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OR THE Final portion of the psalm, the music changes completely. It becomes nearly a triumphal march. The choir in which I sang these verses took them at Great Speed. We were singing so loud as to break the rafters – and still hold up the roof.
Liturgically, this is the turning point. [...]

HE MOURNING continues, but the imagery gets more triumphant. Some of the lines parallel the earlier section. I’m glad to find this translation on a Greek site as I’ve only heard them sung once (in the Cathedral in SF) and my experience in Antiochian and GOA parishes led me to believe that they were [...]

ODAY He who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon a Tree,
Today he who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon a Tree,
Today he who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon a Tree,
He who is King of the Angels is arrayed in a crown of thorns.
He who wraps [...]

While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment on his head.
OHN TELLS This story differently: Six days before the Passover Jesus came [...]

A blessed observance of Holy Week to the Orthodox!