Orthodox Chant

Orthodox chant, a deeply spiritual and ancient form of liturgical music, traces its roots back to the early Christian Church and its Byzantine and Slavic heritage. Its ethereal harmonies and melismatic melodies are designed to induce a meditative state, transcending the earthly to connect the faithful with the divine. Drawing from sacred texts, it is primarily vocal and performed unaccompanied, often in the resonant acoustics of a church, which enhances its profound and otherworldly sound. The genre's purity and solemnity are reflected in the works of composers and performers such as Pavel Chesnokov and the St. Petersburg Chamber Choir, who embody its rich tradition through a blend of complex polyphony and monophonic chants that capture the solemnity and reverence integral to the Orthodox spiritual experience.

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Anatoly Grindenko
Byzantine Ark
Chamber Choir Kiev
Chants From the Holyland- Choir of the Greek Orthodox Seminary o
Choeur byzantin de Grèce
Choir of Beirut
Credo Chamber Choir
Ensemble harmonie géorgienne
Fr. Nikodimos Kabarnos
Frédéric Tavernier-Vellas
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir
Joensuun ortodoksinen mieskuoro
Joseph Yazbeck
Kabarnos
Kiev Chamber Choir
Kiev Theological Academy Choir
Lege Artis
Lycourgos Angelopoulos
Maximilian Steinberg
Monks Choir of Kiev Pechersk Monastery
Monks Choir of Kyiv Pechersk Monastery
Monks of St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery
Nana Peradze
National Choir Of The Ukraine "Dumka"
Petros Bérékétis
Psaltiki
Rana Nassour-Derbaly
Roman Hurko
The Choir of Eparchy of Tripoli
The Russian Patriarchate Choir
Χορός Βατοπαιδινών Πατέρων
Choir of Beirut
The Choir of Eparchy of Tripoli
Joseph Yazbeck
Kabarnos
Monks of St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery
Χορός Βατοπαιδινών Πατέρων
Kiev Chamber Choir
Fr. Nikodimos Kabarnos
Roman Hurko
Rana Nassour-Derbaly
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir
Choeur byzantin de Grèce
Credo Chamber Choir
National Choir Of The Ukraine "Dumka"
Lege Artis
Byzantine Ark
Nana Peradze
Frédéric Tavernier-Vellas
Ensemble harmonie géorgienne
Lycourgos Angelopoulos
Anatoly Grindenko
The Russian Patriarchate Choir
Psaltiki
Monks Choir of Kiev Pechersk Monastery
Chamber Choir Kiev
Chants From the Holyland- Choir of the Greek Orthodox Seminary o
Kiev Theological Academy Choir
Monks Choir of Kyiv Pechersk Monastery
Maximilian Steinberg
Petros Bérékétis
Joensuun ortodoksinen mieskuoro