Painting by Dimitris Skourtelis, please check out more of his wonderful work here: th-cam.com/video/sUayrf29Iik/w-d-xo.html Arrangement and vocals by Farya Faraji, including traditional Pontic Greek motifs and a traditional Byzantine chant. Please note that this isn't reconstructed Byzantine music, and nor does it seek to be, it's modern Greek music with a Byzantine theme. Please note this isn't reconstructed historical music, it's modern folk music. The Epic Byzantine Music series is a musical project where I explore various sounds from the ethnomusicological ecosystem of modern traditional music, using sounds from modern folk traditions as they are today as a framing device for themes pertaining to the history of the Eastern Roman Empire. Digenís Akrítas can be said to be the Medieval Greek Herakles: he is a folk figure emerging in the tradition of the Akritic songs; epic poetry detailing his heroic deeds and adventures. Digenis is the son of a Saracen and a Cappadocian Greek woman, hence his name “Digenis,” the “two-blooded,” and Akritas is a reference to his function as a border guard of the empire, the akritai. Given the character’s dual Arab-Greek origins, I wanted this piece to be a fusion of Arabic and Greek music, therefore I researched traditional Pontic Greek motifs played on the Pontic Lyre, and played it alongside traditional Arabic musical sounds. I also used the Good Friday Lamentation, a traditional Byzantine hymn, in both Greek and Arabic. The idea was to utilise the cultural elements of Digenis Akritas’ origins instead of directly using the Akritic songs, which have been put to music by better composers than I already. Lyrics translation: Oh Jesus the Life, when you have been laid in a tomb, The heavenly soldiers were amazed and all of them praised your descent,
Cada vez que Farya sube un vídeo de música Bizantina siempre aprendo algo nuevo de Bizancio por alguna razón como sobre este personaje Digenis Akritas.
Digenis means exactly that. Akritas means frontiersman. Frontier soldier guarding the Byzantine Empire's eastern border. For people living in the frontiers of Greece's modern day eastern border are still called akrites (plural).
@@road-eo6911 superhuman guardians. For example digenis akritas, the most famous of the bunch, was said to be so big and strong, that no house could fit him, and he leaped across whole mountain ranges. At 12, he saved his father from a band of bandits. He later fought and strangled a lion with his bare hands. He also defeated a whole army by himself to gain approval of the general to marry his daughter. Then he defeated a second army and an amazon queen to save said wife, and even fought with death himself as only he could defeat him. He used to say "I am not falling into the underworld, I only go there to rest a bit, I come back to life and I resurrect the populace of nations"
i am happy for you! If only we all realized how fiercely our ancestors fought and also loved each other... all our bloods are mixed and we should revel in that!
I Pray for God to keep you and your family safe from any harm, we are all brother's in Christ no physicals differences or ancestry shaw pull as apart from uniting under the Lord. God Bless you friend!
As an overseas born second generation Greek Orthodox Christian this touched my heart and soul beyond measure ✝️🌹 HRISTOS ANESTI CHRIST IS RISEN KYRIOS ANESTHISTI
@Parth Sarathi Me personally not but we are for whole time on Assad side (my village) and that's why many of us Christians of Syria supporting Assad cuz we feel like he protecting us from harm. ( sorry for bad English and God bless you)
@@nomennescio3677 why don't the Levantine Greeks look for work visas and migrate to Greece ? surely the prospects are turning now that the Greek economy is recovering and need more employees..
@@ibrahimalloush738 there is no future for Levantine Greeks and Eastern Orthodox christians in Syria, Iraq or Lebanon. It's either grinding economic despair or risk of being the soft target of radical Islamist wackos for these ancient communities. Better they get a chance to emigrate to Greece, now that the economy is rebounding and there is shortage of positions.
He looks like "El Cid Campeador", a hero of my Spanish culture, he was a frontier warrior, lord of Arabs and Christians, respected for his ability in combat and physically, he looks a lot like the one in your illustration, with a long red beard, in fact, his name, El Cid, means "the lord" in Andalusian Arabic.
