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Re: Music Is The Abysmal Rainbow
Posted: Mar 25 2008 03:21 PM |
Hello Jo! Thank you for the comment and your visit! Goddess of Wisdom, Goddess Sophia is a nice song. Enjoy! Regards Georgios Georgios |
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Re: Music Is The Abysmal Rainbow
Posted: Mar 25 2008 03:58 PM |
Hello Larry! THank you for the support and your visit. It is true there are many kind of music and there are people and behaviour. Nice music makes good for the soul and for the mind.  Kindly regards
Georgios
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Re: Music Is The Abysmal Rainbow
Posted: Apr 28 2008 04:09 PM |
Hello Gerri! THank you for coming in. Here is some Music History on Byzantine notes and sounds. Christos Anesti! Alithos Anesti!
Happy Easter to all my
Orthodox brothers and sisters worldwide,particularly in
Lebanon,Greece,Cyprus,Constantinople,Ale xandria and the Holy Lands.
The choir of the holy monastery of Vatopedi at mount Athos in Greece
singing the centuries old Byzantine hymn of the holy Easter
[The
Christ is risen from the dead ] . Byzantine music that characterizes
this hymn is highly spiritual and has inspired the works of many
singers and composers worldwide. Byzantine music is the music of the
Byzantine Empire composed to Greek texts as ceremonial, festival, or
church music. Greek and foreign historians agree that the
ecclesiastical tones and in general the whole system of Byzantine music
is closely related to the ancient Greek system . The identification of
"Byzantine music" with "Eastern Christian liturgical chant" is a
misconception due to historical cultural reasons. Its main cause was
the leading role of the Church as bearer of learning and official
culture in the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium)
Thus,strictly
speaking, Byzantine music can be considered as the medieval sacred
chant of Christian Churches following the Orthodox Constantinopolitan
rite.
Mount Athos (Greek: Όρος Άθως) is a mountain on the peninsula
of the same name in Macedonia, northern Greece, called in Greek Άγιον
Όρος (Agion Oros, translated often as Hagion Oros), or in English,
"Holy Mountain". In Classical times, the peninsula was called Ακτή
(Acte or Akte). Politically it is known in Greece as the Autonomous
Monastic State of the Holy Mountain. This World Heritage Site is home
to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic
state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic [Greece ].
Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
The Holy and Great
Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos was built during the second half
of the 10th century, by three monks, Athanasius, Nicholas, and Antonius
from Adrianople, who were the pupils of Athanasius the Athonite. A
legendary tradition says that its construction was ordered in the 4th
century by Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius to honour the miraculous
salvation by the Virgin Mary of his son from a shipwreck.
Chrictos Anesti -As Sung By Mt Athos Monks
The
presented pictures show first the location and region of Mount Athos
and the the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi,followed by several
icons featuring the cruxification and resurruction of our Lord Jesus
Christ.Then comes some pictures of The Church of the Holy Sepulchre [
Ναός της Αναστάσεως ] at Jerusalem, followed by photos from Mount Athos
then 2 photos of the main Greek Orthodox church [Evanglesmos] at
Alexandria [Egypt],then a photo of the emblem of the Greek Orthodox
Patriarchate of Alexandria.Some photos of old Byzantine churches from
Greece are then presented [Agdhmhtrios, Agia-triada ] ,followed by 2
pictures from the St. Catherine's Monastery in Egypt's Sinai then a
picture of a Byzantine church in Greece [kiriakoselia].Finally,several
photos of our most sacred church [Hagia Sophia] in Constantinople are
presented, featuring the original building and the current appearance
of the monument followed by some icons that were excavated from the
church in the 20th century.The last photos shows the Byzantine double
eagle emblem,followed by pictures showing the celebration of Easter in
one of the churches in Greece.
Greetings from Kilkis
Macedonia, Greece |
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