not the glory of its choral tradition.

[@stephenhickman304]

Thank you Deanna and we are very proud that we could say goodbye so beautifully to our beloved Queen.

[@stephenvanas4580]

Extremely moving, ethereal. The choir conveys the mood exceptionally well and is to be commended.

[@vanessawaller5492]

This brought me to tears in an unexpected way. So haunting and with the long shots of the gothic architecture just really hit me with heaviness but honor for being able be part of the live showing. God bless Her Majesty.

[@john45280]

Russian Church chants are absolutely gorgeous!

[@paragonf]

... felt very similar. Ache of heart and soul. I am out of words.

[@meda1451]

Со святыми упокой, Христе, душу раба Твоего, идеже несть болезнь, ни печаль, ни воздыхание, но жизнь безконечная.

[@meda1451]

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[@merlinstwin7373]

Memory eternal

[@david29262]

This is such a beautiful song

[@BillSikes.]

Thank you friend ☦️🙏

[@stevenclark7600]

İ am a rock ,metal fan,and have to say,this is absolutley beautiful beyond discription.

[@voraciousreader3341]

Don’t you know that some of the most gorgeous music ever written was written for the Christian church, wherever it took hold and flourished? This is Greek Orthodox music, but composers and musicians from the very early Middle Ages either worked for the Church (including all countries wi the Catholic and later Protestant, and Eastern and Greek Orthodox), or they worked for royalty and possibly by rich courtiers, and the music is _phenomenally beautiful!_ And later on, of course, everything that came after that period through the 20th century was phenomenal! The only barriers we have in our mind were placed there by US, and typically those barriers aren’t based on anything at all except our own prejudices! So I hope you’ll try more than just rock and heavy metal! Your would need beauty, too!

[@SS-je9ue]

@@voraciousreader3341 Hmm. My personal experience with this specific melody and of course words has been in the tradition of the Slavic Orthodox people's - Russians, Ukrainians, Romanians, Serbian, etc.

[@fernandoherrero431]

Once in a while, music catches you in unexpected ways and it teaches you what words can't.

[@dc10fomin65]

This is always sung in Russian Orthodox funerals it means " Eternal Memory " my parents passed years ago, I still remember the choral in church singing this, very beautiful!

[@harrycane1815]

«Русские называют всё русское славянским, чтобы потом назвать всё славянское русским» ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BA-%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9,_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB

[@timothynelson5009]

Eternal memory for your parents. We also sing this for the departed faithful in the Antiochian Orthodox Church based in England. It always hits when me I hear it sung.

[@dc10fomin65]

@@timothynelson5009 I heard this hymn first at Prince Phillip funeral, I thought I was hearing things, a Russian piece in a British service, what? Then again at the Queen's services, I thought, it is true, wow, and it was just beautiful. I must assume there has to be some past relationship between the British monarchy and Tsarist Russia in the past, right? Regards from Chicago.

[@faerieliana]

​@@dc10fomin65 Prince Philip is a greek and was baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church. + Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia his paternal grandmother and the last tsar of Russia Nicholas II his great grandfather

[@Roheryn100]

@@dc10fomin65 I suspect Queen Alexandra first heard it when she went to Russia as Princess of Wales for the funeral of her brother in law, Alexander III, who was married to her sister.

[@bernadineplaten2999]

I remember this from the beginning of the film Dr. Zhivago when the child Yuri‘s mother is buried. The melody haunts me to this day.

[@chrispalo5122]

I had to go back to watch the opening scene of Dr. Zhivago to confirm this. It's been years since I last saw it .

[@srismith5071]

Wow. I didn’t know it was in that movie.

[@archiebald4717]

That film haunts me to this day. Such beauty, such tragedy.

[@david29262]

They play it at the end of Chernobyl for doc. When they explain the huge impact.

[@dc10fomin65]

I am back here once again as my dear girlfriend of 14 years passed recently leaving a great void in my life and heart, just looking for some relief and tranquility so I can move on, RIP lovely and dearest Barbara, memory eternal.

[@zatoichison6420]

This song gave me peace and make me fill than Our Lord Jesus Christ is closed to me, touching me, accepting me !! God bless you all !!

