Κράτημα ⬥ Kratema is a musical composition that employs, instead of a text, meaningless syllables. With Lykourgos Angelopoulos and the Greek Byzantine Choir. Live recording (1998).
Eccleseastical hymn ⬥ The Ainoi (The Praises). 1st Mode. Let everything that has bream praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the Heavens; praise Him in the heights. To You, O God, praise is befitting. Praise Him, all His Angels; praise Him all His Hosts. To You, O God, praise [...]
Ecclesiastical hymn ⬥ Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Now and ever, and to the Ages of Ages. Amen. The Hymn of Kassiani 4th Plagal Mode. 8th Mode. The woman who had fallen into many sins, perceiving Your Divinity, O Lord, assumes the [...]
Eccleseastical hymn ⬥ The 8th Ode. 2nd Mode. The Heirmos. When the tyrant's order prevailed, the furnace was fired sevenfold. In it, the Children were not burned; but trampling under foot the King's decree they cried out: ‘All the works of the Lord, praise the Lord, and exalt Him forever.’ [...]
Eccleseastical hymn ⬥ The Exaposteilarion. 3rd Mode. I see Your Bridal Chamber adorned, O my Saviour, and I have no wedding garment, that I may enter therein; O Giver of Light, make radiant the vesture of my soul, and save me. (Thrice) Translated by Father Yeorgios L. Papadeas
Eccleseastical hymn ⬥ The Aposticha. 2nd Plagal Mode. 6th Mode. Today Christ comes to the house of the Pharisee, and a sinful woman approached Him, falling at His feet and crying out: ‘Behold me, engulfed in sin, and in despair for my deeds; and yet, not despised by Your goodness. [...]
Eccleseastical hymn ⬥ THE KATHISMATA 3rd Mode. Τhe harlot came to You, O Merciful Lord, pouring out on Your feet myrrh, mixed with her tears, and was redeemed of her vices at Your command; but Your ungrateful Disciple, though he breathed Your grace, rejected it, and becoming mixed in the [...]
Eccleseastical hymn ⬥ THE KONTAKION (To be read, not chanted) 4th Mode I have transgressed, O Master, more than the harlot, but I have not offered You a shower of tears; praying though, in silence, I fall down before You with fervor, kissing Your sacred feet, that as Lord You [...]
Eccleseastical hymn ⬥ Deacon or Priest: The Theotokos and Mother of the Light, honoring with hymns, we magnify. The 9th Ode. The Heirmos. Gome, let us with pure souls and blameless lips magnify the undefiled and All-pure Mother of Emmanuel; offering through her, to Him, Who was born of her, [...]
Eccleseastical hymn ⬥ THE CANON The 3rd Ode. 2nd Mode. The Heirmos. You have edified me on the rock of faith. You have opened wide my mouth against my enemies; for my spirit has rejoiced in singing: ‘There is none Holy as our God, and there is none righteous, save [...]
