The Trisagion Hymn is now available on streaming services! Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/0eVGuTSJ3ddIK2mlDdmBxn?si=6EPAXLOVQ_2rTYv7PRLtVw&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A1smaU5SgK5dIHrJ4ZfFR44 Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/the-trisagion-hymn-appalachian-orthodox-chant/1754788020?i=1754788022

Ancient Christianity and the rich culture of Appalachia is a combination I never thought I needed

Protestant here. I adore the way my Orthodox brothers and sisters worship God. Works of such beauty and purity, it fills me with a lasting peace that only comes from Him. Thank you for this.

@yaboileeroy3038

Ай бұрын

Right alongside you, brother. Their hymns are much more honest and heartfelt than anything a lot of Protestant services give. Too many feel like they’re more self-serving than anything. This is proper worship and praise of our Lord.

@justinprice7484

Ай бұрын

Same

You can hear the old Scots Irish patterns in this. Beautiful!

I would love to see the entire Liturgy composed into something like this, so we can make it uniquely American. It may be slow going, but I pray one day Orthodoxy will be ingrained into American culture.

@stavfirst

5 ай бұрын

I'm currently working on composing a full liturgy in this style! I too pray Orthodoxy continues to grow in America, and I think having music and traditions that are familiar to people can help with that.

@marcussprague1080

5 ай бұрын

I’m absolutely weeping listening to this. I’m on my journey to Orthodoxy, thank you for the encouragement music 😊

@stavfirst

5 ай бұрын

@@marcussprague1080 This genuinely made my day. I’m so glad you like the music, and I pray you have a blessed journey to Christ 🙏🏼

@TheMiriam333

4 ай бұрын

@@stavfirstwhere is your place of worship? I’m in East TN. in Knoxville and Eastern Orthodoxy always calls to me. Blessings over you!

@slackjaw4270

4 ай бұрын

​@@TheMiriam333Lenoir City has an orthodox church. God bless.

Have been listening to this for the past 4 months and only today realized you’re the composer. Thank you so much for this

This hymn feels like God wrapping me in a warm hug.

@Duarteyahoo272

3 ай бұрын

Youre so right this is so comforting, praise the Lord 🙌🙌

@g01tr3

3 ай бұрын

Agreed ❤

This is beautiful :) Many thanks for your work. God bless you

Im currently crying to this song for my suicidal friend. Thank you for posting this🙏

@johnstone7758

2 ай бұрын

Lord have mercy upon their soul.

@johnstone7758

Ай бұрын

@@Inthaethio206 He had mercy on all of mankind when he willingly went to the cross. He knew in advance all the horrible sins wed commit even after he sacrificed himself for our sakes. God may save or have mercy upon whoever he wishes

@Noone-rt6pw

22 күн бұрын

Good luck with your friend! If possible it’d be good to get some professional help. I think if you’re in the states,988 is the number to call to talk with someone. There’s also the national suicide prevention hotline! You don’t need be suicidal but just need to talk with someone. But I may not call police, but get ahold of someone that can help! Suicide rates have said to have gone up quite a bit, where it makes me think of those desiring death in Revelations but will not find it! I don’t know if it’s applicable! If in the states, there’s usually help available. Where someone can tell you where to get help!

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on me a sinner.

This is the America I envision and pray for. One built upon Holy Tradition. This is one of the most beautiful Orthodox chants I've heard in a while, and it almost makes me cry.

@vesnagodess

2 ай бұрын

I am a Slavic Orthodox and this is so beuatiful. I did not know there are Orthodox Appalachians, even though I live in a southern state now.

I am actually a West Virginian Catholic who is adjacent to the Eastern Rites (I joke that I am one of the few practitioners of the Primitive Appalachian Rite of the Catholic Church). I sing the psalms and prayers like this all the time with inspiration from shape notes and lined out hymnody. Our manner of speaking and singing are naturally musical. I support this because I'd use it today.

As someone raised in southern Ohio appalachian culture and now converted to Orthodoxy, I love this work. Keep it up!

As a southern Greek Orthodox, this hits so many levels!

