Sparks Among the Stubble, the Liturgical CD from St. Innocent Academy is available through the mail or where I found it, on iTunes. Though St. Innocent Academy is a school for “at risk” high school boys, for some reason there is a women’s as well as a men’s choir. Mostly they sing apart, sometimes antiphonally, and sometimes together. This CD is the most sing-along-able that I have. The Slavonic, Alaskan, and American roots can all be heard in a better ratio than most Orthodox music done in America that I have been exposed to. I wont elaborate, but maybe some know what I mean by that on their own.
I assume this is also from Rachmaninov’s Vespers because it is word for word with this link (towards the bottom).
It’s nice to be able to read the Slavonic and the English side by side while listening, as is provided in the above link. I’ll have to copy them one after another though. Either way it’s hard to view the beautiful pictures at the same time. Sensory overload! It would be best to have the Doxology memorized in English and be able to understand the Slavonic and look at the pictures all at once. Maybe someday.
No. 12 (Pronunciation)
Slava v vishnih Bogu, i na zemli mir,
v chelovetseh blagovoleniye.
Hvalim Tia, blagoslovim Tia,
klaniayem Ti sia, slavoslovim Tia,
blagodarim Tia, velikiya radi slavi Tvoyeya.
Ghospodi, Tsariu Nebesniy, Bozhe Otche Fsederzhiteliu.
Ghospodi, Sine Yedinorodniy, Iisuse Hriste,
i Sviatiy Dushe.
Ghospodi Bozhe, Agnche Bozhiy, Sine Otech,
vzemliay greh mira, pomiluy nas;
vzemliay grehi mira,
priimi molitvu nashu.
Sediay odesnuyu Ottsa,
pomiluy nas.
Yako Ti yesi yedin sviat,
Ti yesi yedni Ghospod, Iisus Hristos,
v slavu Boga Ottsa. Amin
Na fsiak den blagoslovliu Tia
i vos’hvaliu imia Tvoye vo veki i vek veka.
Spodobi, Ghospodi, v den sey bez greha sohranitisia nam.
Blagosloven yesi, Ghospodi, Bozhe otets nashih,
i hvalno i proslavleno imia Tvoye vo veki. Amin.
Budi, Ghospodi, milost Tvoya na nas,
yakozhe upovahom na Tia.
Blagosloven yesi, Ghospodi, nauchi mia opravdaniyem Tvoim.
Blagosloven yesi, Ghospodi, nauchi mia opravdaniyem Tvoim.
Blagosloven yesi, Ghospodi, nauchi mia opravdaniyem Tvoim.
Ghospodi, pribezhishche bil yesi nam
v rod i rod.
Az reh: Ghospodi, pomiluy mia,
istseli dushu moyu, yako sogreshih Tebe.
Ghospodi, k Tebe pribegoh,
nauchi mia tvoriti voliu Tvoyu, yako Ti yesi Bog moy,
yako u Tebe istochinik zhivota;
vo svete Tvoyem uzrim svet.
Probavi milost Tvoyu vedushchim Tia.
Sviatiy Bozhe, Sviatiy Krepkiy, Sviatiy Bessmertniy,
pomiluy nas. (3x)
Slava Ottsu i Sinu i Sviatomu Duhu,
i nine i prisno, i vo veki vekov. Amin.
Sviatiy Bessmertniy, pomiluy nas.
Sviatiy Bozhe, Sviatiy Krepkiy, Sviatiy Bessmertniy,
pomiluy nas.
No. 12 (Translation)
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace,
Good will toward men.
We praise Thee, we bless Thee,
we worship Thee, we glorify Thee,
we give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory.
O Lord, Heavenly King, God the Father almighty.
O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ
and the Holy Spirit.
O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,
who takest away the sin of the world have mercy on us.
Thou who takest away the sin of the world,
receive our prayer.
Thou who sittest at the right hand of the Father,
have mercy on us.
For Thou alone art holy,
Thou alone art the Lord, Jesus Christ,
to the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Every day I will bless Thee
and praise Thy name forever and ever.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, God of our fathers,
and praised and glorified is Thy name forever. Amen.
Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us,
as we have set our hope on Thee.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, teach me Thy statutes.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, teach me Thy statutes.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, teach me Thy statutes.
Lord, Thou has been our refuge
from generation to generation.
I said: Lord, have mercy on me,
heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee.
Lord, I flee to Thee,
teach me to do Thy will, for Thou art my God;
for with Thee is the fountain of life,
and in Thy light we shall see light.
Continue Thy mercy on those who know Thee.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal,
have mercy on us. (3x)
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
both now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Holy Immortal, have mercy on us.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal,
have mercy on us.
because the forest may be hiding the many lovely trees. Especially since I’m adding a couple of blogs where I’ve recently made comments.
The Well of Questions provides analysis and insight into things philosophical and theological from four very smart people. I recently tried to talk about time in What Is Past Has Passed, and duty in Supererogatory Actions.
Everyone probably already knows about Arturo Vasquez’s Reditus: A Chronicle of Aesthetic Christianity, which I’ll put in Reconciliation Conversations. I commented on his post about the movie, Luther, on the second page at present, which contains a very interesting conversation contrasting the Catholic and Protestant response.
I’ve already added Diakrisis Logismon‘s valuable Patristic resources, but will call attention to it here as well.
Oh, and I’ve also made a couple of comments concerning the painful subject of the OCA scandal on Gabriel’s Going Along, where he has two recent posts obviously enough titled.
It seems I added Maxim to my reader and forgot to add him to my blogroll. I believe his Saint’s name is Maximus the Confessor (though his blog’s name is Earl Don the Bewildered of Grasshopper-in-the-hole), so he definitely belongs on this blog’s roll.
btw, I’d like to apologize for lazily, though more awaredly, reading many blogs on my google reader instead of always on people’s pages, thus skewing their stats I’m sure. Unless when you click “read” it pings the blog. Anywho.
I’m adding Turtle Mom’s lovely and inspiring blog, Turtle Rock to my blogroll and google reader. I just saw that she may have tagged me for her Christmas Q&A, but I fear that the moment is now gone as I took a blog break over the extended weekend. Thanks anyway! (if that was me) and I hope that you are having a very blessed Nativity season.
Sparks Among the Stubble, the Liturgical CD from St. Innocent Academy is available through the mail or where I found it, on iTunes. Though St. Innocent Academy is a school for “at risk” high school boys, for some reason there is a women’s as well as a men’s choir. Mostly they sing apart, sometimes antiphonally, and sometimes together. This CD is the most sing-along-able that I have. The Slavonic, Alaskan, and American roots can all be heard in a better ratio than most Orthodox music done in America that I have been exposed to. I wont elaborate, but maybe some know what I mean by that on their own.
