The Resurrection Gospel In Homeric Greek And Other Greek Dialects

This is a beautiful recording of the Gospel reading from the Agape Service (John 20:19-25) in Ancient Homeric Greek (not Koine) chanted by Protopsaltis Evgenios Hardavellas. This was translated into Homeric Greek by St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite. It is set to the Heroic Hexameter, which is a metrical line of verse consisting of six feet. It was the standard epic metre in classical Greek and Latin literature, such as in the "Iliad" and "Aeneid". (Read more here)Below is the Gospel text in various Greek dialects:KOINE ORIGINALLITURGICAL OPENING:,.....,..TEXT:,,,,,....,.,,,.,, '..,,,.HOMERIC GREEK (BY ST. NIKODEMOS THE HAGIORITE)LITURGICAL OPENING:,,,,.... . '.TEXT: .,,,,,, ',,, '., '..,. '., '.,,'. '. ',,. ',. ,. ',, '... '.,, ',.(, , ,., 1958,. 200-201).ATTIC GREEK (SET TO IAMBIC METRE)LITURGICAL OPENING:.,. ! ....TEXT:,,,., !.,,.,,.,!.., ,,,.,.,-.,,,..,,,.,MODERN GREEK (ACCORDING TO APOSTOLIKI DIAKONIA OF THE CHURCH OF GREECE)LITURGICAL OPENING:,,.....,..TEXT:,,,,,, >.,..,.,.,,,.,>., >.ENGLISH (NIV)LITURGICAL OPENING:That we may be found worthy to listen to the Holy Gospel, let us pray to the Lord our God.Wisdom. Arise. Let us hear the holy Gospel. Peace be with all.The reading is from the holy Gospel according to John. Let us be attentive.TEXT:On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!"After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you."And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone's sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!"But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."

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