Because it's music made by humans for humans to evoke a certain feeling. It's the same way skilled composers can elevate the emotion of an action scene in a movie by composing the right kind of complementary music. All music makes you feel emotions-it's a function of how we experience the world.
When I see this people I think that although I call myself a Christian they might be farther than I am on the path to sanctification. Something about simple life vs the wealth and business of our western world.
Both Gregorian and modern-day Orthodox chants have developed from old Christian chants, back before the split in the 1054. For example how it would sound I would suggest "Terra Tremuit" ("The Earth Trembled") performed by Offertorium.
Very interesting! Do you live in India, currently? Not many traditional Christians (Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox) reside in India today, I would imagine? How large is the Christian community/communities in your area, today?
Sending love from Algeria! I'm currently looking into Orthodoxy and planning on becoming a catechumen at some point in the future (We don't have an orthodox church in Algeria so it's quite difficult but I'll get there with God's Grace
@@CaptiveReefSystems India (Kerala in particular) has tens of millions of Christians and one of the most vibrant Christian communities in the world (though in North India there is persecution)
@@local.albanian.6967 weird question but I don't see how spreading Orthodoxy is any bad whenever it is spread, as long as it keeps true to what it is. Weren't Albanians at first not Muslims anyways?
@@lecommentar9851 Albanian had an ancient Christian Tradition, Romans 15:19 !!! Apostle Paul brought the Christian faith to Illyria !!! The Albanian King Gjergj Gjon Pal Kastrioti Skenderbe was Christian too !!! And still there are sooo many Albanian Christians!!! Roman Katholiks, Albanian orthodox, also greko Katholiks and more Christians...!!! Maybe you know also the Mother Theresa,Saint Teresa of Calcutta. she is Born as Albanian native, as Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu !!! it would be nice, despite all the political deficits, to show Christian respect to your Albanian neighbors !!! 🇦🇱☀️🍀 Love from Albania
@@albanianHighlander illyria was the slavs and I can proove that with a book that was hidden in German book burnings . German - Illyrian dictionary from 1840 (it is slavic )
The separation of the Latin Church and the Greek church was solely because of cultural differences. We can adore Greek chants as well as Latin chants. No need on the same denomination as them since the separation was cultural and linguistic differences. To be honest, Roman Catholic and Greek Eastern Orthodoxy aren't that different with each other. I can go to an Orthodox Church as a Catholic without converting to their denomination because of our similarities.
As a Mauritian orthodox Christian,we love your christian culture,your heritage are basis of our faith orthodox Christian,thank you for your heritage.Amen
@@Hoe-numan5 The ancient Greeks believed in and worshipped the gods of Mount Olympus where they thought Zeus ( chief of the gods ) and the others lived. Greece was one of the earliest places where Christianity ( belief in and worship of Jesus Christ ) spread after it started in Israel during the time of the Roman Empire. St. Paul preached all over Greece and is credited with converting the Greeks from the 'old' religion to the 'new' one, causing the people there to accept Jesus as the true God and abandoning Zeus and the Olympian gods as false. So, Greece has been Christian for 2000 years.
@@timfronimos459 I wish you'll be able to make this trip to Greece ,the land of your anchestors , I suppose .There are 227 inhabited islands in Greece, each one of a unique beauty !
@@sirsim33 I agree completely. As an American of Irish and Greek ancestry I was raised to value both cultures but I don't have to buy into the stereotypes that others project upon us. As a child back in the 1960s, some of the older Greeks just like my mother because she was Katholicos and xenos. At the same time some of the Irish relatives didn't like us because we were dark haired almost, dare I say it in today's world, non-whites and also foreign. My parents were married 60 last years and had eight children. If you believe something regarding religion then you live it if you don't believe it then don't talk about it. You don't need a pope or a patriarch to tell you who you are.
This is one of my favourite Orthodox hymns. Here's the English lyrics: O Virgin pure, immaculate, O Lady Theotokos, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! O fleece bedewed with every grace, O Virgin Queen and Mother, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! More radiant than the rays of sun, and higher than the heavens, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! O joy of virgin es, superior to angels, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! O brighter than the firmament, and purer than the sun's light, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! More holy than the multitude of all the heavenly armies, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! O Ever-Virgin Mary, of all the world the Lady, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! O Bride all-pure, immaculate, O Lady Panagia, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! O Mary Bride and Queen of all, the cause of our rejoicing, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! O noble maiden, gracious Queen, supremely holy Mother, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! More honored than the Cherubim, beyond compare more glorious, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! Than the unbodied Seraphim, transcending the angelic Thrones, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! Rejoice, the song of Cherubim, rejoice, the hymn of Angels, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! Rejoice, the ode of Seraphim, the joy of the Archangels, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! Rejoice, O peace and happiness, and haven of salvation, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! O sacred chamber of the Word, the flower of incorruption, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! Rejoice, delightful paradise of blessed life eternal, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! Rejoice, O sacred Queen of life, and fount of immortality, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! I supplicate you, Lady, now, I fervently entreat you, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! O Queen of all, I earnestly implore and seek your favor, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! O gracious maiden, spotless one, O Lady Panagia, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! I call upon you ardently, O holy, hallowed temple, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! O help me and deliver me, protect me from the enemy, O rejoice, Bride unwedded! And make me an inheritor of blessed life eternal. O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
Your username and comment, they way the letters look remind me of the Glagolitic Alphabet, which was created for and used by the Slavs (as a gift by the Byzantines), later the students of st Cyril and Methodius created the modern, Cyrillic alphabet in Bulgaria, which my name is written with and is used from the Balkans all the way to Mongolia.
Maybe you are agnostic because you grew up in Protestant or atheist society , the real meaning of Christianity is in Orthodoxy and its magnificent Byzantine tradition.
That is the Holy Spirit convicting you. Jesus is calling you. It’s written in the Bible many examples of people crying when the Holy Spirit touches them. There is no other reason for you to feel this way over a song
first of all greeting from Greece!! this is a religious chant for the mother of jesus the holy Mary! its in greek language and this chant can still be heard at churches ! here is an english translation to that hymn O Virgin pure O Virgin pure, immaculate, O Lady Theotokos. (Refrain) O fleece bedewed with every grace. O Virgin Queen and Mother.(Refrain) More radiant that the rays of the sun, and higher than the heavens. (Refrain) O joy of virgin choruses, superior to the angels. (Refrain) O brighter than the firmament and purer that the sun's light. (Refrain) More holy than the multitude of all the heavenly armies. (Refrain)
O ever virgin Mary of all the world, the Lady.(Refrain) O Bride all pure immaculate, O Lady Panagia. (Refrain) O Mary Bride and Queen of all, the cause of our rejoicing. (Refrain) O noble Maiden, gracious Queen, supremely holy Mother. (Refrain) More honored than the Cherubim, beyond compare more glorious(Refrain) Than the unbodied Seraphim, transcending the angelic Thrones. (Refrain)
Rejoice, the song of Cherubim rejoice, the hymn of angels Rejoice the ode of Seraphim; the joy of the archangels. Rejoice, O peace and happiness and cause of our rejoicing. O sacred chamber of the Word, the flower of incorruption. Rejoice, delightful Paradise of blessed life eternal. Rejoice O sacred Tree of life and fount of immortality.
I supplicate you, Lady now, I fervently entreat you. O Queen of all, I earnestly implore and seek your favor. O gracious Maiden, spotless one, O Lady Panagia. I call upon you ardently , O holy hallowed Temple. O help me and deliver me protect me rom the enemy. And make me an inheritor of blessed life eternal.
I came to the comments looking for this. I was raised as a Greek Orthodox Christian and took Greek lessons as a child, it didn’t stick well but I’ve still kept the faith. Thank you for this!
Imagine if someone translated Agni Parthene into their language and explained to them who our Holy Theotokos is, how she became pregnant through the Holy Spirit and the mystery of how she carried on her womb the creator of the universe. It would be great, even, if someone told them the story of St. Nektarios of Aegina, the man who composed this beloved hymn.
@@DaviRenania the difference is christians don't consider Jesus Christ a prophet, we consider Him the second hypostasis of God, begotten not made who has existed since before time and space.
@@DaviRenania Not only a prophet.. a maulana once explained to me that Jesus according to the Quran is the Word of God and Spirit of God. But not a biological Son of God or the third God. It is written in Quran 4:171.
