Noć prekrasna i noć tija, nad pećinom zvezda sija, u pećini mati spi, nad Isusom andjel bdi.
Andjeli pevaju, pastiri sviraju, andjeli pevaju mudraci javljaju: Što narodi čekaše, što proroci rekoše, evo sad se u svet javi, u svet javi i objavi: Rodi nam se Hristos Spas za spasenje sviju nas. Aliluja, aliluja, Gospodi pomiluj!
With Christmas fast approaching, take a moment to soak in the angelic song written by St. Bishop Nikolaj (of Zhicha) and performed by the group of Serbian musicians and children, with few scenes from Belgrade in the background. Video clip from the studio recording is also available on YouTube…
P.S. One of the performers of the above song is Divna Ljubojevic, a well know Serbian Church chanter. You can hear her sing Eastern Orthodox liturgical chants here.
Hi. Actually, I took clips from 5 films. Jesus of Nazareth, The Jesus Film, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Ten Commandments and The Passion of the Christ. I wanted to put the lyrics in, but did it backwards so they didn’t work. Now I know how to do it right. The lyrics truly are needed for the second verse.
“This is a video I made about our awesome Orthodoxy. This video goes through a lot of different Christian Orthodox churches from all around the world. Some pictures of Christian Orthodox churches are from nations like Serbia, Greece, Russia, Syria, Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Jordan, India, Japan, Ethiopia and lots more…Also, some famous Christian Orthodox individuals!”
“Photos that I found of the Orthodox Church in Mexico. The music is chanted by the Choir of St. Georges Cathedral in Mexico.”
When do Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas?
That depends upon the country, or in the US, the archdiocese. There are several different Orthodox jurisdictions in the United States. This is for historical reasons – they were founded here at different times by missionaries and immigrants from Orthodox Christian countries. While each jurisdiction is in communion with the others in terms of doctrine and religious observance, each jurisdiction preserves its own customs inherited from its country of origin. These include traditional celebrations of holidays and saints’ days, liturgy and music in different languages, foods served on feast days, and so forth.
It is important to point out that one need not be a member of any particular ethnic group to attend services or to join. Everyone is welcome, without regard to race, color, or national origin.
One of the major differences is the use of the old (Julian) calendar versus the new (Gregorian) calendar to determine when feast days are to be celebrated. The Orthodox faith is decentralized to the extent that this is a matter for each jurisdiction to decide. For instance, the Serbian Orthodox Church uses the old calendar, so that December 25 in the old calendar falls on January 7 in the new calendar (the calendar that we use every day for secular purposes). The Greek Orthodox Church, the Antiochian Orthodox Church, and the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), all celebrate Christmas according to the new calendar (December 25).
For 2007 we have upgraded from 80 Channels to 192 Channels of control, Installed 6 more 20 amp circuits (for a total of 17 now), and few other surprises. Come by and check it out!
…Welcome to the Holdman Christmas web site. 2006 was our first year doing a Computer Controlled Christmas display. The display had around 45,000 Lights and consumes 300 amps of power when everything is on. Visitors can listen to the music that is synchronized with the display on our low-power FM transmitter at 99.9 FM.
Buy the concert on DVD: http://www.a-cappella.com/product/646/video-performance-pop The original members of Straight No Chaser perform their comedic version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” at the Musical Arts Center, Bloomington, Indiana. December 7th, 1998.
NOTE ABOUT THE DVD: It’s out of stock, but you can pre-order it. HOWEVER, of the 2500 copies we had pressed, over 1600 of those are already sold as pre-orders. That leaves less than 900 copies available for purchase. When those are gone, they’re gone. I’m not pressing more, because I don’t want to have to store them if they don’t sell!
Chip Davis’s Mannheim Steamroller performs ‘Joy To The World’ live in concert. Hundreds of thousands concert-goers have experienced Mannheim Steamroller Christmas shows over the years. This performance was captured by twenty four 35mm film cameras of digital audio in the historic Orpheum Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska — home of Mannheim Steamroller.
Here is Joy to the World Christmas light show sequenced to the Mannheim Steamroller. Light Show Created By Bill, Kevin Maxwell, Sandra Elgin, Murfreesboro TN.