Byzantine chant - Τον ήλιον κρύψαντα (part I)

Medieval Byzantine Chant. Title: “Τον ήλιον κρύψαντα“ (Seeing the sun hide its rays) Service: Matins of Holy and Great Saturday Performers: Vatopaidi Monastery Choir ~ This hymn is a lament chanted from the perspective of Joseph of Arimathea, pleading with Pontius Pilate for the Body of Jesus. It is one of the most beautiful hymns of the Holy Week and it is of particular notice that Jesus is referred to as the “Stranger“, thus pointing out both the divinity of Jesus and the fundamental principle of uncondit