There's a huge viewership waiting for this style of hymns. There currently is NOT a channel on YT doing Appalachian hymns consistently. You can corner this content now.

@zack3799

12 күн бұрын

You’re right… but that’s probably the least important reason to pursue this

@JuliusCaesar888

12 күн бұрын

@zack3799 oh of course, I'm just saying there's additional benefit to doing it. By cornering content, you set a standard. If this is how the genre BEGINS consistently - it opens up a lot of space for devotion.

As a northern Appalachian Orthodox Christian this Hits home

My parish sings this hymn here in Texas!! I love this song!

Просто и смиренно... 🙏❤

Amin

Beautiful! Please compose more Orthodox chants in an American folk style! 🙏🏻

As an English Catholic who loves orthodoxy and Sacred Harp may I congratulate you on your beautiful work! Thank you and God bless you!

I was actually thinking of how Orthodoxy in America might evolve the longer it settles down. I pray to God that, one day, we hear these chants across the United States☦️!

This is absolutely divine. Thank you so much for this....bless your heart

So pretty

I am currently attending an Orthodox church as an inquirer. I can't tell you how much hearing this familiar, hymn in this style, speaks to me. Thank you for this beautiful rendition. I sincerely hope we will hear more of your work!

Heavenly 🕊️❤️‍🔥🕊️

absolutely beautiful. ❤❤❤❤❤

@stavfirst

3 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! 🙏🏼

@hellie_el

3 күн бұрын

@@stavfirst thank YOU. very much looking forward to more. ❤️

This is beautiful, a mighty gift. May the Lord of Lords Christ Jesus bless you, and all of our brothers & sisters who believeth in Him and seek to live Righteously.

@stavfirst

4 ай бұрын

May God bless you as well! 🙏🏼

Please for the love of all that is holy please keep posting this kind of Appalachian chanting. It's amazing. Love from California! ☦☦☦

I'm a Southern American raised on all the old shape-note gospel, who is now a proud member of the Coptic Orthodox Church. This really warms my heart and it sounds so beautiful and faithful to my heritage. You did a fantastic job and I really hope to hear more. God bless you and use you as His instrument for the Americas.

The Trisagion Hymn is one of my fav parts on Divine Liturgy. In Brazil, we sing "Santo Deus, Santo Poderoso, Santo Imortal, tem piedade de nós!" It's such a blessing can sing for My Lord in my native language!

This sounds so beautiful. My fathers side is serbian orthodox, I'm starting to look into the religion and I searched for english orthodox chants and this popped up. This hymm calms the soul. Thank you.

Just wanted to echo others and say, please continue producing these hymns. Such a blessing.

The Cherubic Hymn or Lesser Doxology would be good to hear.

@stavfirst

5 ай бұрын

Currently working on writing a Cherubic Hymn in this style!

Greetings from orthodox in Colombia South America, this sounds hevenly , congratulations brothers ☦️

This gives me so much peace. Thank you for this gift.

@stavfirst

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼

Brother, this is beautiful. Listening to this on my way home from services on holy Friday. I’d love to hear so many hymns in this style. But Rich Men Have Turned Poor is one I’d especially love to hear. Oh oh, also: Come Receive the Light!

@stavfirst

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the suggestions! Christ is Risen!

It's so beautiful I'm crying

Thank you for this blessed work. I sing in a small country parish (it's just myself and the Choir director,) and he fell in love with this. May God grant you success in these liturgical ventures!

I need so many more Appalachian chants in my life. This is so beautiful that it brings me to tears.

What a beautiful voice.

Thank you

Also, "It is truly meet to bless thee Theotokos"

As a Carolinian, I really hope this style catches on!

This was wonderful. Thank you so much. It’s so nice to have something American of which I can relate. Because I love orthodoxy.

Beautiful

This is so cool!

Beautiful 🙏✝️

I think it may be due to the musical similarity to “amazing Grace“ which is very common for American funerals, but when I hear this I can’t help but think of the fact that this is the last hymn that will be sung for us as orthodox Christians, as we are laid to our final rest before the resurrection on the last day. Glory to God for all things!

