The Pontifical Byzantine Divine Liturgy, 1958

[@magiccitymelkite6161]

This is at my parish! St George Melkite Greek-Catholic Church in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A!

[@pancratius602]

Marking the musical moments for myself because I always come back to listen to it. I just love the harmonies. One thing I find interesting is that they say the Our Father in recto tone even though there exists a harmonized version that was picked up probably for our Slavic brethren. You can hear it at Holy Transfiguration in McLean VA or from St. George Melkite’s CD of Melkite music if not online. 17:00 Trisagion 19:59 Litany of Supplication (?) 24:10 Cherubic hymn 27:49 “(we welcome) the King of (all)…” 28:52 Litany of completion 37:37 “Sanctus” 42:58 Heirmos 48:40 Our Father 51:58 Koinonikon for Sundays and Feasts

[@marybernadettefitz]

Timeless! 62 years ago! 🎶🌟✨thank you for sharing!

[@fire5736]

This is beautiful, thank you.

[@TyroneBeiron]

If only they had recorded it on film to go along with the audio!

[@josephesquivel4066]

This is Gold!

[@byzantineroman2407]

This recording is very intense... The same power as the very popular recording of The Orthodox Choir of Mount Lebanon of the Divine Liturgy in English.

[@brendan.varnas]

Beautiful! Thank you.

[@kyrieeleison1243]

The good bishop couldn't sing. It's strange to hear him reciting the prayers which are always sung in the Byzantine rite

[@pablononescobar]

So was this when Bishop Sheen celebrated according to the Byzantine rite, or is Father Raya celebrating , and Bishop Sheen just did the intro?

[@maximgrigorev315]

If I am not mistaken, all the deacon parts were said by Father Raya, all the substantial exclamation -- by Bishop Sheen. For he was indeed a biritualist

[@DavidOrtiz-fd2lb]

@@maximgrigorev315 what’s a biritualist

[@thisisgin16]

@@DavidOrtiz-fd2lb i guess a man that could celebrate two rites, in his case, Byzantine and Latin rites