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Milan Stanimirovic
Приєднався 5 чер 2012
Paschal Canon by St John Damascene
Paschal Canon of St John Damascene
Hymnography is the best expression of the Orthodox Christian faith and tradition. Central to this hymnographic expression is the Canon.
The Paschal (Easter) Canon of St John Damascene is referred to as the ‘Golden Canon’ or the ‘Queen of the Canons’ due to its immense poetical beauty and theological articulation. Every year the Orthodox Christians hear the canon and are called to participate in Christ’s Resurrection. However, what is a Canon?
The development and evolution of the Canon is central to the Orthodox liturgical development. St Andrew of Crete introduced it into Greek tradition and St John Damascene further developed it. A Canon is a poetic composition that consists theoretically of nine Odes, based in inspiration on the nine chief Odes, Canticles - eight of the Old Testament and one of the New Testament themes (the last Ode is taken from the Magnificat and Song of Zechariah from the New Testament) - each Ode consisting of a model brief hymn at the beginning called the Hirmos (Εἱρμός - ‘link’), followed by two or more Troparia that are like the Hirmos in structure and are chanted in the same fashion. Each Ode corresponds and alludes to the Old Testament Canticle theme, nonetheless, the second Ode is omitted in the Paschal Canon (in fact, it is only used during Great Lent) due to its gloomy character. What is emphasised throughout the Canon is the central theme of the glorious and salvific Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The hymnographer uses beautiful imagery and other poetical features in order to convey the salvific character of the Resurrection and to inspire the faithful to be partakers of Christs’ Resurrection.
The above video puts the poetical words into harmony and melody though Byzantine chant. It is chanted by the nuns of Žiča Monastery in Serbia in Church Slavonic following the Byzantine style of chanting.
For further information regarding the Paschal Canon refer to:
Vaporis, Nomikos Michael, ed. Three Byzantine Sacred Poets. Brookline, MA: Hellenic College Press, 1979.
Louth, Andrew. ‘St John Damascene: Preacher and Poet’. In Preacher and His Audience: Studies in Early Christian and Byzantine Homiletics. Edited by Mary B. Cunningham and Pauline Allen. Leiden, NL: Brill, 1998.
Online Sources:
www.patirstavros.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:kanonanastaseos&catid=125&Itemid=585
www.anastasis.org.uk/Paschal%20Canon%20Noted.pdf
Hymnography is the best expression of the Orthodox Christian faith and tradition. Central to this hymnographic expression is the Canon.
The Paschal (Easter) Canon of St John Damascene is referred to as the ‘Golden Canon’ or the ‘Queen of the Canons’ due to its immense poetical beauty and theological articulation. Every year the Orthodox Christians hear the canon and are called to participate in Christ’s Resurrection. However, what is a Canon?
The development and evolution of the Canon is central to the Orthodox liturgical development. St Andrew of Crete introduced it into Greek tradition and St John Damascene further developed it. A Canon is a poetic composition that consists theoretically of nine Odes, based in inspiration on the nine chief Odes, Canticles - eight of the Old Testament and one of the New Testament themes (the last Ode is taken from the Magnificat and Song of Zechariah from the New Testament) - each Ode consisting of a model brief hymn at the beginning called the Hirmos (Εἱρμός - ‘link’), followed by two or more Troparia that are like the Hirmos in structure and are chanted in the same fashion. Each Ode corresponds and alludes to the Old Testament Canticle theme, nonetheless, the second Ode is omitted in the Paschal Canon (in fact, it is only used during Great Lent) due to its gloomy character. What is emphasised throughout the Canon is the central theme of the glorious and salvific Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The hymnographer uses beautiful imagery and other poetical features in order to convey the salvific character of the Resurrection and to inspire the faithful to be partakers of Christs’ Resurrection.
The above video puts the poetical words into harmony and melody though Byzantine chant. It is chanted by the nuns of Žiča Monastery in Serbia in Church Slavonic following the Byzantine style of chanting.
For further information regarding the Paschal Canon refer to:
Vaporis, Nomikos Michael, ed. Three Byzantine Sacred Poets. Brookline, MA: Hellenic College Press, 1979.
Louth, Andrew. ‘St John Damascene: Preacher and Poet’. In Preacher and His Audience: Studies in Early Christian and Byzantine Homiletics. Edited by Mary B. Cunningham and Pauline Allen. Leiden, NL: Brill, 1998.
