The Great Doxology from the Utreniye

[@druiddruid9036]

это Божественно,душа от такого пения крылата стаёт,

[@007TruthSeeker]

Stunningly beautiful, both the singing and the slides of the houses of worship. Thank you!

[@Lionheart5294]

A wonderful video! I have long loved to listen to the Russian chants of the holy Church. I am especially fond of Rachmaninov's Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.

[@wisewoman1771]

Nothing compares to orthodox chants. They are absolutely divine and the voices like those of angels.

[@herm752]

It is impossible to find words to describe this great work. The solo part, starting almost hall-way through is breathtaking. I don't speak Russian, but the appeal to get closer to God is felt in your soul, brought forth by the soloist's longing supplication starting at 8:18. Your heart feels such peace and serenity. Thank you for posting one of the most beautiful works of Orthodox music I have heard.

[@Lionheart5294]

Beautiful! The music and the pictures are truly inspirational! Thank-you for posting!

[@DNActive]

Слава в вышних Богу, и на земли мир, в человецех благоволение. Хвалим Тя, благословим Тя, кланяемтися, славословим Тя, благодарим Тя великия ради славы Твоея.

[@guerraroberto2]

One of the most beautiful videos!!!... amazing photos, too. Thanks for sharing this to everybody. I am catholic, so i can appreciate orthodox russian chants... and so typical churches. Greetings from my Peru

[@007TruthSeeker]

My! That is an exceptionally lovely place of worship!

[@donfrias]

GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS ORTHODOXY ... AMEN

[@melc5]

extremely beautiful.Unfindable on the net.but here it is...Thank you.Vostorgina ! Never do your posts away

[@Vostorgina01]

This particular piece is available on the Blagovest website, which is only in Russian. r. b. Vostorgina

[@paulostroff99]

Lovely music,singing and photos. Bravo! TY.

[@Kerguelen1]

So beautiful. Instant favorite!

[@Oakeshott020]

Beautiful and very moving.

[@Ferdinand300]

Danke, das Teil ab 3:02 habe ich lange gesucht. Ich habe es zu meinen Favoriten getan. Nur die Tonhöhe erschien mir etwas hoch, das habe ich tiefer in erinnerung. Trotzdem schön gesungen......

[@kensingtonpalace]

most excellent!

[@ockerville]

Душа переворачивается.

[@danilovsky22]

...god bless oll orthodox peoples!!

[@danilovsky22]

excellente!

[@hetismij21]

This is so wonderful

[@melc5]

absolutely

[@NihilNominis]

Glory to God!

[@jcsieben]

きれ Beautiful voices.

[@maestromaric]

fantastic, video...

[@ortodox56]

Exceptional !

[@Marlowann]

This is the sort of music which causes listeners to attend with trembling and reverent fear, attentive to the glory of God. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

[@Demigood123]

The beauty of 4:53-5:43 is crushing my soul so hard..

[@padreq12]

Is there a CD of this out there anywhere? I would love to get one.

[@acerb4566]

0:46.....Scandinavian influenced log architecture! logs are great, you can build anything with them! cheaper than modern materials.

[@Vostorgina01]

It is, indeed, the Spas na Krovi (Church of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood) in Petersburg, built on the spot of Tsar Aleksandr Nikolaevich's assassination. There are two others. One is in Yekaterinburg at the site of the murder of the Royal Martyrs and the other is in Uglich at the site of the murder of the Tsarevich Dmitri by Tsar Ivan Grozny. r. b. Vostorgina

[@acerb4566]

1:39...that church is gorgeous!!! whats its name?? is it in St.Petersberg?

[@larisaalbrecht888]

Amen!

[@leopardkittyrorrw]

sliczna

[@hetismij21]

As Roman Catholic I can only admire the Russian Orthodox wonderful traditions, and vocal sounds. So devine, truly Holy Russia. I hope our friendship will deepen and that the pope will sacrifice a lot more to establish that deep friendship.

[@goll888]

Which church is that at 3:23 ?

[@Vostorgina01]

Of this particular group... no, I am afraid not. I downloaded the music from a Russian site. However... ("Odnako", as Chuckcha would say... ) if you google "Hilarion Alfeyev", and go to the bishop's website, there are downloadable mp3s of his liturgical music. That may held you. Bog blagoslovit! r. b. Vostorgina

[@UnknownFromHeaven]

i answered you but i saw that it didn;t appear so i will say it again, i was reffering at the musical sound..psaltical and oriental brings more with Christ then corals, i wasn;t reffering to the dark history ,i know that russians saved orthodoxy but i don't like that they turned it to something else..the essence of music lies within syrians and greek orthodox, (even that their leaders did what they did) Many are called ,few are choosed..right? God bless you!

[@Vostorgina01]

I just logged on to the site... it seems to have gone away into the ether... that is, it is gone, apparently for good. Sorry, I did try! r. b. Vostorgina

[@koviljkakuljanin854]

NEMA POJANJA BEZ RUSA. PREDIVNO.

[@Vostorgina01]

hmm... the Russian chant has always been different, and harmonisation existed before the Westernisation in the Petrine period. For instance, the Znamenny in the old "square" notation is rather distinct from the New Roman usage (let's not use "Byzantine", that's a Western papist anachronism). That is, the distinctiveness was there from the first. Perhaps, that is because we Russians are the most "northern" and "western" of the Orthodox peoples. Nicht wahr?

[@Vostorgina01]

au contraire... we Russians stood tall against the papists in 1612 and 1242 (do remember that they starved Patriarch St Germogen to death!)! The Greeks sold out at Ferrara-Firenze and some of the Syrians sold out to the Uniates for money (although it must be said that the ordinary people did not concur, thankfully). Checkmate... next move?

[@WedgeBob]

Certainly better than Prostopinije (Carpathian Plainchant).

[@theskeptictank]

Good Carpathian chant is there.. Just gotta find it. I thought the video posted by byzcath.org was good

[@UnknownFromHeaven]

greek byzantine and syrian are better,are more oriental and psaltical russians use chorals..just like catholics