Hymns of the Greek Church

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John Brownlie. Hymns of the Greek Church

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PREFATORY NOTE

INTRODUCTION

τῆς πατρῴας δόξης σου (κοντάκιον)

βασιλεῦ οὐράνιε, παράκλητε

τὴν ἄχραντον εἰκόνα σου προσκυνοῦμεν

Δεῦτε ἀγαλλιασώμεθα τῷ κυρίῳ (Στιχηρὰ Ἰδιόμελα)

Χριστὸς γεννᾶται

τί σοι προσενέγκωμεν, Χριστὲ

ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ σήμερον προφητικῶς εὐφραινέσθωσαν (Στιχηρὰ Ἰδιόμελα)

Δόξα ἐν ϓψίστοις θεῷ

Σήμερον ὁ Ἅδης στένων βοᾷ (στιχηρὰ ἰδιόμελα of the Holy and Great Sabbath)

καὶ τὴν φλογίνην ῥομφαίαν (κοντάκιον)

ὁ μονογενής Υἱὸς καὶ Λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ

Κύριε, ἀναβαίνοντός σου ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ (Δόξα Ἦχος πλ. δ1)

Διὰ Λαζάρου τὴν ἔγερσιν Κύριε (Ἀντίφωνον Γ’ Ἦχος Β’)

σήμερον γρηγορεῖ ὁ Ἰούδας (Ἀντίφωνον Ἦχος βαρύς)

Ὁ ἀναβαλλόμενος φῶς ὡς ἱμάτιον (Ἀντίφωνον Ι’ Ἦχος πλ· β’)

Ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν ὧν ἐποίησας, Χριστέ (Ἀντίφωνον ΙΑ’ Ἦχος πλ. β’)

Κύριε, ὁ τὸν Λῃστὴν (Ἀντίφωνον ΙΔ’ Ἦχος πλ. δ1)

τὰς ἑσπερινὰς ἡμῶν εὐχάς (στιχηρὰ Ἀναστάσιμα)

φῶς ἱλαρὸν ἁγίας δόξης

ἀνάστασιν Χριστοῦ θεασάμενοι

εἰ καὶ ἐν τάφῳ κατῆλθες ἀθάνατε (κοντάκιον, Ἦχος πλ. δ1)

Ἰδοὺ ὁ Νυμφιὸς ἔρχεται ἐν τῷ μέσῳ τῆς νυκτός (τροπάρια)

ἔργῳ, ὡς πάλαι τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἐπηγγείλω (τροπάρια)

ταχεῖαν καὶ σταθηρὰν δίδου παραμυθίαν τοῖς δούλοις σου

δεῦτε προσκυνήσωμεν καὶ προσπέσωμεν αὐτῷ (κοντάκιον)

Δεῦτε λαοὶ, τὴν τρισυπόστατον θεότητα προσκυνήσωμεν

ὅταν ἔλθῃς ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ γῆς (κοντάκιον Ἦχος α′)

CANON FOR EASTER DAY BY ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS

Ὠδὴ Α′ ἀναστάσεως ἡμέρα λαμπρυνθῶμεν λαοί·

Ὠδὴ Γ′ Δεῦτε πόμα πίωμεν καινόν

Ὠδὴ Δ′ ἐπὶ τῆς θείας φυλακῆς

Ὠδὴ Ε′ ὀρθρίσωμεν ὄρθροι βαθεός

Ὠδὴ ΣΤ′ κατῆλθες ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτοις

Ὠδὴ Ζ′ ὁ παῖδας ἐκ καμίνου ῥυσάμενος

Ὠδὴ Η′ αὕτη ἡ κλητὴ καὶ ἁγία ἡμέρα

καὶ ψάλλεται ἡ Θ′ Ὠδή. φωτίζου φωτίζου, ἡ νέα Ἱερουσαλήμ·

COLLECTS THE ECTENE AND THE LITANY OF THE DEACON

ἘΚΤΕΝΗ OR GREAT COLLECT

ϓπὲρ τῆς ἄνωθεν εἰρήνης, καὶ τῆς σωτηρίας τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, τοῦ Κυρίου δεηθῶμεν

κύριε ἐλέησον. Ἀντιλαβοῦ, σῶσον, ἐλέησον καὶ διαφύλαξον ἡμᾶς

HYMNS FROM THE EARLY GREEK POETS NOT FOUND IN THE SERVICE-BOOKS OF THE GREEK CHURCH

ἄνωθεν, παρθένοι, βοῆς ἐγερσίνεκρος ἦχος

ST. GREGORY

ἄτερ ἀρχῆς, ἀπέραντον. Cento from σὲ τὸν ἄφθιτον μονάρχην

ταῦτά σοι ἡμετέροιο θαλύσια, Χριστὲ. Cento from χριστὲ ἄναξ, σὲ πρῶτον

AN EVENING HYMN. Σὲ καὶ νῦν εὐλογοῦμεν

A MORNING HYMN. ὄρθριος δίδωμι τῷ θεῷ μου δεξιὰς

AN EVENING HYMN. ἐψευσάμην σε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, λόγε

SYNESIUS

σοὶ νύξ με φέρει τὸν ἀοιδὸν, ἄναξ. A Cento from ἄγε μοι ψυχά

λύπαις δ’ ἄστιπτος ψυχά. A Cento from ϓμνῶμεν κοῦρον νύμφας

ἄγε μοι ψυχά

αὐτὸς φῶς εἶ παγαῖον. Cento from ϓμνῶμεν κοῦρον νύμφας

Отрывок из книги

After ten years this, the first of five series of hymns of the Greek Church, is issued in cheap form in the hope that those who regard the unity of Christian praise, and wish to realise it, and who seek its enrichment from the Church of the Apostles, may be induced to give the subject that consideration which it deserves, and which has been too long neglected.

The past ten years have seen much activity in the department of Church hymnody, – all sections of the Church have had their hymnals under revision with varied results; but in this particular we are bound to feel satisfaction that the praise literature of the Early and Mediaeval Church has been more fully drawn upon than at any former period, and the Greek Church no longer stands in the background. From this volume alone no fewer than ten renderings have been utilised by hymnal compilers, and they make together twenty appearances. This fact is mentioned to indicate an appreciation of Greek hymnody which, it is hoped, may grow.

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But when all that is said, there remains much that is both beautiful and attractive. Some of the hymns and fragments are most chaste, – beautiful and tender in their simple expression of Gospel truths, which are so attractive to all true hearts, no matter by what creed dominated.

(4) The remarkable simplicity characterising those hymns constitutes, strangely it may seem, no small difficulty for the translator. The mere rendering of them into English prose is a comparatively easy task, and can be of no value to any one but the specialist, but to take the unmeasured lines and cut them to form stanzas, and in the process sacrifice nothing of their spirit to the exigencies of rhyme and rhythm, is a task by no means easy. But such drawbacks and difficulties are not insurmountable; and with the growing interest in hymnology which characterises our time, it will be strange if, in the years to come, the Greek service-books are not made to yield their tribute to the praise of the Christian Church in the West.

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