I don’t know whether these men are Muslim or Hindu. Muslims honor Jesus as a prophet, and Hindus accept believers in all faiths; some believe Jesus to be a later incarnation of Vishnu, as Krishna is in their faith.
THis is part of my heritage, and I am sitting here in equal awe. The Psaltis (person singing) is really good. It is a peaceful hymn praising God and the eternal joy. It is written in Byzantine Greek. Reminds me of going to church as a child, but never heard a hymn this beautifully sung.
At my parish we sing this song often when the Priest brings out the Holy Eucharist. It's such a beautiful song I find it beautiful when even a humble little choir like ours sings it.
Yes! Me too! This is Agni Parthene 💟☦️ Translation: Oh ever virgin Mary, Oh mistress of creation, Rejoice oh unwedded bride Oh bride all pure and spotless, Oh lady all holy, Rejoice oh unwedded bride Oh holy Mary, bride and queen Oh cause of our rejoicing Rejoice oh unwedded bride Oh maid and queen most honourable Oh mother most holy Rejoice oh unwedded bride More precious than the cherubim More glorious than the seraphim Rejoice oh unwedded bride Surpassing principalities, dominions, thrones, and powers Rejoice oh unwedded bride Rejoice all of the cherubim Rejoice hymn of the angels Rejoice all of the seraphim And joy of the archangels Rejoice oh peace Rejoice oh joy Handmaiden of salvation Oh bride oh chamber of the word Unfading fragrant blossom Rejoice delight of paradise Rejoice life everlasting Rejoice oh holy tree of life And fount of immortality I supplicate thee lady I humbly call upon thee Oh queen of all, I beg thee To grant me thy favour Most spotless and most honoured maid Oh lady all holy I call upon thee fervently Thou temple most holy Oh thou my help deliver me From harm and all adversity And by thy prayers show me to be An heir of immortality 💟☦️💟☦️
@@romeisburning6739 you’re not exactly supposed to do that. It’s a paraliturgical hymn which means that it’s not meant to be chanted within the service, it would be more appropriate during the antidoron. There is already a type of hymn called koinonikon or communion hymn for the time of communion.
I come here for a regular and much-needed dose of faith in humankind, which these wonderful guys always give me, and that goes far from appearances and material things, but I couldn't fail to notice how beautiful and even chic Sarru's clothes are today. 😍More than one famous Western fashion stylist could draw inspiration from them.
Είμαι Έλληνας και νιώθω συγκίνηση για τον θαυμασμό σας σε αυτόν τον θεϊκό ύμνο! Ο θεός να σας έχει καλά!! I am Greek and I feel emotion for your admiration in this divine hymn! God bless you !!
I'm a devout Catholic women whom loves Gregorian Chants but, listening to this Greek Byzantine Orthodox Chant is stunningly BEAUTIFUL.. Thank you for sharing your experience with the world...
@@krakendragonslayer1909 My personal favourite is Ioan Kukuzel's "Bulgarian lament" (Polyeleos to the Bulgarian woman). Though that's technically still Byzantine. So perhaps "Gospodi vozvah". Or Divna Ljubojevic's "Blagosloven jesi Gospode".
I too am an Orthodox Christian ( Greek). The beautyof orthodoxy is that the chants and services can bring us closer to God, Jesus, and in this case Mary (Theotokos), in any tongue
@@krakendragonslayer1909 I would guess that you've played the Isihia version (probably the one I've uploaded). While I absolutely love it as well and Isihia do indeed mix Orthodox chants with Bulgarian folklore, ambient etc, they're indeed not "pure Orthodox chants". If you can't find the latter, search instead in Cyrillic - "Господи возвах" or "Господи воззвах". The former should give you results from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia etc, while the latter's in Russian. Respectively, there might be a тебе/тебjе/тебя as well in the name there. P.S. The bagpipes in the beginning should be a giveaway too, well before the drums. Generally, Orthodox chants are only acapella, without an instrumental accompaniment.
The moment when the two older men talked about the younger generations not appreciating this kind of music, while the two younger men were totally absorbed by it.
Theotokos, most blessed Virgin pray for us! This tune is called Agni Parthene and It was given by our most blessed Theotokos herself to Saint Nektarios of Aegina. May he also pray to the Lord for us
Only through The Lord Jesus Christ can we ever get to really know God. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son Jesus, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life" John 3:16
Η Παναγία να βοηθάει όλους τους καλοπροαίρετους ανθρώπους σε όλη τη γη , έτσι με την καρδιακή προσευχή υπάρχει βοήθεια μεγάλη..χαιρε αγνή Παρθένε Θεοτοκε,
Yes, this just as music alone is excellent, at the same level as the best classical choir music. But don't expect it to be as good in a random church, this performance must be the best in 100 or 1000s and I suspect it is done by the monks at Mt Athos.
Thank you for sharing the Greek Orthodox chants with the guys, this has such a powerful resonance and vibration it goes right through the body. So glad they enjoyed this experience! I go to Orthodox Easter with my Greek friend and I find it very powerful and beautiful. ✨ The guys were wondering about the meaning, it is about Our Lady (who is in the icon with baby Jesus.) The Greek words on the screen are what they are singing. Btw this is about veneration, love and honour towards Mary, different from worship.
And they're not wrong. The worship of Mary, saints, and martyrs, is not biblical. Jesus himself said, "No one can come to the father, but through me. He is in me, as I am in Him." But it's easy to see what decades of new age doctrine has done to the world. Which basically says that all (religious) paths, leads to God. But the truth is the truth, and they can't all be right, so some of them, must therefore logically be wrong. But to me personally, the biggest problem I have with the different denominations of the world, are those who claim christianity, but doesn't even know, much less follow what the bible actually says. And I am guilty of that too, sometimes. But the difference is, I'm just one person, and not a church, leading thousands or even millions of people. So I think the churches have a greater responsibility, especially since there is a script to follow, if you wanna do it right. To not do that, would be the same as a muslim eating pork, and drinking alcohol, both of which are prohibited and Haram in islam. Hollow works, as the bible calls it. But the replies here clearly shows that people just likes to comment, without actually knowing what they're talking about. So lay off Bethlehem, because if the interpretation given by someone else here is a good translation of what they meant to say, then they're not wrong.
@@oraetlabora1922 Says only the people that doesn't know what the scriptures says. And I have studied religion intensively, but I'm no religious scholar in the traditional sense. But I have devoted a lot of time to the subject, as I am a seeker at heart. And as much as I hate to admit it, Obama wasn't wrong when he said people hadn't been reading their bibles, although it seemed that entire speech was more like mocking christians/christianity and/or the bible. But regardless of his actual intention behind it, he's 100 % correct, when he says (indirectly) that a lot of christians, doesn't know what the bible says.
Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen. Also today is the feast day of The Protection of the Mother of God so great to see this beautiful hymn on this day ☦️
@@Shivathedestroyer04 She was over shadowed by the Holy Spirit and became with child, did not know man, and the child was born, Jesus, she still knew not man so she was a perpetual virgin.
@@juanitaminch4540 If you read your Bible, you will see that Mary was not a perpetual virgin. She and Joseph had other children after Jesus. Jesus had brothers and sisters. Yes she was a virgin at Jesus’ conception and birth, but afterwards she had a family with her husband Joseph. Read the account and see.
@@christinetownsend1205 Not true at all, The “brothers and sisters" of the Lord, mentioned in the Gospel, adelphoi kai adelphai, are kinsfolk, cousins, possibly step-siblings on Joseph's side.
Personally I'm an atheist person but all these kind of chants are so touching and beautiful. Whether you are a spiritual person or not it's impossible not to have goosebumps while listening to this.
Agreed, this is beautiful without any religious ties to it for me. I'm atheist but even enjoy gospel music as well. The kind that makes you want to dance. Kirk Franklin will always be my favorite. I listen to it while I clean lol
What you were feeling was the Holy Spirit That good all over feeling. All you have to do is to Believe in your heart and accept Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ✝️ The picture shown was of Mary (mother of Jesus) and Jesus as a baby. Mary was chosen by God because she was pure ( knew no man). Jesus Christ was crucified on the Cross at Calvary, his blood was shed for all. He was the last sacrifice. Amen Praise God
@@bellavita4237 While it is hard for some of us to accept the notion of a god most of us still respect christ as a person, who shared a lot of great wisdom with the world. So even if we doubt the existance of a god, many of us can still respect it. I like to think of christ as a philosopher who taught humanity rather than the son of or incarnation of god.