[@UrielRw86]

Awesome Russian Orthodox hymn

[@petersebastion7596]

Give rest, O Christ, to thy servant with thy saints: where sorrow and pain are no more; neither sighing but life everlasting. Thou only art immortal, the creator and maker of man: and we are mortal formed from the dust of the earth, and unto earth shall we return: for so thou didst ordain, when thou created me saying: “Dust thou art und unto dust shalt thou return.” All we go down to the dust; and weeping o’er the grave we make our song: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

[@sooriamurthyk2019]

Amen

[@simmysommy]

Beautiful, I shed a tear of no shame but pride for my Queen

[@outrunsynthwave9425]

God bless this world and all its inhabitants. ❤

[@mariadavis691]

Carstvo Nebesnoe, Vechnaj Pamjt' vasha velichestva!

[@jos6232]

May she rest in Heaven

[@МаринаАкимова-к7ж]

when listening to this I seem to believe in life everlasting. God bless you guys

[@znovosad555]

“Maybe we all won’t become Orthodox, but there has to be some Orthodoxy in every denomination” -Fr Seraphim Cardoza I truly felt this when I heard this. If you weren’t watching and only listening you wouldn’t know it wasn’t in an Orthodox Church. ☦️

[@benedict7345]

As a ex orthodox myself not just orthodox chant like this maybe touch grass

[@mariorizkallah5383]

@@benedict7345 Lord have mercy

[@mariorizkallah5383]

There isn’t some Orthodoxy in every denomination, what counsel has Light with darkness?

[@znovosad555]

@Mario Rizkallah it basically means the need to come back to orthodoxy. But not everyone will, and over time you might find some orthodoxy within every denomination as more people see the light.

[@paulaarmstrong8431]

I cried during this part of the service.

[@00lh02]

I'd never heard this before, being a classical violinist since I was four. I've listened to many recordings since and none give as much meaning. The choir should be applauded.

[@natalienebesny2421]

not russian but Kyivan chant

[@danbrittain2746]

Thank you, I’ll pass that on 😊

[@allanagorodna3887]

Очень красиво и трогательно....

[@johansiren510]

Goosebumps... So haunting and powerful. This brought me to tears.

[@MaskedViolinist07]

Memory eternal, your Majesty. You will live on in the hearts of many. ❤

[@615855]

This hymn was a truly beautiful addition to the service for the committal to burial for the Queen. The choir was fantastic.

[@natalienebesny2421]

Kyiv Chant not russian

[@AlexanderSergeevRus]

@@natalienebesny2421 Heresy :)

[@archiebald4717]

@@natalienebesny2421 At the time it was written, it was indeed Russian.

[@PavelBader]

@@natalienebesny2421 you spell “Kiev” wrong

[@stephenhickman304]

Fabulous breathtaking and absolutely the right music for this most solemn of occasions. R.I.P My Queen

[@myrabell4784]

Ces chants sont toujours si beaux...

[@almutbelmain3711]

Thank you Ma'am. For everything.

[@c-historia]

what excellent music, performed with fantastic solemnity!

[@patriziaprovini4156]

Absolutey broke down when I heard this during the service. Superbly performed and totally heart wrenching. I wouldn't have been able to hold it together had I been there in person. Still makes my cry now. God bless the Queen, for sure there will no other monarch quite like her.

[@ПётрМиков-у6с]

In blessed repose, grant, O Lord, to your departed servant, Queen Elizabeth, eternal rest, and grant her eternal remembrance. 🇬🇧

[@mlgregory2002]

Memory eternal!

[@angelajung2194]

Engelsgleich!

[@Ekaterina_BezB]

Очень неожиданно.

[@ВладГлухов-л7р]

Ну почему же? Герцога Эдинбургского провожали этим же каноном

[@deev3282]

So beautiful & very moving. This is exceptionally fine choral singing by the Lay Clerks of St George's Chapel Windsor.

[@legocommanderfox55]

Sublime and hauntingly beautiful.

[@motzoh]

Memory Eternal. ☦

[@makloch]

Memory Eternal Madam!🙏

[@Hephzibah50]

Absolutely wonderful.

[@elizabethmayrose8521]

Beautifully sung. Very moving.

[@CatharinaMaria08]

What a beautiful and serene song.

[@griffithsbean2829]

Very fitting song for our queen rest in peace your majesty

[@dirkvaningelgem4389]

when you are in difficult time, listen to this!

[@orlandofurioso2034]

so moving and so beautifully performed....

[@conductorjohnmthtrains2239]

Brings me to tears, most beautiful ever!

