Do you wish you prayed every morning?
Or most mornings?
Or at least, some mornings?
For a long time, I didn’t pray in the morning. But then I realized I could sing prayers and everything clicked!
Today, I have a guest post on my friend Nicole Roccas’s blog Time Eternal, telling the story of how I came to this idiosyncratic, but habitual prayer routine. I hope you will check it out here.
As I formed a song-based prayer routine, I composed solo, a cappella settings of two prayers: the Trisagion Hymn and Rejoice! O Virgin Theotokos!
The tunes are simple and suited for a voice still waking up. I composed the two prayers to flow together melodically, but can also be sung separately.
If you’d like to check them out, you can listen to a recording below and click here for the sheet music.
P.S. Are these prayers new to you? You can find out more about their ancient history here and here.
Interested in Orthodox Music? Check out this interview I did with Harrison Russin, Lecturer in Music at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary.
Wonderful, Sarah! I shared this with the parish. Looking forward to more of the same!
Your first priest and old friend,
Fr. Steven