Best of Great Lent 2011

"Awed by the Beauty". Tone 3. Chanted at the end of Small Compline with the Akathist Hymn. Recorded live at St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church in Omaha, NE on 3/11/2011. Chanted by Protopsaltis Reader Moses Fillmore & Holly Anna Walsh.

Awed by the Beauty, Third Tone Avtomelon

Chanted during Great Compline, after the 6th Ode of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete, at St. Mary Orthodox Church on Clean Tuesday, 03/08/2011. Chanted by Protopsaltis Reader Moses Fillmore, with Chris John Palo & Brian Iakovos Linnell providing ison. Plagal of Second Tone (or Tone 6, if you will.)

I'm digging through the other recordings of the week to see if I can find a suitable "O Lord of Hosts" and/or "God is with Us" to post here. Stay tuned...

Kontakion of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Recorded live at St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church in Omaha, NE, during the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts on 03/30/2011. V. Rev. Fr. Don Hock chants the stichoi, and the refrain is chanted by Protopsaltis Reader Moses Fillmore, Chris John Palo, and Holly Anna Walsh. Brian Iakovos Linnell provides ison.

Let My Prayer Arise, Plagal of First Tone

Behold the Bridegroom, Plagal of Fourth Tone

I Behold Thy Bridal Chamber, Third Tone

The Lamentations (abbreviated, but nonetheless expanded from standard Antiochian parish practice). The first stasis & second stasis are in Plagal of First Tone, and the third stasis is in Thrid Tone. V. Rev. Fr. Don Hock, Protopsaltis Reader Moses Fillmore, Chris John Palo, Holly Anna Walsh, Mark David, & the congregation of St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church chant the melody while Brian Iakovos Linnell provides the ison.

Lamentations, Plagal of First Tone & Third Tone

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