Happy Bright Week to the Nees!

It is a beautiful hymn: and there are so many beautiful and striking hymns, especially at Pascha. I only wish I could remember tham all!

It is beautiful! And, one that I look forward to. I love that we sing it during the Liturgy during Paschal Season, it makes me smile every time.

And, I always love to hear it on Forgiveness Sunday too, as we enter into Lent - a reminder where we are going.

Christ is risen!

Indeed He is Risen!

Mimi...I was glad to hear it on Forgiveness Sunday also...it's very encouraging to hear all those hymns as we enter in to Lent...

I loved all the Pascha hymns, but this one stood out more than the others. Absolutely beautiful and so moving.

Absolutely my favorite. Here is a link for an mp3 of it:
http://www.holycrossonline.org/storage/admin-only/media/20%20The%20Angel%20Cried.mp3
and here is the sheet music (pdf file):
http://www.theologian.org/pdf/harmonized/TheAngelCried-Valaam.pdf

Christ is Risen!
Indeed He is risen!

Dang, My name is Raphael not Rpahael. *smacks forhead* Doh!

Good grief! Thats *our* choir!

I'll tell you, when we reentered the nave Pascha morning with lights on, several hundred pound brass chandelier swinging, etc, and we were singing Christ is Risen from the Dead... is was deafening! People were so besides themselves with joy and happiness we could hardly contain it. Truly, it is the Feast of all Feasts!

FDR...I knew who uoy where...it's just that post-Pascha joy messing with your spelling ability!

Thanks for the links. David likes listening to "The Angel Cried."

(alright, alright...I do too!)

Only you don't! Its a different Raphael, and I am grateful for the links as well!

This song chokes me up everytime. Last year our church sung a different version (music) and I was dumbfounded. It was like I lost my bestfriend right then and there, like there was a big hole in my heart. Fortunately, it reappeared this year in its more familiar and beloved form.

Christ is Risen!

Beautifully said. See, you did start writing about Pascha...

We had the chicken pox in our house this year. Peter got to Thurs. nite services. I did the Friday HS retreat, and some of the Royal Hours...but no way would tag-team, midnight parenting of a poxy child and the others blossoming with strep, and a 100 mile drive work on Pascha. (Within days all 5 of us ended up on antibiotics. Sonja got a secondary infection with the pox...which was probably (not sure) the strep the rest of us got.)

Indescribably sad. We had reserved a hotel for three days so we could go to ALL the services this year.

I won't say Pascha wasn't beautiful...it was, how could it not be? But, boy, we feel the loss. My daughter just sobbed and sobbed on Friday night when she realized we weren't going to be able to go...she was no where near done getting pox yet.

There is no other place to be but in Liturgy. And as was said to me jokingly, and it did make me laugh finally...next year in Jerusalem! God willing.

Next year in Jerusalem! That would be wonderful! I hope it happens for you.

It's good to hear from you. I hope you have all recovered from everything. It seems I have come down with my usual "the excitement's all over runny nose, sore throat and low grade fever."

We will keep you in our prayers.

Dear Laura,

We're all better, thanks be to God. It was a furious assault, but shorter-lived.

Sorry you've got a post-exertion virus, my dear.

Spring in B-town...pretty glorious if I recall correctly?

Peace,

Liza

INDEED! HE IS TRULY RISEN! Love this hymn so badly. My mother and I tried to sing it earlier, and well... We forgot most of the verses... *sigh* It's wonderful though! Happy Pascha to you.