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 Monastery of Chevetogne
Saint Nicholas Monastery Shoppe is your exclusive North American source for compact disk recordings from the Monastery of Chevetogne in Belgium.
Since its foundation in Amay-sur-Meuse in 1925, liturgical chant according to the monastic rules and customs of the Russian Orthodox Church has always been in use for the Byzantine rite services in the Monastery of Chevetogne. From the ‘60’s, several recordings have been produced. The first discs (“Athos. Montagne de la Transfiguration”, “The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross”, “Monastic Profession”, “The Feast of the Dormition”, “Easter Matins”) have been recorded under the direction of Dom Gregory Bainbridge under the label of Harmonia Mundi. Part of the repertoire of these first discs has been reedited by Harmonia Mundi on a CD with the title “Chants de la liturgie slavonne” in the series ‘Music d’abord’. In 1964, Dom Gregory's successor, Dom Philippe Bär, recorded a new disc: “Vêpres monastiques russes” ("Russische Klostervesper"), edited as a CD by Koch-Schwan and by Les Éditions Charlin.
In 1984 the Monastery of Chevetogne began a new production of liturgical recordings under its own label. This new series consists already of 15 CDs and is regularly extended. Under the direction of Father Maxime Gimenez the repertoire of several liturgical feasts with fixed calendar dates has been recorded: Transfiguration, Dormition, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and Nativity. Of the mobile cycle of the liturgical year the following CDs have been recorded: Great Lent, Holy Thursday, Holy Friday and Easter. One CD contains the entire Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom.
Of these recordings (1984-1997) a compilation has been released (Russian Monastic Chant) which offers a first encounter with the whole repertoire.
Since then, under the direction of Father Thomas Pott, five new CDs have been recorded: Annunciation and Acathist, the Funeral Service, the feast of Pentecost, the feast of Theophany and "Between Earth and Heaven" (Easter-tide and Ascension).
Finally, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Monastery of Chevetogne, a CD has been released, (Slavonic Liturgical Chant), with parts of the old recordings by Dom Grégoire Bainbridge.
Text above and descriptions of recordings are from the Monastery of Chevetegne website. For additional information on the recordings e-mail: iconographie@monasterechevetogne.com
The recordings available on compact disk are listed below. We hope to be adding audio samples in the near future. Click here for an order form in pdf. Bulk orders for reseller are available. Contact us at monasticshoppe@gmail.com for more information.
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D307CD - Do not weep for me, O Mother CD - $25.00
The Office of Matins of Holy Saturday (Jerusalem Matins),
recorded here, is the solemn conclusion of a long and intense period of
spiritual and physical preparation (‘Great Lent’) for the feast of Pascha. We
find ourselves at the tomb where the Lord Jesus was laid, sleeping the death of
all mortals. Sadness changing to joy; death giving rise to life; despair and
abandonment arousing hope, closeness, and love; all this determines the
character and tone of the Office of the Myrrhbearers. The time that separates
the evening of Great and Holy Friday on the one hand and the Great Sabbath on
the other is a unique and inseparable moment when death and life embrace each
other, when God unites Himself to humanity during a wedding night that knows no
time. For this reason the announcement of the Resurrection, proclaimed to the
Myrrhbearing Women by the angels seated at the tomb, already resonates
throughout this night.
CHCD 105/307
Playing time: 79'38
Dir.: P. Thomas Pott
Booklet: Slavonic, French, English, German.
Introduction: French, Dutch, English, German.
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D086CD - Exaltation of the Holy Cross CD - $25.00
Great Vespers, Orthros and Liturgy - In the mystery of the Lord's Transfiguration we discern by faith the
final consequence of the Incarnation: we already contemplate in the
radiant person of Christ the first fruits of mankind's glorification
and the transfiguration of the whole creation.
CHCD 105/384
Playing time: 49’38
Dir.: Dom Maxime Gimenez
Booklet: French, English, German, Slavonic.
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C090CD - Friday Vespers and Saturday Matins of Holy Week - $25.00 - Currently Out of Stock
Great Vespers, Liturgy of St Basil and Easter Matins - Good Friday Vespers sings the creation's astonishment at the
unfathomable mystery of a God who humbles himself as far as death.
Later on, after night-fall, the Office of the Myrrh-bearing women takes
place, like a joyful expectation for the first rays of the
Resurrection.
CHCD 105/390
Playing time: 73’14
Dir.: Dom Maxime Gimenez
Booklet: French, English, German, Slavonic.
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D096CD - Great Lent Music CD - $25.00
Psalm 136, Vespers of Lent, Typika, Great Compline, Litugy of the Presanctified, Great Canon, Akathistos Hymn - In the course of this interior pilgrimage, the soul is purified while
practicing vigilance and compassion, enlivening its desire to
participate in the great mystery of Christ's redemptive sufferings to
the point of being deemed worthy to become a witness of the
Resurrection. These selections aim to reproduce the particular
atmosphere of the liturgical period of Great Lent.
