(If this is not the right place to ask, please say what is the right one.)
For context: a year ago or so I was browsing a collection of CDs of my father and found found this chant: https://youtu.be/GW0YCn94bZU?feature=shared.
By the title, it is for the mass of Saint Peter and Saint Paul according to the Divine Liturgy of Saint Chrysostom. Searching a bit, I managed to find in YouTube the whole liturgy chanted (the link above). The thing is: I’m not familiar at all with the Byzantine liturgy (I’m Roman Catholic), could not find the lyrics of this anywhere and my Greek is very far from being good enough to get the lyrics of music only by hearing it. Can someone help me deciphering it? Much thanks!
I think that’s Church Slavonic.
Oh, really? I thought that “Divine Liturgy” referred always to the Byzantine liturgy, which, AFAIK, is always celebrated in Greek.
The Divine Liturgy is celebrated in different languages. The Antiochian Orthodox Church primarily uses Arabic and Greek. The Serbian Orthodox Church primarily uses Church Slavonic. If you live in the United States, some Churches will chant in English with a certain percentage of the language of the Church’s tradition. It varies with each Church. I also believe that this hymn is in Church Slavonic.
Here is a Greek version of Chrysostom’s Divine Liturgy:
And a Greek and English text:
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Listening, I find that they use an entirely different arrangement from the text I linked.
Very interesting…
Much thanks for the help, jeidsath and Lukas!