Feast of St. John of Damascus/Paraklesis/Ecclesiastical Hymns

Feast of St. John of Damascus/Paraklesis/Ecclesiastical Hymns

Artist: Choir of Balamand Monastery
Item number: AB072
Category: Byzantine
Chant Type: Byzantine
Language: Arabic
Label: St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology
Period: Contemporary
Length: 196'07
Release date: 2004
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Price: $23.99 USD
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1. Dismissal Hymn

2. Anoixandaria

3. Psalm 140

4. Prosomoia

5. Doxastikon

6. Exapostilarion

7. Lauds

8. Prosomia

9. Glory

10. Doxology

11. Trisagion

12. It is meet, in truth, to bless Thee

13. Polychronion

14. Hymn of Balamand

15. Paraklesis

16. The Great Doxology

17. 1st Stichera, Satruday Vespers

18. Let us praise Mary the Virgin

19. O Gladsome Light

20. Alleluia, Behold the Bridegroom

21. Verily on this present day

22. I behold thy chamber adorned

23. Today He is suspend upon a tree

24. Epistle of the dead

25. The Cherubicon


A value package of three CDs, in sleeve packaging with no liner notes in Arabic and English, no hymn text. Most of the CDs have been previously released as singles, but this package makes them available again, and at a very good price.

By: Benjamin Williams

The 3 CDs include: the Feast of St. John of Damascus, Paraklesis and Ecclesiastical Hymns. The Feast of St. John of Damascus CD includes selections from Vespers and Matins for this saint and hierarch, the Paraklesis CD offers most of the hymns of the Paraklesis service; the Ecclesiastical Hymns includes major hymns from Liturgy and Vespers as well as Holy Week and Pascha. These are very pleasant and enjoyable CDs, providing a representative recording of the Byzantine chant typical of the Arabic orthodox churches, especially those of the Patriarchate of Antioch.