Yes; only it's not actually the Lord's Prayer but Psalm 50 (51 in Protestant Bibles), "Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy compassion blot out my iniquity."
@богатырь Росси́я Unlike the russian orthodox mother of all sects, I'm sure. Remember the KGB and the evil regime to which many so many of her 'priests' and 'patriarchs' sold their souls, and now to Putin for whom Moscow is well worth a Divine Liturgy!
@@terriecooperman7232 according to what? You realise, that Rome like alessandria, antioch, Constantinople, Jerusalem was just a bishop. St peter founded antioch prior to Rome. Did he take a plane and fly to Rome skipping all the land in the Eastern med? This is the delusion of catholics. The orthodox churches were founded earlier... Rome was an equal bishop in Christianity for 1000 years. The pope is analogous to sauron, wanting to seize power. The byzantines were the romans, greek orthodox is the continuation of the roman church. Catholics fell to pagans around 500 ad. The catholics changed the doctrine independently contrary to the other bishops, and contrary to councils who developed Christianity. The created quite a blasphemous papal primacy. Added weird words to the original greek text of the new teatament. Used the wrong bread. It is also the catholics who belive in mysticism. Catholics believe in witches, processions, purgatory, evil cats 😑. All considered bullshit by the original Christianity. If you went back in time 1000 years and examined how church services were performed. The would operate exactly like Eastern Christianity. No weird organs, shaved priests.... Do some research and enlighten yourself.
Yes, the first 1067 years, then the Schism happened, and I remember the difference was the Orthodox claimed that the Holy Spirit could be sent only from God but the Roman Catholics that it could be emitted by the Son too (Filioque in latin)
This video made me cry! I love these gentlemen so much! They are much wiser than the western world! They understand the devotion to God has no boundaries! Thank you!
@@fholmx i am a follower of the teachings of Zarathustra and Jesus Christ saved me. When I hear the call to prayer sang by Muslims I am moved to tears. It is beautiful and I know it is Holy. I pray we will all start to love one another. We could all learn to be better human beings from the gentleman in these videos.
Greetings from an orthodox Macedonian greek may God forgives us all.. μόνῳ σοφῷ Θεῷ σωτῆρι ἡμῶν, δόξα καὶ μεγαλωσύνη, κράτος καὶ ἐξουσία καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.✝🇬🇷
@@ginias6076 Sure thing my friend, I just find it cringe when the sons of Pontic gypsy refugees from Samsung, Turkey act like the biggest Macedonians the world has ever seen, real Greek Macedonians are harder to find.
@@ginias6076 Aggressive? I don’t think I was aggressive my dude. Just checking if you have the right to use the word “Macedonian”. If you say you do, I trust you.
This is lovely. I am Greek Orthodox and grew up listening to Byzantine chants my whole life in church. It’s nice to see a different cultural group appreciate the musical prayer as a universal love of God that transcends across the globe. All religious cultures have their way of expressing this through music & prayer. It’s very beautiful.
Jesus Christ God became like us, became a human, teached us the Truth and because of that was tortured and became dead for our sins! He opened a door to the heaven for EVARYONE who believe in Him! We can be back to our Father! Has risen from the dead and so we will! Alleluiah! Glory to God!
*AGNI PARTHENE ! Christian Orthodox Chant* , one of the most beautiful chants in orthodoxy world... (here is sang in greek language , but this chant is sang in all orthodox countries in their own language) .... i'm from Romania , in Eastern Europe ,where Orthodoxy has origins - Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Romania, Moldova, Serbia , Greece (here in this language was sang AGNI PARTHENE) ,Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia are the orthodox countries (christian) Western Europe is catholic (Gregorian chants) and luteran , Eastern Europe is orthodox (Byzantine chants).
Ο Ύμνος αυτός γράφτηκε στην Ελληνικη γλώσσα από τον Άγιο Νεκτάριο και σε Βυζαντινό Ρυθμό.Φυσικα όλοι μπορούν να τον ψαλουν,όμως είναι σωστό να αναφερόμαστε και στην προέλευση του Ύμνου όπου είναι η Ελληνική
Orthodox music is so soothing and beautiful, comes straight from the heart and goes straight to listeners’ hearts. ❤️☦️ Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy upon us
ALLOW ME TO RETITLE THIS..: "Muslim villagers discover chants to the One True God and His chosen saints." It's like seeing light for the first time in your life!
Love Greek Orthodox Byzantine Christian music...it really touches my heart like no other music...very Spiritual it brings me closer to Christ and God ..sounds like heaven!!
Saint Paisios of the Mountain once said: "If Indian people would become orthodox christian, then they would become the best christians to live in this world because their hearts are simple and good and they would be very devout to our God."
The Villagers could not contain their excitement for the chant. All were loving the music given to them. The magic of music is the blessing on all of us.
Thanks for reacting to my suggestion! I tried to translate this hymn the best I could because some words have a deep theological meaning to Hellenic🇬🇷 Αγνή Παρθένε Δέσποινα/ /agní parthène Dèspina means pure virgin Lady and it’s a hymn that is dedicated to Virgin Mary, how holy she is and how unspeakable gave birth to the God Jesus. Oh Virgin pure, immaculate, Oh Lady Theotokos, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Oh Virgin Mother, Queen of all, and fleece which is all dewy, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! More radiant than the rays of sun, and higher than the heavens, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Delight of virgin choruses, superior to Angels, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Much brighter than the firmament, and purer than the sun's light, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! More holy than the multitude/ of all the heavenly armies. Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Oh Ever-Virgin Mary, of all the world, the Lady, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Oh bride all pure, immaculate, Oh Lady Panagia, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Oh Mary bride and Queen of all, our cause of jubilation, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Majestic maiden, Queen of all, Oh our most holy Mother, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! More honourable than Cherubim, beyond compare more glorious... Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! ...than immaterial Seraphim, and greater than angelic thrones, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Rejoice, Oh song of Cherubim, Rejoice, Oh hymn of angels, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Rejoice, Oh ode of Seraphim, the joy of the archangels, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Rejoice, Oh peace and happiness, the harbor of salvation, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Oh sacred chamber of the Word, flower of incorruption, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Rejoice, delightful paradise, of blessed life eternal, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Rejoice, Oh wood and tree of life, the fount of immortality, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! I supplicate you, Lady, now do I call upon you, Rejoice, O Bride Unwedded! And I beseech you, Pantànassa, I beg of you your favour, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Majestic modest maiden, spotless one, Oh Lady Panagia, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! I call upon you fervently, Oh sacred, hallowed temple, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Assist me and deliver me, protect me from the enemy, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! And make me an inheritor, of blessed life eternal, Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded! Explanation of some words: *panagía* Panagia > pan - agía means above all the Saints, more holy than all the Saints *Déspina* Despina is equivalent to Lord. Translates as lady but not with a royal title meaning. *Pantànassa* Pan + ànassa > ànaks Ànaks means King, ànassa is the female form Pantànassa means above all Earthy Kings She is the Queen of everything, Queen of the Kings of Earth. The phrase Rejoice, *Oh Bride unwedded* means that Mary is a bride without a groom She never got married to any human but she was kinda married to God himself because she remained Virgin for all her life and she miraculously gave birth to the Son of God. Theotòkos is a theological term thy only the Orthodox Christians are using. In Hellenic it means: Theos (= God) + tòkos (=birth) Theotokos is the one that gave birth to God Seraphim, Cherubim, Archangels, Angels, Thrones are some of the Nine Angelic Orders according the the Orthodox Faith. When Catholics, Protestants…etc have music instruments in their churches, we Orthodox are using only our voices. Lastly, that background vocals you heard were called ισοκράτημα/isokràtima in Hellenic. One or two or three are chanting and the rest of the choir making this ‘’aaaaaaaa’’ in the background to ‘’fill the space’’ In Hellenic this is called ισοκράτημα/isokràtima and it was invented by the Byzantines. Today, this term is known to everyone that works on music. In mixing machines you see a term *ISO* ISO means isokràtima
Thank you for this absolutely wonderful explanation and your additional notes describing the nuances of the meanings. I’m very interested in biblical Greek & learning from root sources. Even the act of learning the words in a different language opens more understanding. The mysteries and beauty of the Byzantine Orthodox & Catholic traditions share an innate cosmological resonance in common with some other faiths which I love to contemplate and discuss respectfully. I loved your note about the ISO term in music - never heard that before! I’m also very interested in the healing power of certain vibrations in music, reading much lately of the healing frequencies in sacred music.
