https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJhZkX1Z5H0

Lyrics:

Σταυρόν χαράξας Μωσῆς, ἐπ᾿ εὐθείας ῥάβδῳ, τήν ᾿Ερυθράν διέτεμε, τῷ ᾿Ισραήλ πεζεύσαντι· τήν δέ ἐπιστρεπτικῶς, Φαραώ τοῖς ἅρμασι, κροτήσας ἥνωσεν· ἐπ᾿ εὔρους διαγράψας, τό ἀήττητον ὅπλον· διό Χριστῷ ᾄσωμεν, τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν· ὅτι δεδόξασται.

Ράβδος εἰς τύπον τοῦ Μυστηρίου παραλαμβάνεται· τῷ βλαστῷ γάρ προκρίνει τόν ἱερέα· τῇ στειρευούση δέ πρῴην, ᾿Εκκλησίᾳ νῦν, ἐξήνθησε, ξύλον Σταυροῦ, εἰς κράτος καί στερέωμα.

Εἰσακήκοα Κύριε, τῆς οἰκονομίας σου τό μυστήριον, κατενόησα τά ἒργα Σου, και ἐδόξασά Σου τήν Θεότητα.

῎Ω τρισμακάριστον Ξύλον! ἐν ᾧ ἐτάθη Χριστός, ὁ Βασιλεύς καί Κύριος· δι᾿ οὗ πέπτωκεν ὁ ξύλῳ ἀπατήσας, τῷ ἐν σοί δελεασθείς, Θεῷ τῷ προσπαγέντι σαρκί, τῷ παρέχοντι, τήν εἰρήνην ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν.

Νοτίου θηρός ἐν σπλάχνοις, παλάμας ᾿Ιωνᾶς, σταυροειδῶς διεκπετάσας, τό σωτήριον πάθος προδιετύπου σαφῶς· ὅθεν τριήμερος ἐκδύς, τήν ὑπερκόσμιον ᾿Ανάστασιν ὑπεζωγράφησε, τοῦ σαρκί προσπαγέντος Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καί τριημέρῳ ἐγέρσει, τόν κόσμον φωτίσαντος.

Ἒκνοον πρόσταγμα τυράννου δυσσεβοῦς, λαούς ἐκλόνησε, πνέον ἀπειλῆς καί δυσφημίας θεοστυγοῦς· ὅμως τρεῖς Παῖδας οὐκ ἐδειμάτωσε θυμός θηριώδης, οὐ πῦρ βρόμιον· ἀλλ᾿ ἀντηχοῦντι δροσοβόλῳ πνεύματι, πυρί συνόντες ἒψαλλον· Ὁ ὑπερύμνητος, τῶν Πατέρων καί ἡμῶν, Θεός εὐλογητός εἶ.

Εὐλογεῖτε Παῖδες, τῆς Τριάδος ἰσάριθμοι, δημιουργόν Πατέρα Θεόν. ὑμνεῖτε τόν συγκαταβάντα Λόγον, και τό πῦρ εἰς δρόσον μεταποιήσαντα. Και ὑπερυψοῦτε τό πᾶσι ζωήν παρέχον, Πνεῦμα πανάγιον εἰς τούς αἰῶνας.

https://youtu.be/zwd3hYP-vRw?feature=shared

Hello, for a concert-conference on composeress with friends we sing a kassiani's hymn : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yML68G4U8dI

we didn't found score, so a friend transcribed it from ears and i'm searching the text (translated in english in the video but i want the original, the one they singing)

If you have any resources, or in you can transcribe the text from the video, tell me !

thank you very very much

edit : I found it ! there : https://www.doaks.org/research/byzantine/podcast/episode-7-hymns-by-kassiani

Ὡς ὡράθης, Χριστέ,
ἐκ γυναικὸς σεσαρκωμένος
κατεπλήττετο τὴν σὴν
συγκατάβασιν ἡ σε τεκοῦσα
καὶ δακρύουσα, σῶτερ, ἔλεγε·
Πῶς σε βρέφος φέρω τὸν ἄχρονον
γάλακτι δέ σε; Πῶς τρέφω τόν τρέφοvτα
πᾶσαν κτίσιν θεϊκῇ σου τῇ δυναστείᾳ;
Ὁ διὰ σπλάγχνα οἰκτιρμῶν
σάρκα πεpιβαλλόμενος
καὶ τὸ πρόσλημμα θεώσας
τῶν βροτῶv, Κύριε, δόξα σοι.

translation :

When you appeared, Christ,
made flesh from a woman,
she who bore you,
astounded by your condescension,
tearfully said, Savior;
“How can I bear you as infant who are eternal?
How can I nourish with milk you who nourish
the whole of creation with your divine power?”
Lord, who through the deepest compassion put on flesh
and deified the garment
of mortals, glory to you.

As stated and I'm getting some help as frequently as possible between services.

I want to continue working on my free time and need helpful resource to that end. Free will be given first priority. Please share what you can. God bless.

Hello everyone. I’m researching on The Angel Cried, the origin and context of the chant and the relation of it with Balakirev and Valaam Monastery. Do you know any sources about it? Many thanks, any help would be appreciated.

edit : 9th century not 7th

Hello ! I'm currently doing research on Saint Kassiani of Constantinople, a 9th century Byzantine-Greek composeress, hymnographer, and poetess (Also known as Kassia, Cassia, Kassiana, Kassiane, Ikasia or Eikasia, she was an orthodox abbess). I want to play her vocal compositions but i can't find any scores. Do any of you have some scores to send me ?

Thanks !

her music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioWWIiG_sHc

https://youtu.be/G1U0Dgz2LQ8?si=I-i93YVnzUVUHOhC

https://fxtwitter.com/Protestia/status/1795084726375502173

Hello brethen in Christ,

I am working on (an amateur level) on translations of Orthodox sermons. I am trying to translate the Apolytikion of Saint Dimitrianos, a Cypriot Saint, who is not widely known, that's why his Apolytikion isn't translated in English. So what I did is tried to find Greek expressions of the Apolytikion found in other Apolytikia of more widely known Saints (which are already translated in English) and copy-paste them. I am about 50% done. I am posting the Apolytikion in Greek and then the phrases I've found in English, the rest is in [...]. If anyone can help fill the [...], it would be really appreciated.

Blessed week ahead.

Της Κυθρέας το κλέος και Κυπρίων αγλάϊ­σμα, Αρχιερέων υπήρχεςκανών και εδραίωμα, Δημητριανέ, πατήρ ημών, ταις ευχαίς σου ημάς στήριξον, ειρήνην τη πολιτεία σου δώρησαι, και ταις ψυχαίς ημών το μέγα έλεος.

"[...] , Dimitrianos, our father, [...] grant peace to Your commonwealth, and great mercy to our souls."

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https://youtu.be/asy59OdK4Z4?si=vOrLu17rIyHkEdJG