Σήμερον Κρεμάτε - Today He is Hung upon the Tree - Holy Thurs - Pl. 2nd Tone 

How great is our Lord’s humility! He made himself subject to death and suffering unimaginable for the salvation of us wretched sinners. Glory to His Passion, Resurrection and Ascension!

It’s as if my whole life has been meaningless up until hearing this majestic, wondrous chant 🔥☦️

In the record above, the singer actually sings the words in this way: Today He is Hung upon the Tree He who suspended the earth upon the waters. Today He is Hung upon the Tree He who suspended the earth upon the waters. Today He is Hung upon the Tree He who suspended the earth upon the waters. A Crown of Thorns crowns him Who is the King of the Angels He is wrapped about with the purple of mockery, who wrapped the Heavens in clouds. He was struck who freed Adam in the Jordan He was transfixed with nails, who is the The Bridegroom of the Church He was pierced with a spear, Who is the Son of the virgin. We worship Thy passion, O Christ. We worship Thy passion, O Christ. We worship Thy passion, O Christ. Show us also Thy glorious resurrection.

It amazes me how, every time I listen to this, I am moved to my core.

Save us O Lord! Forgive our wretchedness, have mercy on us. Deliver us from evil and help our unbelief.

Still listening to this during Holy week, Pascha 2023.

what a beautiful rendition of this hymn. it's one of the hymns in my playlist that makes me stop and think about His sacrifice. my heart breaks in pain and swells in joy at the same time, knowing what happened to Jesus Christ. He died for us, to save us from our sins. what a beautiful, heart breaking death for all of humanity.

I FEEL AS THOUGH MY WHOLE LIFE MEANT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING UNTIL I MET MY LORD JESUS CHRIST, AMEN🙏🏼✝️

Tears flow. They cannot be held back. Glory to Thy passion, O Christ!

As a youngster, I heard & learned this hymn in Greek. Nowadays, many parishes use English as their liturgical language. However, not all priests or choirs can sing Byzantine music without losing its "mystical or spiritual sound". Usually, it comes out very "tinny" sounding or, for lack of a better description, the result sounds very "American" -- not Byzantine. [] BUT, The has captured the mystical, spiritual essence of this Byzantine hymn with near perfection!!! ! I will have to listen to their other recordings now since they did such a magnificent job on this Hymn from Great & Holy Friday Matins. This hymn is sung on Holy Thursday night while the Priest carries the large Crucifixion Icon/Cross from the Altar out into the Nave so that the Faithful may venerate the image of the Crucified Christ. Not only are they expressing their love to Jesus Christ, but they are also begging for His Mercy. In return, the Lord is bestowing His Loving Grace upon all His people and strengthening them to endure the next two days' and the ensuing lengthy services in preparation for Sincerely yours, in Christ, The Very Rev. Mitred Archpriest Stavros Rousos 16 June 2021

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us

Hristos Anesti! Khristos Voskres! Joy to all Orthodox Christians!!!❤❤❤❤❤

I have never heard this hymn sung so well in english

The Boston Byzantine Choir was formed in 1993 by Charles R. Marge, with the goal of making Byzantine music accessible to the English-speaking world. The choir is a product of the rich chanting tradition of St. Mary's Orthodox Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.

My Faith is restored, bless you.

Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy upon me a sinner🙏☦️🕊 Thank you for this beautiful hymn, Peace be with you.✝️✝️✝️

2019, riding my bike as I usually did during lockdown. New Christian, less than 5 months young, and this chant came on. Today, I am less than a year into Orthodo0xy, Chrismated and welcomed into Christs Holy Church, all because God led me to this angelic chant. I disagreed with Orthodoxy, but the detail and truth in chants made it hard to deny the truth within the beauty of these holy chants. For some, history changes their heart, for others, they are born into Orthodoxy...For me, the beauty of it opened my heart. Thank you, Lord...

Devastatingly beautiful

Jesus is our savior. Jesus is the one way from God.

I shed a tear every time I hear this! ☦️ Glory to Thee, oh Lord, glory to Thee!

Haunting and Beautiful in what it signifies.

Epic, meaningful and profound. Excellent, magnificent and poetic. We worship thy passion, O Christ!

Words of beauty and power sung by a voice of beauty and power...

CHRIST HAS RISEN!! INDEED HE HAS RISEN!!!!!!

Ναί· ἔρχομαι ταχύ. Ἀμήν· ἔρχου, κύριε Ἰησοῦ. "Surely I come Quickly" "Amen, come, Lord Jesus"

A chanter from the boston byzantine choir, I wouldn't know his name....Christ is Risen!

Amen

We worship THY Passion o CHRIST✝️❤️

I start my day with this song and tears 🤘😇👍

Wow! Glory to God for all things!

