Eastern Orthodox Christian chants
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Topic: Eastern Orthodox Christian chants
Posted By: Woon Deadn
Subject: Eastern Orthodox Christian chants
Date Posted: December 09 2021 at 00:54
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The classic prayer to Mother Of God in Church Slavonic (old religious common Slavic language, if you like): The same prayer in a mantra-like sequence, recited 150 times in a row, a very specific sequence for Orthodox Christian believers - helpful in any activity that, well, may require a prayer: ------------- Favourite Band: Gentle Giant Favourite Writer: Robert Sheckley Favourite Horror Writer: Jean Ray Favourite Computer Game: Tiny Toon - Buster's Hidden Treasure (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis) |
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Posted By: Woon Deadn
Date Posted: December 09 2021 at 01:01
Kind of exotic - an Orthodox Christian liturgy in Polish! Poland was for centuries known as the stronghold of Catholicism and is still a very Catholic country. But since some rather recent time, there's also a Polish Orthodox Christian Church. Small, but proud  ------------- Favourite Band: Gentle Giant Favourite Writer: Robert Sheckley Favourite Horror Writer: Jean Ray Favourite Computer Game: Tiny Toon - Buster's Hidden Treasure (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis) |
Posted By: Woon Deadn
Date Posted: December 09 2021 at 01:16
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The Church Slavonic was a common Old Slavic language for use at the Orthodox Christian services. It had its origins in ancient Bulgaria and then came to ancient Russia. Initially, this language was rather Old Bulgarian. Then, it was a lingua franca of the Orthodox Christian Slavs. Here's how it all came to Rus, the predecessor of all modern East Slavs (Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians)... ------------- Favourite Band: Gentle Giant Favourite Writer: Robert Sheckley Favourite Horror Writer: Jean Ray Favourite Computer Game: Tiny Toon - Buster's Hidden Treasure (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis) |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 19 2022 at 14:01
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these are pretty nice ,thanks. I'm not religious in any real way, but I have always enjoyed gregorian chant and other similar methods of song from a purely musical perspective. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: CosmicVibration
Date Posted: January 19 2022 at 20:10
Höyry-Kone |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: January 19 2022 at 21:03
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Some of my favorites are from the Georgian Rustavi Choir more http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rustavi+choir+georgian+voices" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rustavi+choir+georgian+voices
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 20 2022 at 14:35
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^ thoseare pretty nice too ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |