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1 online resource (1 audio file) |
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Bells of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem -- Midnight -- The saviour has come to us -- St. Matthew's gospel: 1, 4-10 -- Wonderful mystery -- Today He is born to us (Hymn of St. Yared, the legendary founder of the Abyssinian liturgy) -- St. Luke's gospel: 2, 2-10 -- This is the day of joy -- Megalynarion of the nativity: Praise, my soul -- Epistle to the Galatians: 4, 4-8 -- Today is the feast of the saviour's birth and theophany -- Hymn to the Blessed Virgin -- A wondrously beautiful mystery has been revealed -- Hymn to the Holy Trinity -- St. John's gospel: 1, 1-17 (reading by the Patriarch and Deacon) -- Alleluia, alleluia -- St. Luke's gospel: 2, 3-12 -- Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus -- Psalm/ Psaume 42 sung at the end of the midnight mass -- Bells of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem |
| Notes |
Excerpts from the Christmas liturgies of the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Abyssinian, Greek Catholic, Armenian, Coptic, Ancient Syrian, and Maronite churches, performed by the choirs of various churches and seminaries in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Nazareth and Jaffa |
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Various performers |
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Sung in Arabic, Aramaic, Armenian, Ethiopic, Ancient Greek and Latin |
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Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Christmas music.
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Eastern churches -- Liturgy.
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Liturgies, Early Christian.
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Christmas music.
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Eastern churches -- Liturgy.
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Liturgies, Early Christian.
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Streaming audio
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Christmas music.
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Christmas music.
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Streaming audio
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| Author |
Deutsche Grammophon (Firm), publisher.
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