[Premiere] Cherubikon (1820) & Koinonikon (1380) for Lent

Описание: Lent is founded on ascetic practice, especially this first week of severe fasting, prostrations and permanent penitent prayer. Ascetic practice refers to every type of intake which may hinder the crystal comprehension of the Divine Will, intake that can be through any of the five senses but also through thought or emotion that come from anything other than a holy source or that does not lead to a holy state of being (keeping in mind that not everything sacred is holy, as the Philokalia, and particularly St Ignatius Brianchaninov perfectly explain). That is why the concept of Metanoia refers to the entirety of the human form and existence, which seeks to purify itself from unredeeming meanings, means and purposes, and to beseech the Creator in His Mercy and Benevolence. Orthodox ascetic practice cleanses the noetic functions of the soul, and that is why the best composers of the church were the hesychast hermits (laymen or monastics) whose soulic vessels were made able to contain, without peril or breaking, the substance that the Holy Fire of the inner hearing God opened to them. Lent is also a special time to read the Scriptures with deeper attention, with humility of mind forsaking of the despotism of self-will, in order to fulfill the will of God, be reminded of the laws of redemption and to better strive to follow them with a repenting heart, and the afferent theology of the sacraments during Lent is special. Here are two fragments from compositions for the Presanctified liturgy - a cherubic hymn by St Makarios and a koinonikon by St Ioannis Kladas, sung at first sight today. Unpublished manuscripts.