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Trisagion in Church Slavonic with a Saying of St. Basil of Ostrog

What the video says

The video presents the Trisagion prayer in Church Slavonic. The prayer addresses God as Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, asking for mercy. It includes the doxology glorifying the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. The Trisagion is then repeated once more.

Key moments

  1. 0:00 The Trisagion prayer is chanted: Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us (repeated three times), followed by the doxology to the Trinity, then the Trisagion repeated again.

The post consists of two parts. The first part gives a single sentence attributed to St. Basil of Ostrog, the Wonderworker. The sentence appears in Serbian using Cyrillic script: "И многи ми пакост чинише, али ми Бог би помоћник у сваком добром делу." This translates as "And many evils did he do to me, but God was my helper in every good deed."

The second part is a video that presents the Trisagion prayer in Church Slavonic. The video shows the prayer chanted in the traditional liturgical order. First, the Trisagion itself is sung three times: "Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us."

After the threefold repetition, the doxology follows, glorifying the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Then the Trisagion is sung once more. The video does not include additional commentary, explanation, or discussion. It simply renders the hymn as it is used in worship. The source text does not indicate who produced the video, where it was recorded, or when the quotation from St. Basil was spoken or written.

The post brings the saint's words and the liturgical chant together without further context.

Main points

  • St. Basil of Ostrog quote on God as helper amid evils
  • Video chants the Trisagion in Church Slavonic
  • Prayer sung three times: Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us
  • Doxology to the Trinity follows the first set
  • Trisagion repeated once more after the doxology
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