From part of the concert at the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City at 6 p.m. on 26 June 2022. This is the part where the Patriarchal Choir of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity from Tblisi, Georgia performs alone.

The choir presented a series of ancient songs/hymns which are representative of the centuries of faith of the Georgian nation. They were composed by the first Christian communities of the 3rd and 4th centuries.

The Phos Hilaron and the Oxyrhynchus hymn constitute the earliest extant Christian Greek hymn texts reasonably certain to have been used in Christian worship

. . . together all the eminent ones of God. . .
. . . night] nor day (?) Let it/them be silent. Let the luminous stars not [. . .],
. . . [Let the rushings of winds, the sources] of all surging rivers [cease]. While we hymn
Father and Son and Holy Spirit, let all the powers answer, "Amen, amen, Strength, praise,
[and glory forever to God], the sole giver of all good things. Amen, amen.

Also among the earliest hymns are:

Of the Father’s Love Begotten

O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright

Shepherd of Tender Youth

We thank Thee, our Father,

Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy!)

Glory to God in the highest

Ye children praise the Lord
Te decet laus, Praise becomes Thee
Nunc dimittis, Now let your servant depart in peace
You are blessed, O Lord, who has nourished me from my youth

Holy, holy, holy. Liturgy the Trisagion

Holy God, holy mighty, holy immortal, Have mercy upon us Liturgy the Trisagion

O gladsome light, O grace of God the Father’s face (Joyful light)

Te deum

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

Blessed be the Messiah, Who has given us a hope, That the dead shall rise again.

I keep myself pure for Thee, O Bridegroom, and holding a lighted torch I go to meet Thee.

O Thou who dost exist before time

The Incarnate Word hath deceived thee, (Death)

In the person of the Heavenly Adam,


The 4 to 6 second break in-between songs have photographs of parts of the Sistine Chapel and the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Tblisi. Source video of the 140+ minute full-length concert is from Vatican Media of Vatican City.

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