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  • All Creation TrembledOrthodox Hymns of the Passion Service

    Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir

    Greek and English liturgical texts and other media available at www.hchc.edu/allcreationtrembled

    www.hchc.edu/allcreationtrembled

  • Recorded April 21-22, 2013 in Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Chapel

    Producer: Grammenos KaranosMusical Producer: Spyridon AntonopoulosTechnical Producer: Ross CisnerosRecorded, Mixed, and Mastered by: Ross CisnerosExecutive Producer: Josh ColeSpecial Thanks and Technical Considerations: Fraser Jones and Dennis Gaines of Independent Audio, Merging Technologies of Switzerland, Pearl Microphones of SwedenLayout and Design: Nicolaos Tzetzis

    Cover Photos by Tzetzis PhotographyFront Cover: Decorated Icon of Christ on the Cross from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Chapel in

    Brookline, MA. Photo taken Holy Thursday, 2010.

    In memory of all victims of the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, 2013

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    All Creation TrembledOrthodox Hymns of the Passion Service

    Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir

    Dedicated to All Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Alumni

  • ALL CREATION TREMBLED Orthodox Hymns of the Passion Service

    1. Alleluiarion - When the Glorious Disciples (mode pl. IV)2. Antiphon I (mode pl. IV)3. Antiphon XI (mode pl. II)4. Antiphon XII (mode pl. IV)5. Kathisma for Antiphon XII (mode pl. IV)6. Antiphon XIV (mode pl. IV)7. Today He Who hung the Earth 8. Antiphon XV (mode pl. II)9. Beatitudes Prokeimenon (mode IV)10. 8th Gospel Pericope11. Kontakion Oikos Synaxarion12. Exapostilarion (mode III)13. Aposticha Idiomela (modes I, II)14. Both Now for Aposticha (mode pl. IV)15. 12th Gospel Pericope16. Dismissal Hymn (mode IV)17. Dismissal

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  • HOLY CROSS ROMANOS THE MELODIST BYZANTINE CHOIR

    DIRECTOR: Grammenos Karanos

    MELODISTS / ISOKRATES:Majd Akkawi, John Michael Boyer, Ryan Collins, Gabriel Cremeens, Timothy Curren, Rassem El Massih, Panagiotis Hasiakos, Andreas Houpos, Christopher Kies, Constantine Kokanos, Dionysios Koulianos, Emmanuel Maginas, Michael Manos, Michael Mercado, Demetre Mott, Michael Odegaard, Panteleimon Panopoulos, Seraphim Ramos, Ephraim Roberson, Peter Romanovsky, Anastasios Theodoropoulos, Ryan Stingle, Nicolaos Tzetzis

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  • On the celebration of the 75th year of service to the Gospel by Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, the release of this recording of the superb hymnology of Holy Friday Orthros Service chanted by the Holy Cross Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir is offered as a further means for each of us to reconnect with the sacred purpose that unites all the activities of this valued institution of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. May we each join our voices with theirs in prayer and praise being filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord... (Ephesians 5:18-19).

    Archbishop Demetrios of AmericaChair of Hellenic College Holy Cross Board of Trustees

  • ABOUT THIS RECORDINGIn April 2013, the Holy Cross Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir recorded this CD in the Holy Cross Chapel in Brookline, Massachusetts, in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. The choir consists of students at Hellenic College and Holy Cross who are preparing to become priests, deacons or lay leaders in the Greek Orthodox Church in the United States and abroad. Most of the choir members received their training in Byzantine Music at Holy Cross, part of whose mission is to be a center for in-depth study of the sacred art of chanting.

    Besides the 24-member choir, participants in the recording include Rev. Fr. Nicholas Kastanas, Assistant Adjunct Professor of Byzantine Music at Holy Cross and Presiding Priest at St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church in Arlington, MA, and Rev. Fr. Panteleimon Papadopoulos, Archdeacon to Archbishop Demetrios of America and Director of the Archdiocesan School of Byzantine Music in New York City.

    The recording is structured as a condensed version of the Good Friday Orthros service, which in contemporary practice is usually celebrated on Holy Thursday evening and is known as the Passion Service as well as the Service of the Twelve Gospels. To reflect the current practice in the Holy Cross Chapel, the recording is bilingual.

    Most of the musical scores for the texts performed in Greek were composed by Petros the Peloponnesian (c. 1735 - 1778), widely acknowledged as the greatest post-Byzantine Greek ecclesiastical composer. There is also one composition by Konstantinos Vyzantios (1777-1862), Protopsaltis of the Great Church of Christ. The settings of the texts in English were composed by John Michael Boyer, Protopsaltis of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco and Holy Cross Master of Divinity candidate.

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  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTSIn this CD the students of Hellenic College Holy Cross deliver a performance of classical repertoire in a fashion that is faithful to the musical tradition of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople. In this way, they render the grace-filled hymnology of Great and Holy Friday accessible to American audiences, while setting a standard for the performance of Holy Week hymnology by all cantors in the English-speaking world. This makes a significant educational contribution to the liturgical life of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese as well as other Orthodox jurisdictions in America that wish to make use of Byzantine Music during the services of Holy Week.

    First and foremost, I would like to thank His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America for his paternal love and blessing of this project, as well as for his tireless efforts at promoting and disseminating the Psaltic Art throughout the country.

    I would also like to thank Rev. Fr. Nicholas Triantafilou, President of Hellenic College Holy Cross, Rev. Dr. Fr. Thomas FitzGerald, former Dean of Holy Cross, Dr. James Skedros, Interim Dean of Holy Cross, Dr. Demetrios Katos, Dean of Hellenic College, Rev. Dr. Fr. James Katinas, Director of Institutional Advancement, and the entire Holy Cross faculty for their vision and strong support.

    Deep gratitude is due to Rev. Fr. Nicholas Kastanas, Archdeacon Panteleimon

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  • Papadopoulos, John Michael Boyer, Ross Cisneros, Spyridon Antonopoulos, Josh Cole, and Nicolaos Tzetzis for all their contributions and for making the process as easy and seamless as possible. Additionally, I thank the Very Rev. Archimandrite Fr. Ephrem Lash for his

    kind permission to use his translations. Special thanks to Helen A. Carlos, Chair of the 75th Anniversary Committee, for her tireless advocacy, faithfulness, and great generosity.

    Naturally, the greatest acknowledgment belongs to the members of the choir. I commend and thank them profoundly.

    Grammenos Karanos, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Byzantine Liturgical Music

    Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

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  • The Texts

    Translations by Archimandrite Ephrem Lash (http://www.anastasis.org.uk/HWFri-M.htm). Used by kind permission. Metric adaptation of some texts by John Michael Boyer. Texts for Kontakion-Oikos-Synaxarion from On the Life of Christ; Chanted Sermons by the Great Sixth Century Poet and Singer St. Romanos the Melodist; Translated and with an Introduction by Archimandrite Ephrem Lash, Sacred Literature Trust Series, Yale University Press, New Haven 2010. All biblical texts from the Holy Cross Press Liturgical Gospel using the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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  • 1Beginning of Service Alleluiarion When the Glorious Disciples (plagal fourth mode)Musical Settings: Petros the Peloponnesian (d. 1778), John Michael BoyerExclamation: Fr. Nicholas KastanasSoloists: Grammenos Karanos, Peter Romanovsky

    Blessed is our God, always, now and for ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

    From nightfall my spirit is awake for you, O God, for your commands are light upon the earth.

    Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

    Learn justice, inhabitants of the earth.

    Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

    When the glorious disciples were enlightened at the washing of the fee