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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Salvation Is Created
Single - Released June 7, 2024

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"The Orthodox Singers" Male Choir
Akafist Male Chamber Choir
Anatoly Grindenko
Boris Abalyan
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
Georgiy Smirnov
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir
Joseph Yazbeck
Kabarnos
Kiev Chamber Choir
Kiev Theological Academy Choir
Lege Artis
Lege Artis Chamber Choir
Lycourgos Angelopoulos
Men's Choir of the Valaam Singing Culture Institute
Monks Choir of Kiev Pechersk Monastery
Monks Choir of Kyiv Pechersk Monastery
Monks of St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery
Moscow Choral
Nana Peradze
National Choir Of The Ukraine "Dumka"
Nikolai Korniev
PaTRAM Institute Male Choir
Pavel Chesnokov
Petros Bérékétis
Psaltiki
Rana Nassour-Derbaly
Roman Hurko
St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir
St.Petersburg Chamber Choir
State Symphony Capella of Russia
The Choir of Eparchy of Tripoli
The Russian Patriarchate Choir
Valaam Singing Culture Institute Men's Choir
Vladimir Gorbik
Χορός Βατοπαιδινών Πατέρων
Choir of Beirut
Nikolai Korniev
St.Petersburg Chamber Choir
Joseph Yazbeck
The Choir of Eparchy of Tripoli
Monks of St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery
Pavel Chesnokov
Kabarnos
Χορός Βατοπαιδινών Πατέρων
Kiev Chamber Choir
Lege Artis Chamber Choir
Boris Abalyan
Fr. Nikodimos Kabarnos
Roman Hurko
Rana Nassour-Derbaly
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology St. Romanos the Melodist Byzantine Choir
Vladimir Gorbik
St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir
Choeur byzantin de Grèce
Credo Chamber Choir
State Symphony Capella of Russia
National Choir Of The Ukraine "Dumka"
"The Orthodox Singers" Male Choir
Byzantine Ark
Lege Artis
Nana Peradze
PaTRAM Institute Male Choir
Frédéric Tavernier-Vellas
Georgiy Smirnov
Lycourgos Angelopoulos
Ensemble harmonie géorgienne
The Russian Patriarchate Choir
Anatoly Grindenko
Valaam Singing Culture Institute Men's Choir
Psaltiki
Men's Choir of the Valaam Singing Culture Institute
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
Akafist Male Chamber Choir
Moscow Choral
Petros Bérékétis