Bells of one of the largest and oldest churches in the centre of Jerusalem's Old City

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Armenian-Orthodox version to the Roman-Catholic "Magnificat". St. James Theological Choir, Jerusalem.

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Armenian-Catholic version of the Roman-Catholic "Magnificat". Features organ that is not used in Orthodox churches.

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Romanian-Orthodox version of the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan by St. John.

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Recorded at the Syrian-Orthodox church in Bethlehem - right in the St. Marks Convent in the Old City of Jerusalem where the Last Supper is believed to have taken place.

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Syrian-Orthodox liturgy sung in Aramaic. Rattling sistra sound which is believed to symbolize the wings of the angels.

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Greek-Orthodox. Sung in Greek and Arabic in alternation.

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Armenian-Orthodox rite. 4th century. Vesper service hymn.

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Maronite (earliest Eastern Catholic church) rite. Pre-10th century rite, sung in Arabic.

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Syrian-Orthodox. Ceremony on Holy Thursday before Easter. Young girls singing in Aramaic.

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Maronite Church, Jerusalem. Sung in Arabic.

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Greek-Orthodox patriarchate priests.

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Ethiopian-Orthodox priests, rattling of the incense vessels' silver chains. Sung in Ghez.

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Russian-Orthodox church choir. "Sistra"-rattling, sung in Slavonic.

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Russian-Orthodox nuns' choir, St. Mary Magdalene Church, Gethsemane, Jerusalem.

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Nuns of the Russian-Orthodox Ein-Karem Convent, Russian Compound Cathedral, Jerusalem.

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Procession Hymn for the burial of Christ, sung in Armenian. Armenian-Orthodox Patriarchate, Jerusalem.

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Eve of Feast Service hymn, sung in Armenian.

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Vesper Service Hymn, 2nd century. Sung in Greek by priests and choir of the Greek-Orthodox Patriacharte, Jerusalem.

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This hymn corresponds to the Catholic "Magnificat". Sung in Slavonic by nuns of the Russian-Orthodox Ein-Karem Convent

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Sung in Aramaic by Syrian-Catholic St. Joseph's Church Choir, Bethlehem.

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Pre-6th century melody, sung in Greek by the Greek-Orthodox Choir of the Holy Sepulchre.

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Greek-Catholic. Devout, prayer-like, sung in Arabic. 1960s (historical recording).

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Armenian-Catholic. Commemorates the victims of the Armenian genocide by the Turks in 1915.

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Armenian-Catholic. Variation of track #24, sung as a duet by tenor and soprano.

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Armenian-Catholic. Variation of track #24.

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Roman-Catholic, sung in Hebrew. Composed for Hebrew-speaking Roman-Catholics in Israel.

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Greek-Orthodox. Vespers Service.

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Greek-Catholic version of "Kyrie Eleison" Greek refrain within the Arabic prayer text.

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Russian-Orthodox version of the frequently repeated Greek "Kyrie Eleison", sung in Slavonic.

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