@ Javier Bonnemaison Correas . You are correct . There is a statue of El Cid Rodrigo?? somewhere in Spain . Also a movie was made regarding his great life . 🌴🐊🐍🐸
Ovaj čovek na slici liči na Marka Kraljevića 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸 Marko Kraljević nalazi se na predstavama Tračkog konjanika širom Srbije, nosi osobine slovenskog boga Peruna.
I'm not lost in Tartara I'm just taking a break/relaxing In life I reappear And peoples/nations I resurrect Tartara is the place where according to ancient Greek mythology the Titans were exiled by the Gods after the Titanomahia. It roughly corresponds to hell or the abyss.
@@Memo27364 The Battle of Dara, the Battle of Satala, the Battle of Ad Decimum, the Siege of Naples, the Siege of Rome, the Siege of Ravenna, the Battle of Nisibis, the Battle of Akroinon, the seizure of Smyrna, Ephesus, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea and Choma from the Turks in 1097, the Siege of Nicaea, and the Battle of Antioch on the Meander. All victories of the Greeks who fought bravely as part of the last continuation of the Roman Empire. The Battle of the Trench, the Battle of Arachova, the Battle of Dervenakia, the Battle of Doliana, the Battle of Gravia In, the Liberation of Kalamata, the Battle of Kastella, the Battle of Lalas, the Second Battle of Petra. All victories of the Greeks who fought like lions for their independence from the Ottoman Empire. The Landing at Smyrna, the Landing at Urla, the Battle of Bergama, the Battle of Erbeyli, Erikli, Tellidede, Aydın, Gediz, and Eskişehir. All victories won by the Greeks fighting for the lands of their people, who spoke the Greek tongue, in the war you claim was won so easily. The Greeks have always fought, and always fought well.
@@nosauce7410 bro the number of battles you posted here is good but if we start counting from Agamemnon's era then you would be writing for 7 days 24hrs in order to reach the latest battle of the hellenic nation 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Memo27364 None of Greece's allies in the Greco-Turkish war gave a toss really, as they had just finished fighting the First World War, and you had backing from the Soviets, the French, and the Italians. Speaking of which, when the Italians invaded Greece in the Second World War, they fought like lions and drove them back into Albania whilst being under-equipped and undermanned. At least the Greeks never took it upon themselves to exterminate minorities like Ataturk and the Ottomans did, though unlike your government I will admit that there were some atrocities.
I am Lebanese Syriac Maronite Catholic, half of our lebanese christians r greeks with ORTHODOX faith, so this song i can fully understand it both ways, the greeks became a part of my ppl and country after they hv fled from Ottoman aggression backthen
@@faryafaraji Please make more music like this. This Arabic Greek mixture sounds beautiful it makes me wonder what a Latin Arabic mix would sound like. Again this is a great piece and I would love to hear more like it.
@@zaraiwzara I do not speak Arabic, but the Greek part is medieval Greek. He is singing part of an actual Byzantine hymn so it makes sense if the Arabic translation is also old and not modern, but this is only my suspicion.
Digenis Akritas is also a hero highly mentioned in Cypriot myths. We have a sight in Paphos called ''I petra tou Romiou'' (The rock of the Greek) and it's literally a big rock in the shores of the coast. Myths say that Digenis Akritas lifted some big rocks from the Troodos mountains and threw them to the Sarakinian ships to destroy them and protect Cyprus, falling in the position they lie today, hence the biggest of the rock was called, ''the rock of the Greek'' - I petra tou Romiou (''Romios'' actually is the greek way to refer to a Roman, which by Roman in the Byzantine times in Cyprus, we meant Greek). There are plenty of other stories and poems about Digenis Akritas and the Byzantine Greeks(Romans) from medieval Cyprus.
@@SpartanLeonidas1821 LGBTQ English speaking liberals who are part of the EU and answer to Brussels.. Fly EU flags and use the euro.. go into opposition against other orthodox nations on behalf of NATO Are you sure? Define culture and how much ancient culture we have today
@@kaykay865 You're wack. Most countries speak English nowadays because it's the Lingua Franca of the world. They use the Euro and are in the EU for economic reasons, and if you mean opposing Russia as "opposing other Orthodox countries", they'd technically be backing another Orthodox country: Ukraine. And not everyone in Greece is LGBTQ either, no clue where you got that from.
