Good Women Bearing Palms
See also
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
A Teacher Seated Himself Down
Lazarus Saturday Carol
A teacher seated himself down upon a block of marble
and started writing with his pen, and knocked his ink-well over,
the i...
Song
Childrens Holy Week Song
Holy Monday – the butcher’s knife
Holy Tuesday – Christ in hiding
Holy Wednesday – Christ arrested
Maundy Thursday – Chris...
Song
Im Wearing a White Rose
A Lazarus Song
I’m wearing a white rose I am, I dearly wish to dye it
and if I’m lucky with the dyes, how many hearts I’ll kindle.
I’ll ki...
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 Climbed up the Cherry-Tree
I climbed up the cherry-tree
Marie, Maria, Marigo,
to pick a cherry
vái tzigitzéla, vái tzigitzó.
The couple just now joi...
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 Great North Wind Blew
The Great North Wind blew throughout the land
and all those, kalé, all those ships that heard him
made it safely into shore...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Thrace)
Holy Week Lament
...
Today the sky is sullen black, the day itself is sullen,
today all folk are sorrowing, the mountains are in mourning,
...
Song
The eighth Ode of Kanon with its Katavasia
The 8th Ode. 2nd Mode. The Heirmos.
When the tyrant's order prevailed, the furnace was fired sevenfold. In it, the Children ...