CHCD 105/395
Playing time: 73'05
Dir.: Dom Maxime Gimenez
Booklet: French, English, German, Slavonic.
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CD097 - Nativity of Our Lord CD - $25.00
Forefeast, Great Vespers, Great Compline, Matins - The feast of Christmas inaugurates the cycle of three solemnities
dedicated to the mystery of the Manifestation of the Word of God in the
flesh. It is the marvelous moment of birth; the moment when grace,
revelation and jubilation are transmitted to the entire cosmos,
starting from the most humble place on our earth. Divine life, both
fragile and strong, breaks through the darkness and bursts forth from
the inmost depths of our humanity.
CHCD 105/396
Playing time: 65'03
Dir.: Dom Maxime Gimenez
Booklet: French, English, German, Slavonic.
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D105CD - Divine Liturgy CD - $25.00
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom - By learning to listen attentively to the hymns of the Liturgy, our
spiritual feelings can be heightened by them so as to perceive the
beauty of the heavenly chant which resounds within us, and moves us in
communion with a new creation completely transfigured by God's love.
CHCD 105/387
Playing time: 67’11
Dir.: Dom Maxime Gimenez
Booklet: French, English, German, Slavonic.
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D108CD - Pascha (Double CD Set) - $32.50
The Great and Holy Feast of Easter - The Pascal Service is sung at a vigorous pace, that of the women who
hasten to the tomb and come back announcing the resurrection. The
enthusiasm is powerful, but the triumph is not overbearing: it is a
song of gratitude, of delight, sealed with peace and serenity.
CHCD 108/495
Playing time: 57'52 / 62'57.
Dir.: Dom Maxime Gimenez
Booklet: French, English, German, Slavonic.
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D300CD - Russian Monastic Chant CD - $25.00
Anthology of Byzantine Slavonic chant - This CD presents an anthology of hymns proper to some of the twelve big
feasts of the Byzantine liturgical year or characteristic of the period
of Great Lent and of Easter. These hymns, taken from earlier recordings
made by the monks of Chevetogne, have been classified, as much as
possible, according to their poetic style.
CHCD 109/300
Playing time: 75'36
Dir.: Dom Maxime Gimenez
Booklet: French, English, Dutch, German, Italian.
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D301CD - Slavic Liturgical Chant CD - $25.00
Historical recordings. Easter Matins, Divine Liturgy, Vespers,
Monastic Profession, Ordination, Consecration of a Church, Vigil
Service for the Dormition. - This CD is released on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the
foundation of the monastery of Chevetogne, in Amay-sur-Meuse in 1925.
Slavonic liturgical and monastic chant has been sung according to the
rules and customs of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Monastery of
Chevetogne from its foundation. In the ’60’s, thanks to the insight and
tireless efforts of choir director Dom Gregory Bainbridge, the monks
choir produced several recordings. This CD is a compilation of pieces
taken from those recordings. The strikingly fresh and lively style of
the music in this selection is an historical tribute to the monastic
choir of Chevetogne, and is certainly also a source of inspiration and
prayer for many.
CHCD 109/301
Playing time: 66'15
Dir.: Dom Grégoire Bainbridge
Booklet: French, English, Dutch, German.
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D302CD - Annunciation and Akathist CD - $25.00 - Currently Out
of Stock
Matins of the Feast of Annunciation with recitation of the Acathist Hymn - When nature awakes from its winter sleep and presents the world with
the first signs of spring, two liturgical feasts, heralds of great
feast of Easter that is now near at hand, fortify and rejoice the
hearts of men: Annunciation (25th of March) and the Saturday of the
Acathist (the 5th Saturday of Lent). These two feasts have their raison
d’être in the announcement of the Archangel Gabriel to Mary: “Rejoice
Thee” (Luke 1:28). This greeting is the prelude to the Good News, the
good news about the Good News: the incarnation of God, which will allow
man to become divine. On this recording you will find the matins of the
feast of the Annunciation and the Acathist hymn (recited), such as they
are celebrated if the 25th of March coincides with the 5th Saturday of
Lent.
CHCD 105/302
Playing time: 76'40
Dir.: P. Thomas Pott
Booklet: Slavonic, French, English, German.
Introduction: French, Dutch, English, German.
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D304CD - Pentecost CD - $25.00
On the fiftieth day after Easter, all Christian Churches celebrate the feast of Pentecost. They commemorate the pouring out of the Spirit of Jesus onto his disciples, when on the morning of the Jewish feast of Pentecost the Apostles saw descending on them tongues of fire. On this day Christians live more than the mere memory of a past event. It is for them a fulfillment of the ancient promises made by God to Abraham. The bestowal of the Holy Spirit, announced by Jesus before His Passion and Resurrection, is the first fruits of the universal blessing promised by God and now extended to the entire world. The Holy Spirit is both the object of the promise and object of the fervent supplication of Christians: He is the only drink that can
quench their thirst for God. This is why the liturgical celebration of this foundational event of the Christian life is not a mere commemoration: it is a sacramental act – a ‘memorial’ – which marks, evokes and intensifies the coming of the Holy Spirit into the community brought together in Jesus’ name. This recording includes above all extensive parts of the vigil of Pentecost Sunday as celebrated in the Byzantine-Slav tradition.
