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
I Want to Climb up to the Top
I want to climb up to the top, my friend, up to the top
of the roof of Saint George's, of Saint George's roof.
I want to pi...
Song
May Is Come
May is come and bids me reap but for his sake
I shall not go and darken in the sun.
May, dear May with the flowers
and s...
Song
Moon Shine Bright
Shine, bright moon of mine,
light my way to school
so I can learn to read and write
and get an education,
which is a godl...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Marmaras, Asia Minor)
Holy Week Lament
...
A voice from heaven could be heard, a good archangel speaking.
My lady, that’s enough of prayers, enough of doing penan...
Song
The third Ode of the Kanon with its Katavasia
THE CANON
The 3rd Ode. 2nd Mode. The Heirmos.
You have edified me on the rock of faith. You have opened wide my mouth again...
Song
Zaphiris
Zaphiris, you’re a tubby lad, you’re short and roly-poly,
the door locks are all rusted up and weeds have choked the doorway...