Online Sources:
www.patirstavros.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:kanonanastaseos&catid=125&Itemid=585
www.anastasis.org.uk/Paschal%20Canon%20Noted.pdf
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HVALA TI BOZE MOJ POMILUJ IZBAVI NAS 😅
Mshiho kayem = Christ is Risen , in arameic my language. God bless my brother and sisters in Christ our Lord ☦️
The Christ is risen, dear brothers and sisters!🕊
❤Saint John Damaskus
The prayer, the music and most of all music and even more the series of icons and pictures all made my Easter pre-dawn today. Thank you
Where can I get the original track of this?
Аз съм богослов
Heel mooi deze paasviering. Is de zang Russisch. Groeten van Truda en Pieter
🇷🇸🇬🇷☦️
Amen! "So let all creation celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, whereby it is established!"
Christos Anesti 2021 ☦️💟
Very beautiful! and so many beautiful icons!
what a beautiful hymn..thanks St.John Damascus..glory to JESUS our GOD our Saviour amen
Awesome, that is, I am filled with awe.
Pascha means happiness or joy. Correct me if I am wrong. But if you track it back to Aramaic that's what it should mean. Love to all Serbs 🇷🇸.
Might be in some really old days. I would say throughout the last couple of millennia the word "Pascha" means deliverance, transition (from Egypt to Canaan, in Old Covenant; from death to life, in New Covenant).
This kind of music shows what religion can be as well. Most of the Christian people I know go to more modern protestant churches, and there they sing a kind of American-style praise and worship songs (it's called Opwekking in Dutch, I would strongly advise against looking that up). For a while I was really uncomfortable with going to school, just because we constantly had to sing those songs for 90 minutes every day! For me religion is about the spiritual experience, discovering more about yourself and how you can inspire yourself and perhaps others as well. But NEVER in a way that excludes people just because they don't agree with you for the full 100% percent. I mentioned that last thing because some of the Christians in my hometown really tend to do this.
I am afraid that in Christianity the only way to the Father is through the Son , whoever reject the son reject the Father....but as Christian we try to warn people not with word alone but also with deed
Hmmm hey, it's nice that you're in the search for the truth but keep digging. Also, any form of worship is valid and pleasing to God as long as it is in Spirit and truth, no need to put down anyone because all styles come from different contexts and backgrounds... God bless you.
I am very glad that you are not put off by the spiritual side of things. But I must tell you that for Christians nothing we do is for the sake of being spiritual. Instead our aim is always to seek to be more like Christ, to obey him and worship him. Due to his nature and the nature of what he calls us to, we must accept the spiritual things and involve them in our lives. And personal understanding and growth is essential to learning to serve our God. Happy new year by the way!
ХРИСТОС ВОСКРЕСЕ!
I found this chant because of fr. Jeremiah, the blind monk.
Yes I have seen his glorious videos here on UA-cam ☦️💟
... I would like to invite You to watch my pilgrimage video DESTINATION JERUSALEM here on UA-cam. Thanx for posting Your video ... ua-cam.com/video/DKjRvdr6v0g/v-deo.html
2016 I made a pilgrimage tour from Munich to Jerusalem: 4500 km, 5 month on foot! When hiking through Serbia I visited many sacred places and monasterys. Nektarija, the friendly nun at ZICA invited me for breakfast or lunch after holy liturgy and presented me a CD with all the canons as a gift. Luckily I could manage to copy this CD on my mobile phone. I listened especially this canon some hundred times during my further walk to Jerusalem. There are no words to describe
can you send it to me
Christ is risen
Merci, c'est juste d'une beauté incroyable ! Alléluia, Christ est ressuscité des morts, par sa mort Il a vaincu la mort, à ceux qui sont dans les tombeaux Il a donné la Vie !
Very beautiful. Thank You for uploading the photo at 7:05 Saint John the Baptist- Bigorski Monastery- Macedonia.
Prelepe freske, predivna muzika. Mnogo vam hvala. :)
It's beautiful, Milan! Well done! Thank you for sharing.
This video is beautiful. Glory to God in the highest.
cheers mate :)
Thank you - I was transported 🙏🏽❤️
+Sofia Margelis :D