Last night I was looking around on Youtube for an English version of the Akathist to the Theotokos (Mary, Mother of God). The akathist are Eastern hymns to a particular saint. An English text of the Akathist to the Theotokos can be found at this link. What I did find was music from a Paraklesis to the Theotokos in English. A paraklesis or Supplicatory Canon is a service said for the living to ask for the intercession of a saint in the Byzantine Catholic or Orthodox traditions. This music is sung by a group of three sisters from Denver called Eikona. I haven’t been able to stop listening to this. Especially the first part.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZg-Es-IdaE]
You can find the sheet music here.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
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1 comment
Marilyn
January 4, 2014 at 8:27 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This is very uplifting…great meditation! You’re right, Larry, can’t stop listening to it!
Oh, Holy Theotokos, Save Us!
Marilyn