Childrens Holy Week Song
See also
Song
Good Women Bearing Palms
Lazarus Saturday Carol
Come, Holy Virgin, come along and see these women bearing palms,
good women bearing palms, good souls, bend down a little wa...
Song
It is the feast of Lazarus
Lazarus Saturday Carol
It is the feast of Lazarus, the feast of Palms is nigh.
– Where were you, Lazarus, where did you hide yourself?
– Why, I wa...
Song
Sweet Basil of the Holy Cross
Sweet basil of the Holy Cross
and royal flower of Christ,
I strolled around your garden
and round your flower-beds.
I pic...
Musical Selections
The Doxastikon of the Aposticha, by the nun Kassiani
The masterpiece of the Byzantine music tradition, the Troparion of Kassiani by Yiorgos Remoundos and his choir, ‘The Kalophon...
Song
Alleluiarion, and the Troparion ‘Behold the Bridegroom comes...'
4th Plagal Tone. 8th Mode.
Verse: Learn righteousness, you, who dwell upon the earth.
Choir. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
...
Song
If I Had an Bitter Orange
If I had an bitter orange, moré,
I’d throw it at the window opposite.
Sweet Rhodo1, I’d send that vase a-crashing.
I’d sma...
Song
Now Is the Holy Time of Lent
Holy Week Lament
Now is the holy time of Lent, these days are holy days,
when services are held in church and priests are chanting hymns,
an...
Song
Sweet Slender Panagiota
– Panagióta kai amán, amán, amán,
Panagióta so slender and sweet,
can’t we in the courtyard meet.
– I can’t come down to m...
Song
The Doxastikon of the Aposticha, by the nun Kassiani
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 Kassi...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Cyprus)
Holy Week Lament
O gentlefolk, pay heed to me, and hear the Mother’s dirge,
hear how she mourns her only child upon the yonder Cross.
Take n...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Phourni)
Holy Week Lament
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– Be off with you, you gypsy scum, and may your hearth grow cold,
and may you lack a second shirt to clothe your wretch...
