Music
Recordings from the Christmas Vigil at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopaidi
7 January 2017
As the ‘metropolis’ of feasts’, Christmas is celebrated at the monasterie... 
‘The Waters of the Jordan’, Leonidas Asteris, Archon Protopsaltis, of the Great Church of Christ
6 January 2017
An exceptionally fine rendition of the Doxastiko of the Praises for the f...
‘A good word’, the Doxastiko at the Polyeleos, by Y. Rysios the Priest (†1865) – (choir of Vatopaidi)
13 November 2016
‘A good word’ at the Polyeleos, in tone four, in a composition by Yeoryio...
‘The Rich have been made poor’, tone plagial 1 (Setting by Daniil Daniilidis Katounakiotis)
18 October 2016
‘The rich have been made poor and hungry, but those who seek the Lord sha...
The Pasapnoaria (Let Everything that has Breath) by Iakovos the Protopsaltis, tone 1 (choir of Athonite fathers)
10 October 2016
The evolution and renaissance of music for Greek church choirs which occu...
Verses at ‘Lord I have cried’ in tone 2 (Daniilaii/ Choir of Vatopaidi)
28 September 2016
The verses from the Psalter which follow ‘Lord I have cried’ at the Vespe...
Dismissal Hymn for the Precious Belt of the Mother of God (sung by the Daniilaii)
19 September 2016
August is considered the month of the Mother of God. With the feast of he...
‘It is truly right’. Har. Papanikolaou- From a concert by the Thomades in Russia
8 September 2016
Ecclesiastical singing is a product of the liturgical practice of the Chur...
Capella Romana: Good Friday in Jerusalem
10 April 2015
Until the recent discovery of a few Greek sources for the urban rite of J...
On the trail of Chourmouzios Chartophylax’s musical compositions
25 October 2014
Chourmouzios Chartophylax (“the Archivist”) was a teacher of Byzantine Chan...
