Romanian Chant - Anyone know what this is?

[Fr.Kyrillos]

This video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e7B0kJLwcs

At about the 10:30 mark, the priest starts chanting a very unique and beautiful hymn while he anoints the faithful. Anyone know what this is and what the hymn is?

Fr. Kyrillos

[arimethea]

It sounds like it might be the hymn "O Pure Virgin..." by St. Nektarios that this priest has put his own twist on. We need a Romania speaker to be sure.

[augustin717]

It sounds like it might be the hymn "O Pure Virgin..." by St. Nektarios that this priest has put his own twist on. We need a Romania speaker to be sure.

Not at all; it's some other paraliturgical stuff that I didn't hear before ("Dumnezeul cel sfint a venit pe pamant"). I don't like it that much.

[arimethea]

It sounds like it might be the hymn "O Pure Virgin..." by St. Nektarios that this priest has put his own twist on. We need a Romania speaker to be sure.

Not at all; it's some other paraliturgical stuff that I didn't hear before ("Dumnezeul cel sfint a venit pe pamant"). I don't like it that much.

Do you have a rough translation?

[Fr.Kyrillos]

It sounds like it might be the hymn "O Pure Virgin..." by St. Nektarios that this priest has put his own twist on. We need a Romania speaker to be sure.

Not at all; it's some other paraliturgical stuff that I didn't hear before ("Dumnezeul cel sfint a venit pe pamant"). I don't like it that much.

It sounds as though many are chanting along with the priest giving the impression that it is at least a well known hymn in that parish.  The melody didn't sound like anything I heard before but I assumed it was something unique to the Romanian tradition.

[mabsoota]

this:
'Dumnezeul cel sfint a venit pe pamant'
means 'the Holy God, came to earth'.

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