I hit shuffle within this playlist Otw this morning to 21 Days of Prayer. I’m not particularly moved by contemporary Christian music and wanted to set my mood before getting there . Wow!! This is hauntingly so beautiful!

What a truly stunning hymn.

Extraordinary...takes you to Golgotha with our Lord.

completely heart trembling chant. AGIOS O THEOS ELEISON H MAS!

Makes me proud to be a Greek orthodox Christian. Thanx for posting

marvelous eschatological mystical sound ...truly an aural icon

Beautiful. True. Thank you, Boston!

I actually cried thinking about the lyrics.

Best version I have ever heard ❤

The most beautiful song.

Let us contemplate the life and suffering of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus the Christ, Son of God today. That our Creator gave Himself over to the Pharisees and Romans, and was tortured and executed, so that the Sinless, Spotless Lamb's blood could be shed for all humanity's sins in perpetuity is a gift none of us deserve. God bless you all.

Amazing

I listen to this song almost daily. There are tears 😢 in my eyes now as I am sitting at my desk typing.

So Beautiful makes one cry!

I'm just lost for words on this one.

Very Hply rendition.Lord have mecy on us!

I think about this - a lot.

Breathtaking!

I would love the sheet for this version specifically. Such a beautiful rendition.

incredibly beautiful

Amen!! Powerful!!

One comment for students of Byzantine Chant: This is the kliton encantilation of the doxasticon, that is: this itself is not plagal 2nd mode. After the encantilation in kliton (4th mode) the choir would antiphonally chant this doxasticon again in plagal of the 2nd mode.

amazingly sung, heart and soul touching song.

I love it... thank you God

I listen to this chant daily during Great Lent, It spreads through my body & soul like yeast rises, Glory to God for such talent for His purpose. How can I get my hands on the Byzantine notation for this beautiful piece?

Beautiful amen

its early but Χριστός Ανέστη

Liking and commenting for more orthodox Algorithm

Perfect sound.

Powerful... Very powerful #LogosRising

Anyone else came here for (Orthodox) Good Friday? Bless you all

A most beautiful and inspiring interpratation. Only ne comment¨¨ it not hung upon a "tree" but rather "wood" tree is dendro-δενδρο

beautiful

Very nice! REV 18

This is not plagal 2nd tone, it is plain chant in the plagal 4th tone as is chanted by the priest during the procession. In the actual service, then hymn is repeated by the choir in the plagal 2nd tone sticherarchically..

Liturgy, the Work of the people (Polis, the city, the Community) to become This, to do this to do this, suffer all and be the Redemption.

Amazing..............

Very nice

ξύλου A great mystery.

🙏🙏🙏🙏

today i was thinking this church gate post could be anointed but its only one post.thats slides the gate.then i saw a white garment in front the gate barely touching the ground.prior dream with my sleeping bag folded an i was advise to anoint my head

Although anything is possible, I am very doubtful that this is either St Mary's Church choir - the home base of the Boston Byzantine Choir (BBC), or the BBC itself. The BBC choir does not have this protopsaltes on any of their other recordings, nor does this chanter perform with the choir regularly in church (although he could be a ringer). Nor does the BBC have a group chanters who can sing so deep as the ison here. The protopsaltes here also has a slight accent, which sounds Greek to me - and St Mary's is not a Greek church, which is not a great clue, but a small one. In almost all Boston Byzantine recordings, and in their services, there are female voices, very much unlike this all-male recording. Finally, the acoustics of the room are either digitally added, or reflect a very different church or concert building, with much better acoustics than either St Mary's or The Catholic church that this group usually records in. However, thank you for an excellent English version. Axios!

ГОСПОДИ ИСУСЕ ХРИСТЕ ,КОЛКУ ВЕЛИЧЕНСВЕН Е ГЛАСОТ НА ПРАВОСЛАВНИТЕ ХРИСТИЈАНИ ПО ВСЕЛЕНАТА ЗАШТО ПОХВАЛА ИМА ЗА ТЕБЕ ВО УСТИТЕ НИВНИ....СЛАВА ТИ......

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This is amazing! I wonder where this melody came from? It's not plagal mode 6.

😮i am shuk

This is really beautiful, the description might need to be changed, the actual chanting that we hear is plagal of the 4th tone, not plagal of the 2nd tone, although it comes from that hymn in plagal of the 2nd tone.

my sleeping bag folded was at a church door

Does anyone have a link where I can find the sheet music for this? Thank you.

who is the chanter?

I AM RACHEL HILLA

is it in greek somewhere?

Why tree and not wood? Why are there so many deliberate translations? Beautiful performance though.

This version is in Arabic. It would be interesting to see how many Muslims will hear this song and investigate the Gospel.

Ничего подобного не слышал

why is the English version such a happy melody? it's a terribly sad and horrible hymn, about pain, torture, and sacrifice. it is dark, why the happy tune? original greek melody is dark and haunting.

Amen