Turn not away Thy Face From Thy Servant +
FREE Akathist-Nymphios-Lamentations

By special arrangement with Romeiko Ensemble, this Lenten Promo package includes Turn not away Thy face from Thy servant: An Anthology of hymns, literature and icons of Great Lent plus FREE Akathist-Nymphios-Lamentations. This promo package includes two CDs plus hard bound book: the Free CD is not available for purchase by itself, and this promo is only available until Pascha, 2008

Turn not away Thy face… is a small hardbound book of 80 pages, (14X21 cm) in Greek and English, full color and richly illustrated with icons.  The book on the Sundays of Great Lent, and includes icons to illustrate the subject matter.  The CD (chanted in Greek) includes representative hymns and full hymn text in Greek and English. Learn more and listen to track samples.  Akathist-Nymphios-Lamentations was commissioned in 2007 by a newspaper in Athens as a promotional CD including hymns from The Akathist to the Virgin, the Nymphios Service and the Lamentations Service of Holy Week. This full length CD of glorious and edifying Lenten & Holy Week music is free as part of the promotional package.

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Lazarus, the friend of Christ +
FREE Akathist-Nymphios-Lamentations

By special arrangement with Romeiko Ensemble, this Lenten Promo package includes Lazarus, the friend of Christ plus FREE Akathist-Nymphios-Lamentations. This promo package includes three CDs plus hard bound book: the Free CD is not available for purchase by itself, and this promo is only available until Pascha, 2008.

Lazarus, the friend of Christ  is a small hardbound book of 80 pages, (14X21 cm) in Greek and English, full color and richly illustrated with icons.  2 CDs with Hymns to St Lazarus from Holy Week, chanted in Greek with full hymn text in Greek and English.  Book contents include: a collection of rare icons with hagiographic analysis; the homily of St. Andrew of Crete for the miracle; musicological comments on Byzantine chant, and regarding folk poetry from Lazarus’ city, Larnaca, Cyprus. Learn more and listen to track samples.  Akathist-Nymphios-Lamentations was commissioned in 2007 by a newspaper in Athens as a promotional CD including hymns from The Akathist to the Virgin, the Nymphios Service and the Lamentations Service of Holy Week. This full length CD of glorious and edifying Lenten & Holy Week music is free as part of the promotional package.

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He Comet At Midnight + 
FREE Akathist-Nymphios-Lamentations

By special arrangement with Romeiko Ensemble, this Lenten Promo package includes He Cometh At Midnight, the complete Bridesgroom Service from Holy Sunday night—at the beginning of Holy Week.  FREE Akathist-Nymphios-Lamentations. All the hymns of the Bridegroom Service (Vespers and Matins) of Holy Monday are included, based on previously unpublished medieval compositions and chanted antiphonally in Greek and English by two choirs. 

The digipak includes extensive liner notes booklet in English with hymn text in both English and Greek. Fr. Apostolos Hill’s assessment: “Romeiko Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Yorgios Bilalis, perfectly captures the haunting beauty of the Byzantine melodies and the sobering texts of such hymns as 'Behold the Bridegroom comes in the middle of the night.'  . Learn more and listen to track samples: link to AB094. Akathist-Nymphios-Lamentations was commissioned in 2007 by a newspaper in Athens as a promotional CD including hymns from The Akathist to the Virgin, the Nymphios Service and the Lamentations Service of Holy Week. This full length CD of glorious and edifying Lenten & Holy Week music is free as part of the promotional package.

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