"We Give Thanks to You, O Lord" - Church Choir Concert

On the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving, our parish gave a concert for the local community to benefit our town's food pantry and for Evangelical Outreach.

The Concert was named "We Give Thanks to You, O Lord", in commemoration of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

What thrilled me most about our concert is that my husband came to see it. We left the kids with a babysitter (they are way too disruptive for something like this), and he came to hear me sing. I was so happy. My husband doesn't attend church with us (he's not Orthodox or Christian, but is very supportive), so it was so wonderful to see him sitting in the audience. :)

What did we sing? I would say it was quite a variety, but it was all liturgical music. Next to each section, I've put in my favorite song we sang. We sang much more than this, and it was beautiful, despite the fact that half the choir was getting over a cold and the other half was just catching one. :)

**I hope, with the blessing of our priest and matushka, to have either an audio or video clip of a portion of the concert to post here soon.**

Opening Hymn - O Heavenly King - Tone 6
Songs from All Night Vigil - O Gladsome Light - Carpathian Chant
Annunciation - Troparion of the Feast - Tone 4
Exaltation of the Cross - Veneration Sticheron - Tone 2
Nativity of the Lord - Nativity Exapostilarion (Hymn of Light)
Hymns from the Triodion - By the Waters of Babylon (Psalm 137) - Kievan
Hymns to the Virgin Mary Theotokos - O Impassible Gateway - Tone 2
Hymns from the Divine Liturgy - The Cherubic Hymn - Georgian
The Lord's Prayer - N. Kedrove Sr. (sung at weddings)
Communion Hymns - What Shall I Render to the Lord - J. Erickson
Praise the Lord (Psalm 148) - written by our Choir Director, Matushka! :)
Occassional Hymns - I Leave You My Peace - French Orthodox Church
Concluding Hymns - Blessed Be the Name of the Lord (Bortniansky)
Many Years (Turchaninov)