A Rose’s Scent Dionysios Solomos (read by Bill Papazekos) -Kalophonic Hymn “Rejoice, unfading rose” (chanted by Grammenos Karanos) “THE PATRIARCH’S NOTEBOOK: HYMNOGRAPHIC INSPIRATIONS” CELEBRATING THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE POETIC ANTHOLOGY (1954-2014) OF ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW I & A MUSICAL TRIBUTE IN THE CHANT TRADITION OF THE MOTHER CHURCH, ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ELEVATION TO PROTOPSALTIS OF THE PATRIARCHAL CHURCH THE ERUDITE-MUSICAL ARCHON PROTOSALTIS OF THE GREAT CHURCH OF CHRIST, KYR LEONIDAS ASTERIS On Sunday, November 2nd 2014, at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, the Byzantine Choir of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh offered a historic, first-in-kind in North and South America, tribute to our beloved Father, His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew I on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of his Poetic Anthology. Concurrently, the Choir paid homage to Archon Protopsaltis Kyr Leonidas Asteris on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of his elevation to the position of Protopsaltis of the Patriarchate. The program, along with an exhibit, featured poems from the Anthology along with hymns which the poems inspire in the authentic musical tradition of the Byzantine Chant of the Mother Church, that of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. With sincere love and enthusiasm, Dr. Grammenos Karanos, the Professor of Byzantine Music of the Theological Seminary of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America; Mr. Apostolos Combitsis, Protopsaltis from the Metropolis of New Jersey; Dr. Elie Azar, Protopsaltis of Holy Trinity in Camp Hill, PA; and Mr. Ted Kakoulides, Protopsaltis of St. Demetrios in Warren, Ohio, joined the Choir for these Tributes. With the authority and leadership of Metropolitan Savas, and with the beautiful voices of Ms. Elianna Paljug, Ms. Vicky Mavrogeorgis, and Ms. Annette Kukunas representative poems from the Anthology were presented, thus conferring on the program a historical first-in-kind tribute to His All-Holiness and Kyr Asteris, in America and indeed, in the world.

• published: 21 Dec 2014
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