THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

From the texts of New Testament

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               In the spaceless and timeless dimension of God, man finds his inconceivable goal. 

Blessed are those who perceive His secret information.

Father, Virtuous, Immaculate, Inconceivable, Merciful Father, You who give a brand new name to our old life, You whose love is sacredly devoted to the salvation of our soul.

Infinite Lord, You who have no beginning! You, whose hope awaits eternally, unpurturbed, preserving the security, where man perceives the essence of his existence, please, hear my prayers, bless this work of mine, and let Your will, once again, constitute the perfection of our imperfect nature.

Father, Good, Valid Father, You who secretly inform our hearts and coordinate our souls, clear the thorns and enrich the land of Your clay creation with fresh soil, so that the fruit blooms, the surface of the conscience grows wider and reality is founded on Your faith.

My God, have mercy on us, the sinners, make us one with You.

 

I am shaken when I realise that the most certain fact in my life is death, that the certainty of life is the certainty of death, its remembrance is the road, destination is the recall, the aim is the union with the in-the-Grace-of-God theosis, the existence, the faith, the Life,the incorporation to the One Substance.

Blessed Holy Trinity, we want You perfectly united with our essence in an almighty and unbreakable way, guardian and guarantor of our redemption. 

Yes! May Your will be done, as the Father informed us through the Son and enlightened our intellect through the Immaculate Holy Spirit.

May the words that have been written throughout the centuries coming from Your pure mouth become a flowing source of eternal life.

Protect us from the vain world and do not allow its preaching throw our nature away from You again. 

My Almighty God, You who are in everything and everything You fill, have mercy on us and do not leave us alone at the end of the day, make the darkness disappear, let the Real Light come upon us and make us transparent, resting in our primitive nature.

 

I have nothing more important to do in my life, other than this recording, I solidly and clearly feel that this is the work of my life, after this recording of mine everything else will supplement my work and my art peripherally. I know that this is the first time that these words have been recorded in this way, and they have been recorded in a unified aesthetic with the aim of sweetly embracing our souls and reintroducing them to their Creator, the Lord.

I feel in peace with this work and its outcome, according to His will, it is my warm desire that it follows the track that He has defined. All I have done, I have done with love for God, please, pray that He may forgive me for everything I haven’t been able to repair, due to my imperfection.

I am thinking that when I am no longer in this life, if I were able to say something from up there which would reach the human ears, it would be these words, these fragments of truth, one by one like raindrops, clearing the mind, the heart, and strengthening the soul.

As long as I live, this world is not enough for me, I am expecting the reuniting, right where I have left it, it is as if I am expected by some beloved ones, so beloved that the sorrow of their memory shimmers in my eyes.

As I was studying and creating this work of mine, I experienced moments of redemption, revelation, simple and smooth moments, I loved creation even more and I profoundly realised that God is depicted into ourselves when we function with the awareness of our fellow-men and not ourselves. This is so clearly shown in the Scripts, that only in this way can man get to know God, only if he loves his fellow-man and behaves having him in mind with love and not by acting and moving round his insecure self. It is as if, in this way, he realises his inner power and broadens his horizons without limits. Besides, it has been mentioned that “…the Kingdom of God lies inside us…”.

I travelled to the Holy Land, Israel and Palestine, I followed Jesus’s footsteps, from the Holy Sepulchre to Golgotha, to the Deposition from the Cross, the Mount of Olives, to Mount Tabor and Nazareth, Lake Gennesaret, Gadara, Kana and the Jordan River, where the Perfect God and Perfect Man was baptised, up to Mount Sarantario, the Dead Sea, Bethleem, the hills of the three Wise Men – the Magi- and the Angels, to end up again around the walls of the eternal city, to the Tomb of Virgin Mary, next to the blood-shed stones after Stephanos was stoned to death, the Ressurection and the Ascension of God in Galilee.

I sensed and studied those places, I matched them with the references of the Evangelists and the truth of the Scripts, I photographed and captured them with my lens, I loved and cherished all those places, I closed them in my heart and the creation was tuned with the consistent outcome. 

Apart from the personal pleasure I take in getting involved like a child with the blessed clarity and simplicity of God, this work of mine aims at my personal destination, but also, at the same time, at the release and communication of God’s blessing to the whole world, as in this way I make many people participate in my redemptive joy which is unique and thus I find my destination.

I would like to apologise to all those I have treated wrong, not only for what I believe I have done wrong, but also for what God defines, with His simple and impenetrable justice.

I feel as if I am writing the last words of my life, as if with this recording of mine I have fulfilled my mission in this world, as if I wish for the “end” to come, so that I can pass over to the beginning of eternity.

I do love life, but it is too short, too imperfect, almost unimportant in its rules, whereas the awareness of its vain truth gives meaning to the real life that follows its ending.

