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Stichera at Royal Hours of the Nativity of Christ from "Hymns of the Nativity of Christ" by the monastic choir of Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos.
English text (which I hope to put up in annotation form) can be found at:
http://www.anastasis.org.uk/24decRH.htm
The Greek can be found in a Word doc. at:
www.gocanada.org/liturgicaltexts/royalhours.doc
The text is first intoned by a cantor (bit by bit) & then chanted by the choir.
At about 0:11 the text is:
Bethlehem make ready; let the Manger be prepared; let the Cave receive. The truth has come, the shadow has passed away, and God has appeared among men from a Virgin, formed as we are and making divine what He has put on. And so Adam is renewed with Eve as they cry, 'God's good pleasure has appeared on earth to save our race.'
[After the "Glory, now & ever"] at 6:15 the text is:
Joseph spoke thus to the Virgin, 'Mary, what is this doing that I see in you? I am at a loss and am amazed, and my mind is struck with dismay. Go quickly from me then and secretly. Mary, what is this doing that I see in you? Instead of honour, you have brought me shame; instead of gladness, sorrow; instead of praise, reproof. No longer will I bear men's reproach; for I you took from the Priests in the Temple as one blameless before the Lord; and what is this sight?'
Stichera at Royal Hours of the Nativity of Christ from "Hymns of the Nativity of Christ" by the monastic choir of Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos.
English text (which I hope to put up in annotation form) can be found at:
http://www.anastasis.org.uk/24decRH.htm
The Greek can be found in a Word doc. at:
www.gocanada.org/liturgicaltexts/royalhours.doc
The text is first intoned by a cantor (bit by bit) & then chanted by the choir.
At about 0:11 the text is:
Bethlehem make ready; let the Manger be prepared; let the Cave receive. The truth has come, the shadow has passed away, and God has appeared among men from a Virgin, formed as we are and making divine what He has put on. And so Adam is renewed with Eve as they cry, 'God's good pleasure has appeared on earth to save our race.'
[After the "Glory, now & ever"] at 6:15 the text is:
Joseph spoke thus to the Virgin, 'Mary, what is this doing that I see in you? I am at a loss and am amazed, and my mind is struck with dismay. Go quickly from me then and secretly. Mary, what is this doing that I see in you? Instead of honour, you have brought me shame; instead of gladness, sorrow; instead of praise, reproof. No longer will I bear men's reproach; for I you took from the Priests in the Temple as one blameless before the Lord; and what is this sight?'
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