Child choir music, Russian sacred songs and hymns, Ukrainian Christmas carols

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This very unusual CD of Russian Christian child choir (the first such child choir in Ukraine), will enchant you with its wonderful combination of simplicity, beauty, clarity and unusual melodies.  This is the real deal : mostly 16th to 18th century a cappella praise and worship music, Russian sacred songs and Ukrainian Christmas carols performed by the best. listen
The Saint Elijah Church in Kyiv, is the first Russian Orthodox church ever built. According to legend, it was built by the Prince Askold and Dir long before the baptizing of Kyiv Rus. In 988 The Great equel to Apostle Prince Vladimir began baptizing the people of Kyiv Rus near this church on the banks of the Dnieper River. And now this church, though small in size is a favourite place for praying for the Kyivites.
On 1996 the christian child choir began to sing for the glory of God in Saint Elijah Church . The children regularly take part in Sunday and festive liturgies. The child choir also has consert activi-ties. During a short time of its existence Saint Elijah Christian child choir won the All Ukranian (1997) and International child choir (1998) festivals.
In this album you can hear both little-known old a cappella praise and worship music of the 16-17th centuries, Russin sacred songs and hymns and traditional Ukrainian Christmas carols and canticals. Special attention should be paid to the old Ukranian canticals where warm feelings of Ukranian people to God are particularly expressed. listen The choir has become the first Orthodox a cappella child choir of Kyiv after almost a one hundred years interval.
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