Probably a few centuries earlier since Orthodox churches are unchanged since IV century ... that's why they are called orthodox - traditional and unchanged ...
I’m glad the east also equally depicts our Holy Mother as pure and ever so immaculate. Let our prayers reach our immaculate Mother to lead us unto her flawless Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ!
The tune of this chant was given to Saint Nektarios of Aigina island by Virgin Mary Herself. This is heaven melody. Saint Nektarios just created the texts of this chant
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I love their souls. They aren’t even Orthodox Christians but they feel its beauty in their souls. God bless them. ❤️✝️
God is good.
Because it's music made by humans for humans to evoke a certain feeling. It's the same way skilled composers can elevate the emotion of an action scene in a movie by composing the right kind of complementary music. All music makes you feel emotions-it's a function of how we experience the world.
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@@Elriuhilucongrats, you have summarized music
When I see this people I think that although I call myself a Christian they might be farther than I am on the path to sanctification. Something about simple life vs the wealth and business of our western world.
Gregorian chant sounds like an angelic choir, but the Byzantine chant sounds like an angelic army's war cry
I love the way angelic icons are depicted in the Orthodox churches, they reveal powerful holy warriors, no messing with them!
@@starlightshimmery absolutely.
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Both Gregorian and modern-day Orthodox chants have developed from old Christian chants, back before the split in the 1054. For example how it would sound I would suggest "Terra Tremuit" ("The Earth Trembled") performed by Offertorium.
Your decription is accurate! Very calm soldiers dispatched on a mission they already know they will win by the grace of God!
Always love greek chants ❣️
Im an Indian orthodox Christian of St Thomas 😇
Very interesting! Do you live in India, currently? Not many traditional Christians (Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox) reside in India today, I would imagine? How large is the Christian community/communities in your area, today?
Sending love from Algeria! I'm currently looking into Orthodoxy and planning on becoming a catechumen at some point in the future (We don't have an orthodox church in Algeria so it's quite difficult but I'll get there with God's Grace
@Reuben God bless you!! I am sending u love from Greece
@Louna I hope you make it and become a Christian soon!
@@lounaannajung4454 May God help and Bless you all your way long
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@@CaptiveReefSystems India (Kerala in particular) has tens of millions of Christians and one of the most vibrant Christian communities in the world (though in North India there is persecution)
I am Serbian and as an orthodox and I am delighted to see how these people react to this divine Byzantine chant. Bless you all and love from Belgrade
We love our Serbian brothers and sisters 💜 Love from Greece
@@local.albanian.6967 were you asking their opinion on Albanian Orthodoxy?
@@local.albanian.6967 weird question but I don't see how spreading Orthodoxy is any bad whenever it is spread, as long as it keeps true to what it is. Weren't Albanians at first not Muslims anyways?
@@lecommentar9851 Albanian had an ancient Christian Tradition, Romans 15:19 !!!
Apostle Paul brought the Christian faith to Illyria !!!
The Albanian King Gjergj Gjon Pal Kastrioti Skenderbe was Christian too !!!
And still there are sooo many Albanian Christians!!!
Roman Katholiks, Albanian orthodox, also greko Katholiks and more Christians...!!!
Maybe you know also the Mother Theresa,Saint Teresa of Calcutta. she is Born as Albanian native, as Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu !!!
it would be nice, despite all the political deficits, to show Christian respect to your Albanian neighbors !!! 🇦🇱☀️🍀
Love from Albania
@@albanianHighlander illyria was the slavs and I can proove that with a book
that was hidden in German book burnings .
German - Illyrian dictionary from 1840 (it is slavic )
As an orthodox, it is a chant for the holy mother Mary
❤
"Rejoice o' unwedded bride!"
We chant the Byzantine in English, Arabic, and Greek.
Oh I love it
What are the lyrics
@@johangambleputty7658 We chant in Serbian, but also Arabic and Greek are giga chad languages!
Greetings to the People and Great Civilization of India from Greece. 🇮🇳🇬🇷
🇬🇷💙🇮🇳
Yes love to India from Hellas
i am both ❤
@@NikolaosHalvatzis What a nice Combo!
И из Србије поздрав
I'm Roman Catholic but i think Greek Byzantine Orthodox chants are the best!
@@cw4karlschulte661 Eastern Rite Catholics are just BTEC Orthodox. Why go Eastern Catholic when you could just be Orthodox?
@@xhspx4740 Because we have the fullness of truth.
The separation of the Latin Church and the Greek church was solely because of cultural differences.
We can adore Greek chants as well as Latin chants. No need on the same denomination as them since the separation was cultural and linguistic differences. To be honest, Roman Catholic and Greek Eastern Orthodoxy aren't that different with each other. I can go to an Orthodox Church as a Catholic without converting to their denomination because of our similarities.
Maronite Catholic chants are very beautiful as well
@@arolemaprarath6615 whats the cultural difference that created the filioque heresy?
*God bless* it’s so inspiring to see all around the world, thank God for All Good Things! Bless everyone ☦️☦️☦️🙏
Next video, Tribals react to Pink Floyd Live!
☦☦
You guys should try Salve Regina next time, it'd be nice to have the other one too!
Amen ✝️🤝☦️
Allah is only God
As a greek and greek orthodox Person it is so beautiful to see People appreaciating and respecting my, our heritage like that
As a Mauritian orthodox Christian,we love your christian culture,your heritage are basis of our faith orthodox Christian,thank you for your heritage.Amen
Thank you for all your heritage, your philosophy. We owe Greece a lot.
Giorgos 30 Petros Gaitanos, the psaltis here, could sing the phone book and make it sound beautiful!
Do you believe in Zeus
@@Hoe-numan5 The ancient Greeks believed in and worshipped the gods of Mount Olympus where they thought Zeus ( chief of the gods ) and the others lived. Greece was one of the earliest places where Christianity ( belief in and worship of Jesus Christ ) spread after it started in Israel during the time of the Roman Empire. St. Paul preached all over Greece and is credited with converting the Greeks from the 'old' religion to the 'new' one, causing the people there to accept Jesus as the true God and abandoning Zeus and the Olympian gods as false. So, Greece has been Christian for 2000 years.
Tears in my eyes ,listening my language in this unique hymn "Χαίρε νύμφη ανύμφευτη !"
May Lord bless these good ,pure people ! Love from Greece !
Hopefully, I am coming to Greece for my first visit in Spring or Fall 2022.
Which island is yours
@@timfronimos459 I wish you'll be able to make this trip to Greece ,the land of your anchestors , I suppose .There are 227 inhabited islands in Greece, each one of a unique beauty !
*ανύμφευτε 👋
Try to be free from any identity is the first step
@@sirsim33
I agree completely.
As an American of Irish and Greek ancestry I was raised to value both cultures but I don't have to buy into the stereotypes that others project upon us.
As a child back in the 1960s, some of the older Greeks just like my mother because she was Katholicos and xenos.
At the same time some of the Irish relatives didn't like us because we were dark haired almost, dare I say it in today's world, non-whites and also foreign.
My parents were married 60 last years and had eight children. If you believe something regarding religion then you live it if you don't believe it then don't talk about it.
You don't need a pope or a patriarch to tell you who you are.
"The person who is devoted and gets lost in God, he understands these things....." thank you for this great wisdom...... 🧡
Love those words he said! It moved me. 💙
He’s a wise man, he understands worship. May God bless him ☦️🙏🏻
He said it all, was so much on point.
Once again Babu nails it
Are they Hindu?