[@Virgo1994-l8f]

Beautiful ❤🙏

[@natalienebesny2421]

Kyivan not russian

[@benlobanov9934]

@@natalienebesny2421 Have some respect and learn history, this is not the time.

[@suzannepountney7835]

Beautiful

[@declanthomas1996]

Rest in peace you’re majesty

[@gaggymott9159]

Simply beautiful. 😔❤

[@agnessngulube9206]

Absolutely beautiful ❤️ music

[@1997dree]

So beautiful ❤️

[@aruvielevenstar3944]

So beautiful 😢❤️🙏🏻

[@marcbahn5487]

Thank you for being one of the few who will include 'Russian' in the title. Nothing but disgust for all others.

[@ballaam1]

Magnificent

[@NurseInMichigan]

This haunting and beautiful song was used in the opening scene of the movie “Doctor Zhivago” (1965), when a young Yuri Zhivago watches his mother’s burial.

[@dc10fomin65]

You're too young to know this , tell me the truth, did you Google it, if so, I'm disappointed in you, but C'est la vie, I saw Dr. Zhivago back in 1965 in Chicago, and I remember that scene.

[@NurseInMichigan]

:) I too saw the movie in 1965 (in Detroit) as an impressionable teenaged girl. I loved it, and this chant drew me back to that moment in time. So nice to know that someone else was enchanted by it. ❤️

[@dc10fomin65]

@@NurseInMichigan I am so proud of you, good old Detroit , 2 mile rd, 7 mile rd, I am familiar because my folks were Russian Orthodox, and the church choir sang this at their funerals. Detroit is familiar to me I was AT&T project manager for G1 Wireless Telecom in Detroit beginning in 1992, many memories, may drives looking for places to install towers. I talk too much, don't drive too fast on Woodward Ave! Best regards to you.

[@dmcorrigan]

Also sung by the parish choir in The Deer Hunter film

[@Roheryn100]

Also in the Russian 1968 War and Peace, when Kutuzov kneels before the icon.

[@markmalbone1147]

Exquisite

[@503WE]

Essa é uma boa música

[@gpcrawford8353]

This chant was used in the film Dr Zhivago.

[@MrJhernandez2009]

bellisimo

[@georgeavraam1069]

This kontakion is common in all the orthodox churches .

[@OurSeaBee]

This is the 19th century version of the melody, tweaked to make it diatonic. The original has no sharpened 7th in the scale - the second note of the melody would be a natural note, not a sharpened one.

[@chrispalo5122]

The influence of the Jesuits in Russia and Ukraine thanks to tsars Peter the Great and Catherine II. And that's not a compliment.

[@131alexa]

Interesting

[@AbolishStakeout]

If I'm Harald V, I'd want Panis Angelicus played at my funeral.

[@jeffthomas2364]

This wasn’t sung for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, it was Prince Philip’s funeral.

[@michaelmontagu3979]

This is The Queen's funeral. Remember that there was only a congregation of 30, with 4 choir members in the nave. Prince Philip had his own standard on the coffin, not the Sovereign's.

[@mikeq7134]

They need deep Russian basses to sing that properly

[@Korivassilyou]

It is a Slavic Kondak, sung at Ukrainian panakhyda services as well. I have heard it so many times in my church. Tears well up. This is the most beautiful funeral chant. Remember that Kyiv is in Ukraine.

[@Paul-py2pg]

And according to Putin, we in the West have no respect for Russian cultural traditions.... Mind you, given that the melody originated in Ukraine, he would probably use it as a justification for his argument that because Ukraine and Russia were once one country, they should be so again. Perhaps someone had better inform him that France and Germany were once one country, but no one suggests they are today! Mr Putin, why can't you see that time has moved on?

[@orlandofurioso2034]

no need to politicise at least here. Moreover, this chant was created centuries before even the term 'Ukrainian' was coined.

[@leoiwaskiw4051]

@@orlandofurioso2034 This is a Kyivan chant. Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine. Enough now of Russia stealing Ukrainian history and culture.

[@orlandofurioso2034]

@@leoiwaskiw4051 there is nothing to steal as it is a formative part of the Russian culture. Ukrainian culture has its own distinctive autonomous character.

[@stlouisix1]

Hauntingly Beautiful!

[@ninakosowsky4099]

Beautiful

[@riverdonoghue9992]

Beautiful

[@jasonryan1942]

Beautiful