My blessed fellow-men, open your hearts and found your lives on the words of the New Testament, the time is coming, pray, apply Love in a clear way, unite the truth of your course with the eternal Words of God, give meaning to the only truth that depicts in a sensational and unique way the Real Life and breathes through the blessed Scripts. 

Here is the map, here are its unique, valid instructions. 

May God have mercy on our souls, so that we can reach the place where distance and time, in the sense we perceive them, lose their meaning, where everything is perpetually born in the middle of nothing.

 

In his First Epistle to the Corinthians, Paul describes and informs us in a revealing way… 

 

“But perhaps someone will ask: how are the dead resurrected? And in what sort of body do they come back to life? Imbecile! The seed you throw in the field does not germinate unless it dies first. And the seed you sow is not the body that will eventually be produced, but bare grain, either of wheat or of another kind. God gives to every seed the body of the plant that He has defined. Every kind of seed has its own kind of body. Every living thing does not have the same flesh; the flesh is different in people, different in beasts, different in birds and different in fish. Then again, there are bodies which exist in heaven and bodies which exist on earth; but the splendour of the heavenly bodies is different from that of the earthly ones.

 The same thing will happen with the resurrection of the dead: the body, just like the seed, is sown in weakness, but it is raised in power when it rises. It is buried as a natural body, but it will rise with life given by the Spirit of God. Just as there is a natural body, so there is a spiritual one.

I will reveal a mystery to you: not all of us will die; but all of us will be transformed, in just one moment, as long as the eye needs to blink, when the trumpet of the last years sounds. For the sound of the trumpet will be heard and right away the dead will rise beyond the reach of corruption, and we, the living, will be utterly changed. Thus, my brethren, stand firm and let nothing move your faith, and always have more and more zeal for the fulfilment of the Lord’s work, since you know that for the Lord’s sake you never toil in vain”.

 

With joy and love,

 

Petros Gaitanos

 

Athens, December 2010




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PETROS GAITANOS

THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

From the texts of New Testament

 

The Holy Gospels

Sound recording of the Evangelists’ exceptional texts about Christ’s Life, Words and Sacrifice

Cd 1: The coming on earth- Annunciation, Birth, the first steps on earth, the Sermon on the Mount

Cd 2 : The crystal clear word- Preaching, The Parables and the eternal Truths

Cd 3 : Following the earthly course– Miracles and Divine Commandments

Cd 4 : The lucid wisdom- The Transfiguration, the Word and the prophesies are put into practice, the end of the world

Cd 5 : The word of Love- The Commandments of Love, the prediction of the Passion, the security and the promise of the Heavenly Kingdom, the expression of God’s perfect Love, Man’s treason

Cd 6 : The consecration of the blessed subordination for Man’s salvation – The Conviction, the Crucifixion, the Deposition from the Cross, the Burial, the Resurrection, the sightings of the Resurrected God, the Ascension

The translations of the Gospels into Demotic Greek (colloquial language) are of the Hellenic Biblical Company ( 1989 ), by Professors Y. Galitis, J. Karavidopoulos, J. Galanis and P. Vassiliadis.

Jesus : Gregoris Valtinos

Male Narrator : Petros Gaitanos

Female Narrator : Noni Ioannidou

Male Narrator : Konstantinos Konstantopoulos

Female Narrator : Athena Sotiropoulou

Male Narrator : Konstantinos Tsakonas

With the participation of the Byzantine Choir “Tetix”

Improvisations under the direction of Petros Gaitanos, played by the solist musicians:

Traditional wind instruments : Clarinet, Nay, Kaval : Yiorgos Kotsinis

Oud ( Outi ) : Thomas Konstantinou

Improvisations on the ancient instruments :  Pan-pipe, Lyre, Drum, Conches, Horn, Diaulos, Cornet, Barbitos, Krotalo, Seistron, Variaulos, Clarinet by: Panaghiotis Stefos    

The original recordings took place in Prism Studio in January, February, March 2010 AD and January, February, March 2011 AD

Programming: Dimitris Bellos

Sound Programming-mixing : Tassos Bakasietas

Mastering : Petros Siakavelas

Translations into English : Konstantina Spyroglou, Athena Dimitriadou

Photographs : Petros Gaitanos

Petros Gaitanos photographed by Tasos Vrettos

Make up : Achilles Haritos

Artwork : Petros Parashis

Production Supervision : Mihalis Papathanassiou

Release Supervision, Direction, Arrangements, Art Supervision and Production Management : Petros Gaitanos

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

The life of the Apostles and the events that followed the Ascension of Jesus from the earth

Narrators:

Paul: Aggelos Antonopoulos

Peter: Ghiannis Voglis

Luke: Petros Gaitanos

Female Narrator: Katia Dandoulaki

Female Narrator: Noni Ioannidou

Male Narrator: Vassilis Papadopoulos

LETTERS OF THE APOSTLES

The communication of the Apostles, conveying to the whole world through written speech the message for salvation included in the Bible.

