PSALMIST CHOIR, A CHOIR FORMED BY THE YOUTH OF ST MARY AND ST ABRAAM CHURCH IN BRIGHTON, ENGLAND; GLADLY PRESENT TO YOU OUR DEBUT ALBUM 'ARISE O CHILDREN' THE FOCUS OF THIS ALBUM IS TO PRESENT THE ANCIENT HYMNS OF THE MIDNIGHT PRAISES IN THE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH. OUR AIM IS TO REFLECT THESE HYMNS IN A WAY THAT CAN APPEAL SPIRITUALLY AND MUSICALLY TO ALL AGES. THESE HYMNS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED AND PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. THESE HYMNS WILL BRING SPIRITUAL GROWTH,
CONTEMPLATION AND JOY TO THE WORSHIPPER. DURING THE TASBEHA, THE INHABITANTS OF EARTH JOIN THE HEAVENLY HOSTS TO PRAISE OUR SAVIOUR. THE FIRST HYMN TENTHINO, WHICH IS
TRANSLATED TO ARISE O CHILDREN IS CHANTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MIDNIGHT PRAISES, WHICH CRIES UNTO THE LORD TO AWAKEN US FROM OUR SLUMBER TO PRAISE HIM BEFITTINGLY.

Let us give thanks - Maren Onh

Fraction - Resurrection H.H Pope Shenouda III | قسمة عيد القيامة والخمسين لقداسة البابا شنودة الثالث

The second track of our most recent production, "Anastasis", was released on April 15, 2019, on iTunes and YouTube Music. This is one of the Chorus' original compositions.

Lyrics:
Theotokos:
O Fruit of my womb! Why does this sword pierce my soul?
O Sun that never sets! How do You lie beneath the horizon?
O Radiance of the Father! How do You enter the land of darkness?
O Healing of the sick! How do You lie wounded and lifeless?

O Immortal Breath! How did the creation slay her Maker?
O Flower of Incorruption! How do You lie buried in the dust?
O Light of the Earth! How do You sleep on this Night of sorrow?
O Unfading Beauty! How can You fill all things and yet cease to be?

O Paradox and Mystery of mysteries!
The Eternal Word tasted death in the flesh.
O Beloved Son and Joy of my heart!
O Fountain of Grace and Treasure of Life!
Awake and rise and shine upon us.

Christ: 
Do not lament Me, O Mother, My Joy,
as you behold your beloved Son lying dead.
Do not weep over Me, O full of Grace,
the slain Lamb buried in the grave:
I have trampled upon death by My death.

You conceived Me, O Queen and Bride, in your virginal womb,
and likewise, I shall rise again from this sealed tomb.
I found Adam in the pit of death and raised him and his descendants.
I restore the lost sheep and make them new and I give Life unto the world.

The powers of darkness and the realm of death could not lay hold of My soul.
I have led Hades captive and liberated all those chained there.
I unlocked the gates of heaven to place My children in the Light,
and upon those lying in the tombs, I bestow the gift of eternal life.

I offer the hungry the fatted calf of My flesh.
I heal the sick with the medicine of My blood.
I clothe the hopeless with the robe of dazzling light.
I grant the broken-hearted the ring of eternity.

Anastasis

Fruit of My Womb (the Virgin's Elegy) - (مرثية العذراء) يا ثمر بطني

Anba Raphael Great Lent Fraction

Golgotha (Coptic, Arabic, English)

Mlm. Bola Mounir- Lamentations of Jeremiah (Arabic) 2024

How Could I Forget

In this album are recordings of the hymns and taraneem sung at the Summer Festival in April 2025, by the Golden Mouth Youth Choir from St Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church in Melbourne Australia. 

Track 4 Lyrics - The Lord is near

CHORUS - ENGLISH

The Lord is near to those who call on Him
He is not far as we have made Him
He's not a stranger... to all our sufferings

He said "come now, hurry, all you weary"
To give them rest from burdens too heavy
To wipe a tear from all hearts in misery

VERSE 1 - ENGLISH

Sojourner and no place to stay...
Abandoned, doubted and friends betrayed-
Yet He arose to grant the way to eternity

A friend to the tax collectors...
A comfort for the adulterers-
An advocate for the sinners of whom I am chief

CHORUS - ARABIC

A Rabo Qareebon le man
yad3oo
Laysa ba3eedan kama
za3amoo
Laysa ghareeban...3an kol ma
qasoo

Fa Howa lathy... da3a
gamee3al mot3abeen
le yoree7ahom.. men 7emlen
thaqeel
le yamsa7a dam3atan- 3an kol
qalben 7azeen

VERSE 2 - ARABIC

(Awalam ya3eesha hareban
Ama ta'allama mogarraban
Awalam yakooma waheban
Lanal hayaa)

(Kana mohebban le 3ash
shareen
Mosanedan l'esayyadeen
We Sateran lekhataiy'een
Methli ana)

CHORUS - ENGLISH

The Lord is near to those who call on Him
He is not far as we have made Him
He's not a stranger... to all our sufferings

He said "come now, hurry, all you weary"
To give them rest from burdens too heavy
To wipe a tear from all hearts in misery

Mlm. Bola Mounir- Lamentations of Jeremiah (Arabic) 2024

David William

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