Children’s Holy Week Song

Μεγάλη Δευτέρα – μεγάλη μαχαίρα

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Childrens Holy Week Song

Lyrics

Holy Monday — the butcher’s knife;
Holy Tuesday — Christ in hiding;
Holy Wednesday — Christ arrested;
Maundy Thursday — Christ tormented;
Good Friday — Christ crucified;
Holy Saturday — Christ entombed;
Easter Sunday — Christ shall rise.

Translated by John Leatham

photo: Yannis Tsarouchis (1910-1989), Little candles (1928)

Original Lyrics

Μεγάλη Δευτέρα - μεγάλη μαχαίρα

Μεγάλη Δευτέρα — μεγάλη μαχαίρα·
Μεγάλη Τρίτη — ο Χριστός εκρύφτη·
Μεγάλη Τετάρτη — ο Χριστός επιάστη·
Μεγάλη Πέμπτη — ο Χριστός παιδεύτη·
Μεγάλη Παρασκευή — ο Χριστός στο καρφί·
Μεγάλο Σάββατο — ο Χριστός στον τάφο·
Μεγάλη Κυριακή — ο Χριστός θ’ αναστηθεί.

φωτ. Γιάννης Τσαρούχης (1910-1989), Τα κεράκια (1928)

Recording information

Studio recording (1997). Based on Domna Samiou’s 1997 field recording of the song in Nea Smyrni from 65-year-old Eugenia Lappa, whose family originated from the village of Plaiso in Thesprotia.

Credits

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Children’s Group of the 6th Primary School of Nea Smyrni

Singers

Discography

See also

A concert for children performed by children with traditional songs, dances, games and reenactment of folk customs. Twelve children’s groups from Epirus, Kalyvia of Attica, Crete, Karpathos, Olympus, Zefyri of Attica, from Nea Erythraea representing the Asia Minor tradition, Volakas of Drama, Skyros, Larissa, the “Argonauts-Komninoi” from Kallithea, Kozani and […]