What do you feel while listening to Orthodox Church music?

“I listen to Orthodox music while I'm working; especially when I'm tired or tense…I am listening… and it calms me down. That way I am able to solve problems more quickly and stay relaxed and in inner peace’’

Ivaylo Naumov, project manager

Bless The Lord O My Soul, psalm 102, D. Christov

What do you feel while listening to Spiritual Light CD?...

“Some peace, being humble, closer to God…I do feel such things while listening to Orthodox chants, they bring me joy or open to nice mild sadness. They are consolatory and consoling”Marin Krassimirov, surveyor

Orthodox chants wiki

What IS?

ORTHODOX CHANTS 

Chant of Constantinople more commonly known as Byzantine Chant is the sacred chant of the Orthodox churches in the former lands of the eastern Roman Empire and many of their ecclesiastical offshoots beyond those areas. This tradition, encompassing the Greek-speaking world, developed in Byzantium from the establishment of its capital, Constantinople, in 330 until its fall in 1453. It is undeniably of composite origin, drawing on the artistic and technical productions of the classical age, on Jewish music, and inspired by the monophonic vocal music that evolved in the early Christian cities of Alexandria, Antioch, and Ephesus. In the Orthodox Church today, many churches use Byzantine Chant as their primary musical tradition, including the Churches of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, and Albania.

SPIRITUAL LIGHT CD

Brilliant collection of spiritual pearls - the most moving Orthodox Chants.

Prayers, blessings and spiritual songs of the most famous Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian composers since 19th century to the present days!

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 “While  listening to most Orthodox chants I feel as if lifted from the ground…it is such a natural feeling…I feel calm, like I am doing meditation…I literally feel I am elevated…yes, it is like a kind of healing treatment, you feel much better after listening to Orthodox Chants”...

Spiritual Light

Music of the Orthodox Church. This is how it really sounds -  Orthodox Christian chants live.  No microphones, amplifiers and computer sound enhancement.




Chants of the Holy Eucharist. 

Composer: Apostol Nikolaev Strumski. 
The composer (early 20th century) was longtime choirmaster of the Cathedral "St. Alexander Nevsky" in Sofia. The hereditary musician-Nikolaev Strumski is aligned with taste and respect to the old tunes.
Solo: Vasil Antov.

At that time the priest prays in the Altar so that the bread and wine become  Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. 

Live performance from  Festival of Orthodox music in Bulgaria, Pomorie.

St. Paraskeva Cathedral in Sofia

St.Paraskeva Cathedral is located in the old center of Sofia. 

It is known as the Orthodox Basilica with the best acoustics in Bulgaria!


St.Paraskeva Cathedral is also famous for its unique architecture.


It is the project of Bulgarian architect Anton Torniov (early 20 century). 

The vast roof is a round room with a diameter of over 20 meters!

The cathedral is unique creation that rivals masterpieces such as the Pantheon in Rome and "St. Sofia" in Istanbul.

St. Paraskeva Cathedral has a professional choir, known for its beautiful, touching the heart sonority and rich repertoire of liturgical chants, participation in Bulgarian feature films, music projects for the Ministry of Culture, sound recordings.


More than 10 000 guests of Sofia have visited the cathedral and were very impressed of it's unique acoustics during amazing choir performances.