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
Dili Dili
Dili, dili, dili, dili the lamp shone
as the maid embroidered her kerchief.
The rat went and nicked the wick
from the lamp...
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
Sweet Perfumed Lemon
– Lemon so very sweet,
so sweet-smelling and plump from the tree.
Please don’t, kalé, don’t smell so fine,
for you have me...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Phourni)
Holy Week Lament
...
Let Martha and let Mary come and Lazarus’ mother
and John the Baptist’s sister too, all four of them together.
They to...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Reis-Dere)
Holy Week Lament
...
– O holy John, forerunner and baptizer of my son,
where is my much beloved son, your own beloved teacher?
– My lips wo...
Song
The ninth Ode of the Kanon with its Katavasia
Deacon or Priest: The Theotokos and Mother of the Light,
honoring with hymns, we magnify.
The 9th Ode. The Heirmos.
Gome,...
Song
Twelve Little Evzones
Twelve young evzones decided,
Holy Virgin, they decided to go to war.
On their way, Holy Virgin,
upon the black sea a blac...