The Vydubychi Church Chorus was founded in 1999 in Kyiv, Ukraine, at the beginning of revival of Ukrainian Orthodoxy.It was one of the first church choirs in Kyiv to reinstate the singing of divine liturgies in Ukrainian.
The sacred music of the Divine Liturgy sung by the Vydubychi Church Chorus in this recording has many different Ukrainian composers, many of whom were closely tied to ecclesiastical life, being themselves priests or church choir conductors.
Ukraine has a heritage of church music spanning many centuries, and it achieved fame among the Slavic nations for its majestic and melodious church singing.
LITURGY OF THE WORD : Great ektenia . First antiphon. Small ektenia. Second antiphon. Hymn of the Incarnation . Small ektenia - Kyivan chant . Third antiphon
MINOR ENTRANCE :
Come, let us worship and bow down to Christ . Thrice-Holy Hymn . Prokimen . Epistle. Alleluia . Gospel . Ektenia of supplication . Ektenia of announced. Ektenia of the faithful.
LITURGY of the FAITHFUL :
Hymn of the Cherubin . Ektenia of petition . The Father and the Son and Holy Spirit . Nicene Creed . Anaphora . Hymn to the Mother of God
The LORD"S PRAYER ; HOLY COMMUNION; DISMISSAL
And remember all mankind . Ektenia of petition . Our Father . One is Holy, One is Lord . Communion verse . Blessed are those who come in the name of the Lord. We have seen the true light . Let our mouths be filled with Your praise . Ektenia of thanksgiving . Prayer before the Ambo; Blessed be the name of the Lord. Dismissal
Total time : 76:44
2001 Symphocare |