This is one of my favourite Orthodox hymns. Here's the English lyrics:
O Virgin pure, immaculate, O Lady Theotokos,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
O fleece bedewed with every grace, O Virgin Queen and Mother,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
More radiant than the rays of sun, and higher than the heavens,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
O joy of virgin es, superior to angels,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
O brighter than the firmament, and purer than the sun's light,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
More holy than the multitude of all the heavenly armies,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
O Ever-Virgin Mary, of all the world the Lady,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
O Bride all-pure, immaculate, O Lady Panagia,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
O Mary Bride and Queen of all, the cause of our rejoicing,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
O noble maiden, gracious Queen, supremely holy Mother,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
More honored than the Cherubim, beyond compare more glorious,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
Than the unbodied Seraphim, transcending the angelic Thrones,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
Rejoice, the song of Cherubim, rejoice, the hymn of Angels,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
Rejoice, the ode of Seraphim, the joy of the Archangels,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
Rejoice, O peace and happiness, and haven of salvation,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
O sacred chamber of the Word, the flower of incorruption,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
Rejoice, delightful paradise of blessed life eternal,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
Rejoice, O sacred Queen of life, and fount of immortality,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
I supplicate you, Lady, now, I fervently entreat you,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
O Queen of all, I earnestly implore and seek your favor,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
O gracious maiden, spotless one, O Lady Panagia,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
I call upon you ardently, O holy, hallowed temple,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
O help me and deliver me, protect me from the enemy,
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
And make me an inheritor of blessed life eternal.
O rejoice, Bride unwedded!
Blessed Mother Pray for us.
This is one of my favorites too :) written by the holy Saint Nektarios
Based pfp, we will rise again⚡⚡☦
Orthodoxy since 33AD
Here nimfi animfefte !
I’m Ethiopian Coptic Orthodox it’s so powerful to hear this heavenly hymn. እኔ የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋህዶ አማኝ ነኝ ይህን ሰማያዊ ዝማሬ ስሰማ እጀግ ደስ ነው ያለኝ።
Your username and comment, they way the letters look remind me of the Glagolitic Alphabet, which was created for and used by the Slavs (as a gift by the Byzantines), later the students of st Cyril and Methodius created the modern, Cyrillic alphabet in Bulgaria, which my name is written with and is used from the Balkans all the way to Mongolia.
It does, however, this is Amharic script.
wow...que lenguaje!!!..debe ser muy dificil
Hello from Serbia brother
The Amharic script is so goddamn cool
As agnostic, i'm getting goosebumps in my heart. I can only imagine what they feel...or experience. "Your God is good"
Edit: I'm in tears
You can do more than just imagine. Try following the path to understanding. The best way to understand a thing is to experience it
Open your heart ,keep up
Panagia calling you
Maybe you are agnostic because you grew up in Protestant or atheist society , the real meaning of Christianity is in Orthodoxy and its magnificent Byzantine tradition.
That is the Holy Spirit convicting you. Jesus is calling you. It’s written in the Bible many examples of people crying when the Holy Spirit touches them. There is no other reason for you to feel this way over a song
Greetings from Orthodox Serbia to all good people, may God protect you and bless you all. Our Greek brothers sing like angels ❤
first of all greeting from Greece!! this is a religious chant for the mother of jesus the holy Mary! its in greek language and this chant can still be heard at churches !
here is an english translation to that hymn
O Virgin pure
O Virgin pure, immaculate,
O Lady Theotokos. (Refrain)
O fleece bedewed with every grace.
O Virgin Queen and Mother.(Refrain)
More radiant that the rays of the sun, and higher than the heavens. (Refrain)
O joy of virgin choruses, superior to the angels. (Refrain)
O brighter than the firmament and purer that the sun's light. (Refrain)
More holy than the multitude of all the heavenly armies. (Refrain)
O ever virgin Mary of all the world, the Lady.(Refrain)
O Bride all pure immaculate, O Lady Panagia. (Refrain)
O Mary Bride and Queen of all, the cause of our rejoicing. (Refrain)
O noble Maiden, gracious Queen,
supremely holy Mother. (Refrain)
More honored than the Cherubim,
beyond compare more glorious(Refrain)
Than the unbodied Seraphim, transcending the angelic Thrones. (Refrain)
Rejoice, the song of Cherubim rejoice,
the hymn of angels
Rejoice the ode of Seraphim; the joy of the archangels.
Rejoice, O peace and happiness and cause of our rejoicing.
O sacred chamber of the Word, the flower of incorruption.
Rejoice, delightful Paradise of blessed life eternal.
Rejoice O sacred Tree of life and fount of immortality.
I supplicate you, Lady now, I fervently entreat you.
O Queen of all, I earnestly implore and seek your favor.
O gracious Maiden, spotless one, O Lady Panagia.
I call upon you ardently , O holy hallowed Temple.
O help me and deliver me protect me rom the enemy.
And make me an inheritor of blessed life eternal.
Efharisto :)
I came to the comments looking for this. I was raised as a Greek Orthodox Christian and took Greek lessons as a child, it didn’t stick well but I’ve still kept the faith. Thank you for this!
What is it called in Greek? Λειτουργία της Παναγίας;
@@chrisofmelbourne87 or "Liturgy of the Theotokos" (Mother of God or Mary)
God bless you my brother in Jesus 🙏✝️✝️✝️
Love from Serbian Orthodox 🇷🇸☦
This hymn is written by Saint Nektarios of Greece Amen ☦️ 🙏 ❤️
Proud to be Greek Orthodox☦️
Περηφάνεια και ορθοδοξία δεν κολλάνε μαζί, κάτι έχεις κάνει λάθος , να το θυμάσαι...
Για το μόνο που πρέπει να είμαστε Περηφανοι
@@jestergreekgamer1275 περηφανεια για κατι που ειναι του θεου και για τον θεο.
You should rather be humble.
Russian 🤌🏻😍
Imagine if someone translated Agni Parthene into their language and explained to them who our Holy Theotokos is, how she became pregnant through the Holy Spirit and the mystery of how she carried on her womb the creator of the universe. It would be great, even, if someone told them the story of St. Nektarios of Aegina, the man who composed this beloved hymn.
I am sure they can relate. The story of St. Maria's life is also narrated in their Al Quran.
Jesus' story is also told in the Quran, he is also a prophet for them
@@DaviRenania the difference is christians don't consider Jesus Christ a prophet, we consider Him the second hypostasis of God, begotten not made who has existed since before time and space.
@@DaviRenania Not only a prophet.. a maulana once explained to me that Jesus according to the Quran is the Word of God and Spirit of God. But not a biological Son of God or the third God. It is written in Quran 4:171.
I don’t know whether these men are Muslim or Hindu. Muslims honor Jesus as a prophet, and Hindus accept believers in all faiths; some believe Jesus to be a later incarnation of Vishnu, as Krishna is in their faith.
THis is part of my heritage, and I am sitting here in equal awe. The Psaltis (person singing) is really good. It is a peaceful hymn praising God and the eternal joy. It is written in Byzantine Greek. Reminds me of going to church as a child, but never heard a hymn this beautifully sung.
Actually the whole hymn is about Panagia (Holly Mary), its common in Greece during her celebrations
At my parish we sing this song often when the Priest brings out the Holy Eucharist. It's such a beautiful song I find it beautiful when even a humble little choir like ours sings it.
Yes! Me too! This is Agni Parthene 💟☦️ Translation:
Oh ever virgin Mary,
Oh mistress of creation,
Rejoice oh unwedded bride
Oh bride all pure and spotless,
Oh lady all holy,
Rejoice oh unwedded bride
Oh holy Mary, bride and queen
Oh cause of our rejoicing
Rejoice oh unwedded bride
Oh maid and queen most honourable
Oh mother most holy
Rejoice oh unwedded bride
More precious than the cherubim
More glorious than the seraphim
Rejoice oh unwedded bride
Surpassing principalities,
dominions, thrones, and powers
Rejoice oh unwedded bride
Rejoice all of the cherubim
Rejoice hymn of the angels
Rejoice all of the seraphim
And joy of the archangels
Rejoice oh peace
Rejoice oh joy
Handmaiden of salvation
Oh bride oh chamber of the word
Unfading fragrant blossom
Rejoice delight of paradise
Rejoice life everlasting
Rejoice oh holy tree of life
And fount of immortality
I supplicate thee lady
I humbly call upon thee
Oh queen of all, I beg thee
To grant me thy favour
Most spotless and most honoured maid
Oh lady all holy
I call upon thee fervently
Thou temple most holy
Oh thou my help deliver me
From harm and all adversity
And by thy prayers show me to be
An heir of immortality
💟☦️💟☦️
@@petrospetromixos6962 all hymns to the Panagia are also praising God.
@@romeisburning6739 you’re not exactly supposed to do that. It’s a paraliturgical hymn which means that it’s not meant to be chanted within the service, it would be more appropriate during the antidoron. There is already a type of hymn called koinonikon or communion hymn for the time of communion.