CHCD 304
Playing time: 77’24
Dir.: P. Thomas Pott
Booklet: Slavonic, French, English, German.
Introduction: French, Dutch, English, German
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D305CD - Theophany CD - $25.00
For the Churches of the Byzantine tradition, as with most Churches of
the East, the feast of 6 January is considered one of the greatest
solemnities of the liturgical year. The event commemorated is that of
the Baptism of Christ, administered by John in the Jordan. In the
Gospels this event marks the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry. This
feast of the Baptism of Christ deserves to be called for more than one
reason the ‘Feast of the Manifestation’ or Epiphany, or again the
‘Feast of the Manifestation of God’ or Theophany. It is indeed the
feast where one commemorates the Holy Spirit which, during the Baptism
of Christ, “descends upon Him as a dove,” while the voice of the Father
declares: “This is my beloved Son.” Thus, it is the unequivocal
manifestation of God becoming man, of the new path of the History of
Salvation, and of man’s calling to become the true locus of divine
manifestation. Through the blessing of water, the feast shows once more
that Jesus’ baptism is not simply an event of the past, but that it has
a place today among the faithful, and that, in a more visible and
sensible manner than other feasts, one participates in it
authentically, by drinking and being sprinkled with the water.
This recording contains extensive parts of various offices which
compose the services for the celebration of 6 January, according to the
Byzantine-Slav tradition.
CHCD 105/305
Playing time: 77'57
Dir.: P. Thomas Pott
Booklet: Slavonic, French, English, German.
Introduction: French, Dutch, English, German.
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D306CD - "Between Heaven and Earth" CD - $25.00
Easter-tide and Ascension - In this CD, you will find certain chants brought together typical of
the Byzantine/Slav traditions for Easter and Ascension. The period of
Easter and Ascension is like a single great feast day where Christ, Son
of Man and Son of God, appears and is present among his followers, the
sons of men, in order to prepare them to become completely Sons of God.
The singing that characterizes this period in the recalls feelings of
joy, of reassurance, of triumph and of loving-kindness.
CHCD 105/306
Playing time: 76'26
Dir.: P. Thomas Pott
Booklet: Slavonic, French, English, German.
Introduction: French, Dutch, English, German.
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D385CD - Dormition of the Mother of God CD - $25.00
The death of Mary
reveals the whole mystery of her person, her divine motherhood, and the
indissociable union of her life with that of Christ's. "In falling asleep,
you have not forsaken the world, O Mother of God. You who are the Mother of
Life have passed over into life".
CHCD 385
Playing time: 50’55
Dir.: Dom Maxime Gimenez
Booklet: French, English, German, Slavonic
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D503CD - Funeral Service (Double CD Set) - $32.50
Burial as practised according to the Byzantine rite actually begins in
the house of the deceased as a proper ‘stational liturgy’. From there,
the cortege proceeds to the cemetary, passing through the church along
the way. The cortege – with its stop in church – is like an icon of
human life. The way is a unique and identical one, both for the living
and the dead, not only because everyone will have to cross over the
same boundary from the present to the future life, but also because the
road that leads from our first birth to our ‘new birth’ is nothing but
the indivisible movement of life.
The present recording contains the funeral service nearly in its
entirety, from the procession into the church to the one leaving the
church.
CHCD 110/503
Playing time:
CD 1: 65'26
CD 2: 56'05
Dir.: P. Thomas Pott
Booklet: Slavonic, French, English, German.
Introduction: French, Dutch, English, German.
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D309CD - "The Encounter" Meeting of Our Lord - $25.00 - New! See Flyer!
The Feast of the Encounter (in Greek: Ypapanti), which the Churches of
East and West celebrate on February 2nd, commemorates the gospel
account of Christ’s Presentation in the Temple. Far from being simply
an anniversary of this ritual and legal Presentation, the feast
celebrates something which took place at the fringes of this event,
namely the Encounter as recorded by the evangelist Luke (Lk 2:22-38).
The feast is bathed in an atmosphere of mystery and peace. It
represents the conclusion of the season of Christmas – and here it
acquires the sense of a Marian feast, that is, a feast which celebrates
an aspect of the mystery of the Incarnation. It is also the transition
toward the period of Lent and the Passion. The two cycles, as it were,
‘meet’ here, and this encounter is personified in a mysterious way –
but the more embodied – in the Mother of Jesus, Mary.
This recording ends with three hymns to Mary the Mother of God.
They correspond to three solemn moments of each liturgical day (Matins,
Liturgy and Compline). We hope that these hymns might help all those
who so desire to structure their day according to a threefold Encounter
with the mystery of Christ, sustained by the liturgical rhythm of the
Church and of our monastery. [ Audio Sample - Internet Explorer only for now! ]
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