I love this version so much! Thank you for the upload

I've finished composing a set of Lord Have Mercy petition responses in the Appalachian Orthodox chant style! Check it out here: www.stavrosfirstcomposer.com/lord-have-mercy ALSO-I am hoping to possibly organize an Appalachian Orthodox virtual choir to record some of these hymns. Click here if you would be interested: www.stavrosfirstcomposer.com/virtual-choir

@axelrodriguez5425

24 күн бұрын

Do you have an American melody for the Cherubicon yet? I’d love to use it at my parish!

@stavfirst

22 күн бұрын

I am halfway through composing one right now! God willing, after finals are done, I will complete it and upload the recording here. Your prayers.

Do Bless the Lord Oh My Soul next! Thank you for your wonderful work, keep it up!

Dude, beautiful. You're a major talent. Can't wait to hear more

@stavfirst

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Your Mandarin liturgy is incredible 🙏🏼

Beautiful.

Wonderful

Yes!! ❤

Very beautiful. Glory to God alone

This is just beautiful! Do you have any plans to release this on Apple Music or Spotify?

ESPIRITO SANTO DEUS TODO-PODEROSO mãe 🕊

♥️💕💕

wow, beautiful and moving version

Beautiful! Please do more!!!

Please make more!!

plssssss release this on spotify

@stavfirst

13 күн бұрын

Done :) open.spotify.com/track/0eVGuTSJ3ddIK2mlDdmBxn?si=U4rvn_mqS-OMXGJb1ZxSUA

This is gorgeous! I don't know if this is part of the intent, but I currently have this playing in three seperate tabs--it plays beautifully as a round!

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord of Sabaoth. Do not lament Me o mother What we really need from what im told by our chior director who has done similar work is 8 simple tones.

@stavfirst

2 ай бұрын

I’m almost finished creating a set of compositional guidelines for this style of chant. I’ve settled on 4 tones which are very well suited for a traditional American sound and combined cover all 12 notes of the scale.

@ImTakinMeFishin

2 ай бұрын

We're in Kentucky, this style fits the local culture better than the eastern European tones, I think it would go a long way to missionize here

@ImTakinMeFishin

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this. It is much appreciated.

Have any of your guy done “Give me this stranger?”

Would you be able to do Psalm 50 in this style?

More please!🙏 Are there any good resources to learn how to do this? Id love to help, were part of an Antiochian parish in tennessee

@stavfirst

4 ай бұрын

I’m so glad to hear you liked the hymn! As this is a very new style of chant, there’s not a lot of resources available yet. However, I’m currently working on general style guidelines so others can transpose hymns into this style!

@lizvu3266

4 ай бұрын

@@stavfirst Sounds good!

@ssseth9321

4 ай бұрын

@@stavfirstplease keep us posted

Will this be put on Spotify?

Is there somewhere I can purchase this song?

Hey, did you by any chance do Clover Creek Physics in high school? I had a classmate called Stavros First there, and recognized the name when this video got recommended.

@stavfirst

4 ай бұрын

Hey Adam! Yes, I did take that class. Crazy you got recommended this video. I hope you’re doing well! :)

@adambunu1846

4 ай бұрын

​@@stavfirst wow, sure is a small world. I didn't know you did Orthodox chant! We should find a way to catch up if you're interested, if you even remember me haha

@stavfirst

4 ай бұрын

@@adambunu1846 yeah, of course I remember you! I'd love to connect. My contact info is on my website.

@adambunu1846

4 ай бұрын

@@stavfirst great! I tried multiple methods so you can choose whichever you prefer. Thanks!

The question is whether I can get away with this at Liturgy. Second question can we have a version without the drone for our Russian friends?

Please have caption So one can understand

@Shiranui115

5 ай бұрын

Lyrics are in the description.

How much do you think you should get paid to compose a liturgy hymnal like this? Id be willing to raise money

А как вам эта икона "Святая Троица"? Ее написал мой соотечественник- монах Андрей Рублев в 14 веке❤