Ζήτω η Ελλάδα ! Thanks to all the guys for reacting to this !
Ζήτω ὁ Βασιλεύς τε καὶ Αὐτοκράτωρ τῶν Ῥωμαῖων. Ζήτω ὁ Καῖσαρ Αὔγουστος Κωνσταντῖνος ἐν Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ πιστός, δεσπότης παντῶν.
@@ΒασιλείατῶνῬωμαῖων είσαι Time traveler!!??? Δεν εξηγείσαι αλλιώς ..
I come here for a regular and much-needed dose of faith in humankind, which these wonderful guys always give me, and that goes far from appearances and material things, but I couldn't fail to notice how beautiful and even chic Sarru's clothes are today. 😍More than one famous Western fashion stylist could draw inspiration from them.
Είμαι Έλληνας και νιώθω συγκίνηση για τον θαυμασμό σας σε αυτόν τον θεϊκό ύμνο!
Ο θεός να σας έχει καλά!!
I am Greek and I feel emotion for your admiration in this divine hymn! God bless you !!
Χαῖρε, ὦ πάτερ. Πῶς ἔχεις;
The older gentleman completely understands the power of Byzantine religious music.
I need to thank all the team at Novice Squad and Common Man Show. No words can express how much I appreciate these amazing videos. 🙏
They are wonderful, and these men are priceless! They hear these chants with fresh ears.
I am Greek and every time I hear this hymn it rocks me to the core , bringing tears to my eyes , thank you for a appreaciating !
I'm a devout Catholic women whom loves Gregorian Chants but, listening to this Greek Byzantine Orthodox Chant is stunningly BEAUTIFUL..
Thank you for sharing your experience with the world...
God Bless you always! ☦️
From ΕΛΛΑΣ 🇬🇷
@@GorgeousGeorge97 Ive seen it! It was GREAT & Agios Nektarios was a Great & Holy man! 💙
It just goes to show that the Catholic and Orthodox churches should never have split. We're all brothers and sisters in God's eyes anyway.
Who*
As a protestant, I am doing the same.
Its a hymn for the vergin merry,the mother of our lord 🙏. Perfect hymns. Hi from Greece 🇬🇷
May God bless these humble men, as an Orthodox I feel their sincerity in this video, I greet you all from Albania!
God bless you my brother is Jesus 🙏
I hope you're well, greetings from Hellas 🇬🇷♥️🇦🇱
Greetings to beautiful Albania from a brother in Scotland. ❤🤲☝
@@georgios_5342 🇬🇷❤️🇷🇸✝️
@@proud_greek223 ☦️
I love how enthralled they are when the name “Maria” is sung!
Yes, the Theotokos! The Mother of God! Thank you for these videos!
As an Orthodox Christian, I am happy to see them react to come of our chants. I prefer ones in Old Slavonic, but this was a beautiful chant.
Can you please provide some links to Slavonic Orthodox chants? I have no cyrylic keyboard to look for them by myself
@@krakendragonslayer1909 My personal favourite is Ioan Kukuzel's "Bulgarian lament" (Polyeleos to the Bulgarian woman). Though that's technically still Byzantine. So perhaps "Gospodi vozvah". Or Divna Ljubojevic's "Blagosloven jesi Gospode".
I too am an Orthodox Christian ( Greek). The beautyof orthodoxy is that the chants and services can bring us closer to God, Jesus, and in this case Mary (Theotokos), in any tongue
@@NikeBG I played Gospodi Vozvah and I'm not sure if it is Orthodox, since I hear some drums there
@@krakendragonslayer1909 I would guess that you've played the Isihia version (probably the one I've uploaded). While I absolutely love it as well and Isihia do indeed mix Orthodox chants with Bulgarian folklore, ambient etc, they're indeed not "pure Orthodox chants". If you can't find the latter, search instead in Cyrillic - "Господи возвах" or "Господи воззвах". The former should give you results from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia etc, while the latter's in Russian. Respectively, there might be a тебе/тебjе/тебя as well in the name there.
P.S. The bagpipes in the beginning should be a giveaway too, well before the drums. Generally, Orthodox chants are only acapella, without an instrumental accompaniment.
I am a Greek orthodox and i am so happy that these men are listening to this hymn so carefully and with so much love
Babu: "and if you go after hearing this, you will feel that today I have seen God."
This is what Orthodox is about. God is present in all things.
And he was looking at the Icon of Christ in His Mother’s arms. :-)
Glory to God for all things
Yes!! Their observations captured how I feel every time
Huge love from Georgian Orthodox 🇬🇪❤️🇬🇷
The moment when the two older men talked about the younger generations not appreciating this kind of music, while the two younger men were totally absorbed by it.
I thought the same. The older ones constantly disrupted by talking.
@@beatecsm1183 Well they were listening through headphones so i don't think talking will have any affect on the listening experience.
He said religion not music
Seems old people going "Bah!! Kids these days" transcends race, culture and creed🤣
Yes, adorable all around, I’m utterly charmed by these guys.
Theotokos, most blessed Virgin pray for us! This tune is called Agni Parthene and It was given by our most blessed Theotokos herself to Saint Nektarios of Aegina. May he also pray to the Lord for us
These people are so beautiful their hearts are so open to god, may the god of all creation reveal himself to them and embrace them
That is Elohim; the God of all creation.
Only through The Lord Jesus Christ can we ever get to really know God.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son Jesus, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life"
John 3:16
It's a law that the pure in heart shall see God. It's a law like gravity.
@@lisalarouge6309 elohim is plural. Elaha is the true Aramaic word for God.
Η Παναγία να βοηθάει όλους τους καλοπροαίρετους ανθρώπους σε όλη τη γη , έτσι με την καρδιακή προσευχή υπάρχει βοήθεια μεγάλη..χαιρε αγνή Παρθένε Θεοτοκε,
Love from a Romanian Orthodox 💖 thank you so much! Byzantine chant is the epitome of both prayer and music itself :)
Yes, this just as music alone is excellent, at the same level as the best classical choir music. But don't expect it to be as good in a random church, this performance must be the best in 100 or 1000s and I suspect it is done by the monks at Mt Athos.
Salut!
Буквально вчера смотрел видео, про запись с Афона. Где ангелы поют)
Thank you for sharing the Greek Orthodox chants with the guys, this has such a powerful resonance and vibration it goes right through the body. So glad they enjoyed this experience! I go to Orthodox Easter with my Greek friend and I find it very powerful and beautiful. ✨ The guys were wondering about the meaning, it is about Our Lady (who is in the icon with baby Jesus.) The Greek words on the screen are what they are singing. Btw this is about veneration, love and honour towards Mary, different from worship.
@Bethlehem Eisenhour?
@@oraetlabora1922 Bethlehem is using scripture to imply that the chant is the appearance of holiness but really dead faith or uncleanliness.
@@juliebriggs643 That makes no sense.
And they're not wrong. The worship of Mary, saints, and martyrs, is not biblical. Jesus himself said, "No one can come to the father, but through me. He is in me, as I am in Him."
But it's easy to see what decades of new age doctrine has done to the world. Which basically says that all (religious) paths, leads to God. But the truth is the truth, and they can't all be right, so some of them, must therefore logically be wrong. But to me personally, the biggest problem I have with the different denominations of the world, are those who claim christianity, but doesn't even know, much less follow what the bible actually says. And I am guilty of that too, sometimes. But the difference is, I'm just one person, and not a church, leading thousands or even millions of people. So I think the churches have a greater responsibility, especially since there is a script to follow, if you wanna do it right. To not do that, would be the same as a muslim eating pork, and drinking alcohol, both of which are prohibited and Haram in islam. Hollow works, as the bible calls it. But the replies here clearly shows that people just likes to comment, without actually knowing what they're talking about. So lay off Bethlehem, because if the interpretation given by someone else here is a good translation of what they meant to say, then they're not wrong.
@@oraetlabora1922 Says only the people that doesn't know what the scriptures says. And I have studied religion intensively, but I'm no religious scholar in the traditional sense. But I have devoted a lot of time to the subject, as I am a seeker at heart. And as much as I hate to admit it, Obama wasn't wrong when he said people hadn't been reading their bibles, although it seemed that entire speech was more like mocking christians/christianity and/or the bible. But regardless of his actual intention behind it, he's 100 % correct, when he says (indirectly) that a lot of christians, doesn't know what the bible says.