Paul’s letters are recited as follows:

TO THE ROMANS: Konstantinos Tsinalis- Petros Gaitanos – Konstantinos Tsakonas

TO THE CORINTHIANS A’: Nikitas Tsakiroglou – Konstantinos Konstantopoulos-Petros Gaitanos

TO THE CORINTHIANS B’: Petros Gaitanos

TO THE GALATIANS: Konstantinos Tsakonas

TO THE EPHESIANS: Konstantinos Tsinalis – Petros Gaitanos

TO THE PHILIPPIANS: Emilios Hilakis

TO THE COLOSSIANS: Konstantinos Tsakonas

TO THE THESSALONIANS A’: Aggelos Antonopoulos

TO THE THESSALONIANS B’: Aggelos Antonopoulos

TO TIMOTHY A’: Emilios Hilakis

TO TIMOTHY B’: Emilios Hilakis

TO TITUS: Konstantinos Tsakonas

TO PHILEMON: Konstantinos Tsakonas

TO THE HEBREWS: Petros Gaitanos

James’s Catholic Letter recited by Kostas Gialinis

Peter’s Catholic Letters A’ and B’ recited by Ghiannis Voglis

John’s Catholic Letters A’ and B’ recited by Aggelos Antonopoulos

Jude’s -brother of Jesus- Catholic Letter recited by Konstantinos Tsinalis

JOHN’S APOCALYPSE ( BOOK OF REVELATION)

The exceptional escatological text of the Bible about the end of the world

The text of John’s Apocalypse recited by:

Ghiorgos Kalatzis

Christos Krostandis

and Koralia Karandi

With the participation of:

Aggelos Antonopoulos

Ghiannis Voglis

Petros Gaitanos

Katia Dandoulaki

Nikitas Tsakiroglou

Konstantinos Tsakonas

Improvisations under the direction of Petros Gaitanos, played by the solist musicians:

Ancient musical instruments: Percussion, Lyre, Flute, Salpinx, Pan-pipe, Conches, Horns, Diaulos, Kitharis ( ancient Guitar), Variaulos (Bassoon), Keras (Horn), Barbitos, Tympanon (Drum), Krotalo, Seistra: Panaghiotis Stefos

Thamboura with bow, Mantolin,  Oud ( Outi ): Christos Tsiamoulis

Dulcimer: Manos Koutsaggelidis

Clarinet: Vassilis Saleas

Cretan Lyre: Vassilis Skoulas

Lute: Kostas Filippidis

Lyre from Constantinoupolis, Lyrantzelo, Ground Bass: Socratis Sinopoulos

Santouri, Persian Santouri: Andreas Katsighiannis

Sitar: Dimitris Roumeliotis

Synthesizers- Programming: Mihalis Papathanassiou

Ground Bass, Hymn Supervision: Dimitris Kehagias

We warmly thank Professor Christodoulos Ghialouridis, Manager of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi, for the granting of permission for the recording of the Hydraulis from the Cd audio “TO A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT” VOICE OF HYDRAULIS, production of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi, as part of the programme of the reconstruction of the Ancient Hydraulis of Dion, as well as Mr Panaghiotis Vlagopoulos, musicologist and musician, Assistant Professor in the Department of Musical Studies of the Ionian University, for the execution of the pieces of music. We also thank Ms Maro Nikolopoulou, Head of the Department of Conferences and Artistic Programmes of the Centre of Delphi for the excellent cooperation and the constructive interest in this work of ours.

The recordings took place in Studio “Prism” in January, February, March and April 2011 AD

Additional recordings took place in Studio “Polytropon”, Thessaloniki, Sound engineering: Thanos Kazantzis

Editing: Ksenofondas Smpounias

Sound engineering: Tassos Bakasietas – Additional recordings: Aristotelis Galanos

Mixing: Tassos Bakasietas – Kostas Kalimeris

Projection of sound effects: Ghiorgos Mikroghiannakis

Mastering: Petros Siakavelas – Digital Press

Translations into English, Text Supervision: Konstantina Spyroglou

Photographs: Petros Gaitanos

Petros Gaitanos photographed by Tassos Vrettos

Make-up: Eleftheria Savopoulou

Styling : Sotiris Tsagdis

Artwork: Petros Parashis

Production Supervision: Mihalis Papathanassiou

 

 

Direction, Arrangements, Art Supervision, Release Supervision and Production Management by :

Petros Gaitanos