by Hidden Treasures Group | Apr 12, 2020 | Hidden Treasures, Holy Week Series
Pascha Week Background Without question, the Pascha week is the holiest week of the entire year. The artistic beauty and spiritual depth of the rites of this week are at its zenith. Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection are the foundation upon which the whole fabric...
by Hidden Treasures Group | Apr 5, 2020 | Hidden Treasures, Holy Week Series
Introduction to the hymn Palm Sunday is one of the Major Feasts of our Lord, and it is the day on which the Lord Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem as a King, riding on a donkey and a colt, the foal of a donkey. Accordingly, the crowds with palm and olive branches, who...
by Hidden Treasures Group | Apr 1, 2020 | Hidden Treasures, Lent Series
How to Understand the Divine Liturgy The word Liturgy means the corporate service of worship of the assembled Church (i.e., to mean the Liturgy of the Eucharist). In order to understand the Liturgy, one must do several things. First, one should start with an old...
by Thomas Azer | Mar 23, 2020 | Hidden Treasures, Lent Series
Background This hymn is the signature hymn for the weekends of the Great Fast. Meghalou comes after the reading of the Synaxarion in place where Apekran (Your Name is so Great) or Qen `vran (In the Name..) is chanted annually. The hymn is composed of three verses of...
by Thomas Azer | Mar 17, 2020 | Hidden Treasures, Holy Week Series, Lent Series
Part I Part II Introduction Like most of the hymns on Great Friday, the theme of ‘Fai Etaf Enf’ is redemption, something accomplished on that day. However, this hymn is stylistically more meditational than other hymns. The pronoun “our” is used which reinforces the...
by Thomas Azer | Mar 9, 2020 | Hidden Treasures, Lent Series
Introduction to the hymn “Je Peniot” is a short hymn that is chanted as the Gospel response on Saturdays and Sundays of the Great Fast. It is also chanted as the gospel response during Funerals. Its tune can be best described as ‘encouraging’ and its words are drawn...