The men are completely receptive. They teach us how to truly listen to sacred music.
Perfect video.☦️🇬🇷🇷🇸🇧🇬🇷🇴🇷🇺🇬🇪🇦🇲☦️Eastern Roman Empire, Capital CONCTANTINOYΠΟΛΙC.
And Cyprus
As a Catholic Christian i say this is beautiful ☦️✝️📿🌹 God loves all His children
4:57 "The World is nothing to the one who understands it" .... truer words couldn't be spoken. I could cry.
Welcome Akbar! Don't be nervous! You are among friends here!
That was a great chant. Loved it!
Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen. Also today is the feast day of The Protection of the Mother of God so great to see this beautiful hymn on this day ☦️
Glory to the divine feminine
Can I know why is she called virgin Mary even if she had given birth to Jesus Christ?
Sorry I am a hindu and I don't know much about Christianity😅
@@Shivathedestroyer04 She was over shadowed by the Holy Spirit and became with child, did not know man, and the child was born, Jesus, she still knew not man so she was a perpetual virgin.
@@juanitaminch4540 If you read your Bible, you will see that Mary was not a perpetual virgin. She and Joseph had other children after Jesus. Jesus had brothers and sisters. Yes she was a virgin at Jesus’ conception and birth, but afterwards she had a family with her husband Joseph. Read the account and see.
@@christinetownsend1205 Not true at all, The “brothers and sisters" of the Lord, mentioned in the Gospel, adelphoi kai adelphai, are kinsfolk, cousins, possibly step-siblings on Joseph's side.
Newest member fits perfectly in that group. Also it seems to me like he fills the age gap perfect and that makes the conversations even better :D
This is exactly what I was about to say! This should be a top comment. Would love to see more of Akbar. (edit: spelling)
My respect for you from Greece ☦️🇬🇷
You are beautiful souls ❤❤❤Thank you as a Greek orthodox Christian. Most respect for all of you . 🎉🎉🎉Love from Greece 🇬🇷 ❤❤❤
Personally I'm an atheist person but all these kind of chants are so touching and beautiful. Whether you are a spiritual person or not it's impossible not to have goosebumps while listening to this.
Agreed, this is beautiful without any religious ties to it for me. I'm atheist but even enjoy gospel music as well. The kind that makes you want to dance. Kirk Franklin will always be my favorite. I listen to it while I clean lol
Agree 💯%
What you were feeling was the
Holy Spirit
That good all over feeling.
All you have to do is to
Believe in your heart and accept
Our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ ✝️
The picture shown was of
Mary (mother of Jesus) and Jesus as a baby. Mary was chosen by God because she was pure ( knew no man).
Jesus Christ was crucified on the Cross at Calvary, his blood was shed for all. He was the last sacrifice. Amen
Praise God
@@bellavita4237 While it is hard for some of us to accept the notion of a god most of us still respect christ as a person, who shared a lot of great wisdom with the world. So even if we doubt the existance of a god, many of us can still respect it. I like to think of christ as a philosopher who taught humanity rather than the son of or incarnation of god.
@@ub3rfr3nzy94 That is what modernity.
As long as you are listening to Christian prayer, you should look up Musical Aramaic rendition of the Our Father that moved the pope in Georgia
Oh yes, was thinking the same. God bless you all 🙏💖
Yes; only it's not actually the Lord's Prayer but Psalm 50 (51 in Protestant Bibles), "Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy compassion blot out my iniquity."
@богатырь Росси́я Unlike the russian orthodox mother of all sects, I'm sure.
Remember the KGB and the evil regime to which many so many of her 'priests' and 'patriarchs' sold their souls, and now to Putin for whom Moscow is well worth a Divine Liturgy!
богатырь Росси́я And you know this how ??
@богатырь Росси́я Educate them brother 👏
I ain't spiritual or a believer, but watching my language on the screen felt good :D
Cheers from Thessaloniki, Greece!
As a roman catholic this is beautiful. We should learn more of the eastern Orthodox. As I believe we where one at the beginning until the spilt
Catholics butchered the religion. They created a weird concept of pope. Pope was just one of the many archbishop's. Orthodox is the original form.
@@andy1992uk nope the pope is st peter apon this rock I will build a church. The Catholic did away with the mystical part of eastern oxodrox
@@terriecooperman7232 according to what? You realise, that Rome like alessandria, antioch, Constantinople, Jerusalem was just a bishop.
St peter founded antioch prior to Rome. Did he take a plane and fly to Rome skipping all the land in the Eastern med? This is the delusion of catholics. The orthodox churches were founded earlier... Rome was an equal bishop in Christianity for 1000 years.
The pope is analogous to sauron, wanting to seize power. The byzantines were the romans, greek orthodox is the continuation of the roman church. Catholics fell to pagans around 500 ad. The catholics changed the doctrine independently contrary to the other bishops, and contrary to councils who developed Christianity. The created quite a blasphemous papal primacy. Added weird words to the original greek text of the new teatament. Used the wrong bread. It is also the catholics who belive in mysticism. Catholics believe in witches, processions, purgatory, evil cats 😑. All considered bullshit by the original Christianity.
If you went back in time 1000 years and examined how church services were performed. The would operate exactly like Eastern Christianity. No weird organs, shaved priests....
Do some research and enlighten yourself.
Yes, the first 1067 years, then the Schism happened, and I remember the difference was the Orthodox claimed that the Holy Spirit could be sent only from God but the Roman Catholics that it could be emitted by the Son too (Filioque in latin)
This video made me cry! I love these gentlemen so much! They are much wiser than the western world! They understand the devotion to God has no boundaries! Thank you!
Exactly this. People in the western world would be hard pressed to have such a reaction.
@@fholmx i am a follower of the teachings of Zarathustra and Jesus Christ saved me. When I hear the call to prayer sang by Muslims I am moved to tears. It is beautiful and I know it is Holy. I pray we will all start to love one another. We could all learn to be better human beings from the gentleman in these videos.
Nice, a new crew member.. initiation time.. Perhaps he would like to try the Oculus VR Dino/Babu scream experience 😄👍🏼
"new crew member". Ha ha, yeah, welcome to our weird club. It's like fightclub without the fighting.
@@DS-uy6jw first rule. Tell Everyone.
Greetings from an orthodox Macedonian greek may God forgives us all.. μόνῳ σοφῷ Θεῷ σωτῆρι ἡμῶν, δόξα καὶ μεγαλωσύνη, κράτος καὶ ἐξουσία καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.✝🇬🇷
Real “Greek Macedonian” or a Pontic gypsy? 🤔
Real Greek Macedonian my friend thanks for asking
@@ginias6076 Sure thing my friend, I just find it cringe when the sons of Pontic gypsy refugees from Samsung, Turkey act like the biggest Macedonians the world has ever seen, real Greek Macedonians are harder to find.
Haha man, I know what I am, what is your problem and why you are so aggressive? Check your insecurities.
@@ginias6076 Aggressive? I don’t think I was aggressive my dude. Just checking if you have the right to use the word “Macedonian”. If you say you do, I trust you.
This makes me very proud to be Eastern Orthodox.
I am an Ethiopian Orthodox, i love ur positive vibes. thank u so much for the recognition :)
This is what humility looks like in a world full of arrogance.
I don’t understand a word of it, but it is soothing and soulful 🙌🏼
Any consideration of learning the easiest language for Westerners during quarantine ?
ΧΑΙΡΕ ΝΥΜΦΗ ΑΝΥΜΦΕΥΤΕ
REJOICE UNMARRIED BRIDE
Ode to Marry
This is lovely. I am Greek Orthodox and grew up listening to Byzantine chants my whole life in church. It’s nice to see a different cultural group appreciate the musical prayer as a universal love of God that transcends across the globe. All religious cultures have their way of expressing this through music & prayer. It’s very beautiful.
I am Romanian Orthodox,God bless you!
Jesus Christ God became like us, became a human, teached us the Truth and because of that was tortured and became dead for our sins! He opened a door to the heaven for EVARYONE who believe in Him! We can be back to our Father! Has risen from the dead and so we will! Alleluiah! Glory to God!
Its a hymn to Mary, Holy Mother of God. Mother of Jesus Christ.
From Thessaloniki HELLAS,GOD bless you your village and country.
