
LIGHT FROM LIGHT
Byzantine litourgical hymns of Christmas, New Year’s Day and the Epiphany
Traditional Chants
Polygram 1998
MULTI – PLATINUM
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01. Today is born, 2nd plagal tone
Lauds of the Christmas Vigil, Ninth Hour
02. Bethlehem be prepared , 4th plagal tone
Christmas Cathisma
03. Christ is born – The Lord saved His people, 1st tone
Double Christmas “Katavasies” ( simple and iambic )
04. Magnify, oh! my soul -The newborn Child, 1st plagal tone
Hymn of the Christmas Ninth Hour
05. Come, oh faithful – Why art thou filled with wonder, Mary?
He, that nothing can contain Him, 4th tone
Christmas “Cathismata”
06. Thy Nativity, oh! Christ, 4th tone
Christmas Dismissal Hymn
07. The whole universe today, 2nd tone
Idiomelon ( chant with particular melody ) of the 50th Christmas Psalm
08. Gloria in excelsis Deo, 2nd plagal tone
Idiomelon of the 50th Christmas Psalm
09. What shall we offer Thee?, 2nd tone
Sticheron Idiomelon, chant sung at the Vespers of Christmas Eve
10. Oh! Christ, Thou art the rising sun
Thou were born secretly , 2nd plagal tone
Sticheron Idiomelon, chant sung at the Vespers of Christmas Eve
11. Our Saviour has visited us, 3rd tone
Ecsapostilarion, chant sung before the Lauds of Christmas
12. Be glad, you righteous people, 4th tone
Sticheron Idiomelon of the Christmas Lauds
13. Today the Virgin gives birth to Him, 3rd tone
Kontakion, Christmas chant
14. All over the Earth, 1st tone
Dismissal Hymn in St Vassilios’honour, sung on New Years’ Day
15. Thou took a human form without been altered, 1st tone
Dismissal Hymn of the Circumcision
16. Of all Saints, 1st tone
Idiomelon of the Apostecha of New Year’s Day
17. Our Saviour condescending for humankind’s sake, 4th plagal tone
Idiomelon of the Apostecha of New Year’s Day
18. The whole universe today, 2nd tone
Idiomelon of the 50th Psalm of the Epiphany ( Theophania)
19. The Lord’s voice, 4th plagal tone
Idiomelon, hymn for the Sanctification of the waters
20. Today the waters’ nature is sanctified
hou have come into the river’s waters as a simple man, 4th plagal tone
Idiomela, hymns of the Epiphany’s Eve, First Hour
21. At the voice of one crying in the desert, 4th plagal tone
Hymn of the Epiphany’s Eve Lauds, First Hour
22. The world was wondering, Grave tone
Idiomelon, hymn of the Ninth Epiphany Hour
23. Light from light – How shall we, oh! Christ, 1st tone
Idiomeli Stichera of the Epiphany’s Lauds
24. The true Light, 1st tone
Sticheron Idiomelon of the Epiphany’s Lauds
25. Waters of the Jordan river, 2nd plagal tone
Docsasticon, from the Lauds of the Epiphany
26. While thou were receiving the baptism, oh! Lord, 1st tone
Dismissal Hymn of the Epiphany
27. Magnify, oh! my soul – Strange mystery, 1st tone
Slow “Katavasia”, hymn of the Ninth Christmas Ode
With the participation of the Byzantine Choir
Directed by Gheorghios Naoum
Narrator: Constantinos Tsinalis
Supervision of Hymns: Ghiorgos Phanaras
Production: PolyGram
Production Management- Art Supervision: Petros Gaitanos
Production Supervision: Ghiorgos Tzovanakis
The recordings took place in Studio Polysound by Ghiorgos Karyotis and Dimitris Mourlas and in Studio Sierra by Tassos Bakasietas
Mixed by: Ghiorgos Karyotis
Digital mastering: Ghiannis Ioannidis/ D.P.H
Artwork: Petros Paraschis, Dimitris Panaghiotacopoulos
Cover photograph: Dimitris Talianis
Inside photographs : Ghiannis Velissaridis