TODAY HE… IS HUNG UPON THE CROSS TODAY HE… IS HUNG UPON THE CROSS Matins of Holy and Great Friday Antiphons Arrangement by Archimandrite Matthew Mormyl Male choir of the Representation Church of the Laura of the Holy Trinity and StSergius in Moscow Precentor Vladimir Gorbik CD colour booklet pages The Igor Matvienko Production Centre This is a recording of Matins of Great Friday performed by the male choir of the Representation Church of the Laura of the Holy Trinity and StSergius in Moscow This service is celebrated in the evening of Great Thursday You are familiar with it through The Office of the Passions of the Lord recorded by the monastic choir of Valaam Monastery Lovers of church singing are offered a wonderful opportunity to compare these recordings and make certain that though the manner of performance differs they are equally beautiful The performance is so full of feeling that those who cannot be in the church on Great Thursday will feel

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Monastic Choir
of the Valaam Monastery
Precentor Hierodeacon German (Ryabtsev)

Hierodeacon German (Ryabtsev)

Hierodeacon German (Ryabtsev)
The Twelve Great Feasts

The Choir Of The Don Cossacks conducted by SERGE ZHAROV

Monastic Choir
of the Valaam Monastery
Precentor Hierodeacon David

Choir of the Moscow Theological Academy and the Laura
of the Holy Trinity

Choir of the Representation Church
of the Laura of the Holy Trinity
and St.Sergius in Moscow
Precentor Vladimir Gorbik

Hymns of the Twelve and other Great Feasts of the Russian Orthodox Church
The Choir of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in the village of Tarychevo
Precentor Lyudmila Arshavskaya

The combined Choir of the Laura of the Caves in Kiev and the Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary conducted by Hierodeacon Kirill (Borisevich)

The Metropolitan Choir of the Holy Assumption Laura of the Caves
in Kiev conducted by M.S.Litvinenko

The Choir of St.Jonah’s Monastery
of the Holy Trinity
Precentor Dmitry Bolgarsky

The Choir of the Laura of the Caves in Kiev conducted by Dmitry Bolgarsky

Divine Services celebrated by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow

Hymns of the Byzantine tradition
The St.John of Damascus children’s and youth choir at the Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in St.Petersburg
Precentor Irina Boldysheva

The Moscow Churches" Choir of Singers
Precentor Anatoly Kuleshov

BELL RINGING

THE ‘SVETILEN’ Ensemble of Folk and Religious Music

The choir of the church of. st. Nicholas in Tallinn. Conducted by Igor Vrona

THE ‘AKATHIST’ MALE CHAMBER CHOIR

The choir of the Sanaksar monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God

THE VLADIMDIR SINGERS

TODAY HE… IS HUNG UPON THE CROSS

Matins of Holy and Great Friday (Antiphons)
Arrangement by Archimandrite Matthew (Mormyl)
Male choir of the Representation Church of the Laura of the Holy Trinity and St.Sergius in Moscow. Precentor Vladimir Gorbik

2 CD (colour booklet 8 pages)

2000 The Igor Matvienko Production Centre

This is a recording of Matins of Great Friday performed by the male choir of the Representation Church of the Laura of the Holy Trinity and St.Sergius in Moscow. This service is celebrated in the evening of Great Thursday. You are familiar with it through «The Office of the Passions of the Lord» recorded by the monastic choir of Valaam Monastery. Lovers of church singing are offered a wonderful opportunity to compare these recordings and make certain that though the manner of performance differs, they are equally beautiful.

The performance is so full of feeling that those who cannot be in the church on Great Thursday will feel themselves present.

Colour booklet (8 pages) in Russian and English with a short narration on the service and the choir.

disc 1
1.	 The Great Litany (N. Ozerov)
2.	 Alleluia (tone eight)
3.	 Troparion «When the glorious disciples…» (tone eight)
4.	 The Little Litany
5.	 First reading from the Gospel (Jn 13:31-18:1)
6.	 Antiphon one «The rulers of the people…» (tone eight)
7.	 Antiphon two «Judas ran to the lawless scribes…» (tone six)
8.	 Antiphon three «Because of the raising of Lazarus…» (tone two)
9.	 The Little Litany
10.	 Sessional hymn «As Thou gavest food to the disciples…» (tone seven)
11.	 Second reading from the Gospel (Jn 18:1-28)
12.	 Antiphon four «Today Judas forsakes the Master…» (tone five)
13.	 Antiphon five «The disciple agreed upon the price of the Master…» (tone six)
14.	 Antiphon six «Today Judas watches how he may deliver up the Lord…» (tone seven)
15.	 The Little Litany
16.	 Sessional hymn «What reason led thee, Judas, to betray the Saviour?» (tone seven)

disc 2
1.	 Third reading from the Gospel (Mt 26:57-75)
2.	 Antiphon seven «Suffering the transgressors to lay hold on Thee, O Lord…» (tone eight)
3.	 Antiphon eight «O ye, transgressors, tell us what ye heard from our Saviour?» (tone two)
4.	 Antiphon nine «They took the thirty pieces of silver…» (tone three)
5.	 The Little Litany
6.	 Sessional hymn «O how could Judas, who was once Thy disciple…» (tone eight)
7.	 Fourth reading from the Gospel (Jn 18:28-19:16)
8.	 Antiphon ten «He Who clothes Himself in light as in a garment…» (tone six)
9.	 Antiphon eleven «In return for the blessings which Thou hast granted, O Christ, to the people of the Hebrews…» (tone six)
10.	 Antiphon twelve «Thus says the Lord to the Jews…» (tone eight)
11.	 The Little Litany
12.	 Sessional hymn «When Thou the Judge, O God, wast standing before Caiaphas…» (tone eight)
13.	 Fifth reading from the Gospel (Mt 27:3-32)
14.	 Antiphon thirteen «The assembly of the Jews…» (tone six)
15.	 Antiphon fourteen «O Lord, Thou hast taken as Thy companion the thief…» (tone eight)
16.	 Antiphon fifteen «Today He… is hung upon the Cross» (tone six, deacon Sergy Trubachev)
17.	 The Little Litany
18.	 Sessional hymn «Thou hast redeemed us…» (tone four)

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