*AGNI PARTHENE ! Christian Orthodox Chant* , one of the most beautiful chants in orthodoxy world... (here is sang in greek language , but this chant is sang in all orthodox countries in their own language) .... i'm from Romania , in Eastern Europe ,where Orthodoxy has origins - Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Romania, Moldova, Serbia , Greece (here in this language was sang AGNI PARTHENE) ,Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia are the orthodox countries (christian)
Western Europe is catholic (Gregorian chants) and luteran , Eastern Europe is orthodox (Byzantine chants).
Ο Ύμνος αυτός γράφτηκε στην Ελληνικη γλώσσα από τον Άγιο Νεκτάριο και σε Βυζαντινό Ρυθμό.Φυσικα όλοι μπορούν να τον ψαλουν,όμως είναι σωστό να αναφερόμαστε και στην προέλευση του Ύμνου όπου είναι η Ελληνική
Orthodox music is so soothing and beautiful, comes straight from the heart and goes straight to listeners’ hearts. ❤️☦️
Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy upon us
The old guys are talking about the chant being beyond the youngsters understanding. Meanwhile the younger men are quietly lost in the music
Μεγάλη η Χάρης Της! Να μας προστατεύει και να μας ευλογεί!
As a Greek Orthodox I appreciate their comments! Yes since time immemorial you are correct sir.
welcome to the new guy Akbar!!
Yes, welcome to the family!!! 🙏
Sounds so beautiful. I am proud to be an Orthodox Christian. ☦️
I like how innocent they are, especially from religious politics and yet how humbly they live.
Graecorum imperium the longest live empire of the world
ALLOW ME TO RETITLE THIS..: "Muslim villagers discover chants to the One True God and His chosen saints." It's like seeing light for the first time in your life!
Byzantine chants are always pleasing to the soul.
Love Greek Orthodox Byzantine Christian music...it really touches my heart like no other music...very Spiritual it brings me closer to Christ and God ..sounds like heaven!!
These men are amazing. True humility and grace to experience other faiths with an open mind and heart.
Saint Paisios of the Mountain once said: "If Indian people would become orthodox christian, then they would become the best christians to live in this world because their hearts are simple and good and they would be very devout to our God."
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I love how they love God. To some maybe the ancient music sounds like racket but I don't feel that way and neither do these guys. Welcome Akbar!!
Amazing that the old man makes a Godly connection no matter the religion " in fact, they all are.
Love to see them react to the Lord's prayer in aramaic.
Idd, the last time iirc, babu even made the symbol of the cross over his heart.
"The person who is devoted to God gets lost in God. The world is nothing to the one who understands it." Beautiful words from that wise man
the guy in the right almost converted to orthodox christianity
Δόξα στο Χριστό..
As Babu sang, There is only one keeper of the World. And those who love God hear Him in a prayer said or sang in any language.
Beautifully said 🙏
Absolutely.
The Villagers could not contain their excitement for the chant. All were loving the music given to them. The magic of music is the blessing on all of us.
Thanks for reacting to my suggestion!
I tried to translate this hymn the best I could because some words have a deep theological meaning to Hellenic🇬🇷
Αγνή Παρθένε Δέσποινα/
/agní parthène Dèspina means pure virgin Lady and it’s a hymn that is dedicated to Virgin Mary, how holy she is and how unspeakable gave birth to the God Jesus.
Oh Virgin pure, immaculate, Oh Lady Theotokos,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Oh Virgin Mother, Queen of all, and fleece which is all dewy,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
More radiant than the rays of sun, and higher than the heavens,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Delight of virgin choruses, superior to Angels,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Much brighter than the firmament, and purer than the sun's light,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
More holy than the multitude/ of all the heavenly armies.
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Oh Ever-Virgin Mary, of all the world, the Lady,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Oh bride all pure, immaculate, Oh Lady Panagia,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Oh Mary bride and Queen of all, our cause of jubilation,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Majestic maiden, Queen of all, Oh our most holy Mother,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
More honourable than Cherubim, beyond compare more glorious...
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
...than immaterial Seraphim, and greater than angelic thrones,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Rejoice, Oh song of Cherubim, Rejoice, Oh hymn of angels,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Rejoice, Oh ode of Seraphim, the joy of the archangels,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Rejoice, Oh peace and happiness, the harbor of salvation,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Oh sacred chamber of the Word, flower of incorruption,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Rejoice, delightful paradise, of blessed life eternal,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Rejoice, Oh wood and tree of life, the fount of immortality,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
I supplicate you, Lady, now do I call upon you,
Rejoice, O Bride Unwedded!
And I beseech you, Pantànassa, I beg of you your favour,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Majestic modest maiden, spotless one, Oh Lady Panagia,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
I call upon you fervently, Oh sacred, hallowed temple,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Assist me and deliver me, protect me from the enemy,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
And make me an inheritor, of blessed life eternal,
Rejoice, Oh Bride Unwedded!
Explanation of some words:
*panagía*
Panagia > pan - agía means above all the Saints, more holy than all the Saints
*Déspina*
Despina is equivalent to Lord. Translates as lady but not with a royal title meaning.
*Pantànassa*
Pan + ànassa > ànaks
Ànaks means King, ànassa is the female form
Pantànassa means above all Earthy Kings
She is the Queen of everything, Queen of the Kings of Earth.
The phrase Rejoice, *Oh Bride unwedded* means that Mary is a bride without a groom
She never got married to any human but she was kinda married to God himself because she remained Virgin for all her life and she miraculously gave birth to the Son of God.
Theotòkos is a theological term thy only the Orthodox Christians are using.
In Hellenic it means:
Theos (= God) + tòkos (=birth)
Theotokos is the one that gave birth to God
Seraphim, Cherubim, Archangels, Angels, Thrones are some of the Nine Angelic Orders according the the Orthodox Faith.
When Catholics, Protestants…etc have music instruments in their churches, we Orthodox are using only our voices.
Lastly, that background vocals you heard were called ισοκράτημα/isokràtima in Hellenic.
One or two or three are chanting and the rest of the choir making this ‘’aaaaaaaa’’ in the background to ‘’fill the space’’
In Hellenic this is called ισοκράτημα/isokràtima and it was invented by the Byzantines.
Today, this term is known to everyone that works on music.
In mixing machines you see a term *ISO*
ISO means isokràtima
Thank you for this absolutely wonderful explanation and your additional notes describing the nuances of the meanings. I’m very interested in biblical Greek & learning from root sources. Even the act of learning the words in a different language opens more understanding. The mysteries and beauty of the Byzantine Orthodox & Catholic traditions share an innate cosmological resonance in common with some other faiths which I love to contemplate and discuss respectfully.
I loved your note about the ISO term in music - never heard that before! I’m also very interested in the healing power of certain vibrations in music, reading much lately of the healing frequencies in sacred music.
Gorgeous Traslation- it means a lot to me. Thank You God for reminding me of my Mother and your Precious Mother . 💕💞💞💞
Thank you very much for your time and all the information, immensely appreciated! God bless you!
For those that may not be aware this is a relatively new hymn of 19th century composed by Saint Nektarios of Aigina himself.
Greek song after defeating enemy and praying to maria to forgive them for their actions
Orthodox church: Just keeping the original vibe since 1054 ;) :D
Holly true☦️❤️
Probably a few centuries earlier since Orthodox churches are unchanged since IV century ... that's why they are called orthodox - traditional and unchanged ...
Yes isnt good someone wants be leader for this things like this Im Orthodox and im proud Peace
Beautiful.Proud i'm Aramaic(the language jesus spoke) orthodox
Wow ,where are Aramaic people "live " nowadays ? I am sorry to be ignorant 🙏
love from Russia to all my Orthodox Brothers☦
I’m glad the east also equally depicts our Holy Mother as pure and ever so immaculate. Let our prayers reach our immaculate Mother to lead us unto her flawless Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ!
Salve Regina,Maria!
Hindus and Muslims enjoying a Christian devotional chant together. No need to fight but unite in culture and spirituality.
I have heard that Orthodox chants are among the most beautiful in the world. I believe it now.
Blessings from Orthodox Russia!
Do more orthodox chants please!
Εύχομαι η Παναγία μας να φωτίσει τις ψυχές τους και να πλησιάσουν την Ορθοδοξία
Χαιρε Νύμφη Ανύμφευτε ☦️
The tune of this chant was given to Saint Nektarios of Aigina island by Virgin Mary Herself. This is heaven melody. Saint Nektarios just created the texts of this chant