I‘m Turkish but I don’t deny my Byzantine Greek heritage and genetics would even proof it with every Anatolian Turk because we aren’t only Turkic. Love this masterpiece 🇹🇷❤️🇬🇷
Χρόνια Πολλά στην Ρωμιοσύνη και στους Έλληνες όπου Γης! 201 χρόνια Υπερηφάνειας! Thank you for your composition Farya, couldn't have come at a more appropriate time honestly!
And xronia polla for anyone named Evangelinos & Evangelina ☦️❤️. Blessed on this holy day the annunciation and every ellina zito Hellas and zito freedom
This is so beautiful,makes me shiver! It hits right in the heart! I'm orthodox Serbian,l adore Byzantine epic music!All the compliments for the artist!❤❤❤
Such a wonderful idea in putting the Arabic part at the beginning of the song, reflecting the nickname of the hero of Byzantine literature as: "The Lord of two races who lives on the border".
@@christos3280 Sorry, I think I was wrong, it was not his nickname, but the translation of his full name of the hero. If we translate the name in medieval Greek as Basil Digenís Akritas, “Lord of two races who lives on the border”. Vasilios is “king”, Akra means “border” and Digenís, “who has two lineages”, “who shares two races” (dis + génos).
@@christos3280 Look, okay, I respect your point of view, I know that races do not exist, neither biologically nor scientifically, there is only one race, which is the human race, and within the human race, which are ethnic groups, and do not forget to mention cultures, but In the time of Ancient and the Middle Ages, humanity was divided into races, but science has already discovered that there are no races, but ethnic groups do exist. But what I am trying to tell you is the translation of the name of the hero of literature, I know that the hero was the son of two parents of different cultures and ethnicities, his father was an Arab Emir and his mother a Byzantine.
This song hits close to home and I love the Arabic-Byzantine fusion of it! Being the son of a Egyptian father and a Turkish mother from Cappadocia (which have largely the same genetics as in the times of Digenis) the life of Digenis and his heroic deeds never fail to fill me with pride. Much respect to the Byzantine Empire and its legacy that can be felt in every way in the lands it held. Great work and keep making masterpieces! 🇹🇷🇬🇷🇪🇬 ❤️
Χρόνια πολλά παιδιά. Ζητώ η Ελλάδα. Ζητώ η Ρωμανία. Dont know if by accident but you chose a good time to upload this song. Now we have another one to listen at on this day :D
Your voice is amazing when trying to fit in different languages. I am a Polishman, but not a Catholic, but an Orthodox one. I would like to hear songs from you in my native language. I think it will be awesome. Your songs, especially in old French, are always in my head
Polish Ortodox? That is very interesting. If it is not too personal, could you please share if you were born Ortodox, if there is some Ortodox community in Poland (I mean, ethnically Polish not Ukrainian)?
@@lordofhostsappreciator3075 funnily, but originally Polish Orthodox Church was created because of Ukrainians ad their territories which were back then under Polish rule in XX century
Interesting to hear the Lamentations of Christ with this music. It feels a bit weird to me somehow to hear this rather energetic rythm. We (as christian orthodox) sing every year the full version of the Lamentations (all 176 verses) and it is a deeply sorrorwful song that is sang in the Good Friday, just before the Resurrection. It is basically a funeral song for Christ where the entire humanity weeps along with the angels. Nonetheless, you are a really tallented artist and I appreciate that you took the time to do a propper ressearch! :) Keep up the good work!
I have never before seen Arabic and Greek lyrics and musical styles blended in one song so well, excellent! I also just found out about Digenes Akritas, and cant wait to read more about him
This is amazing. I can't begin to express how much I appreciate what you did here. Only finding out that someone outside our borders even has heard of Digenis Akritas would've been thrilling enough. I'm Pontian Greek myself, btw.
I’m really honoured my friend! I often feel like the Pontic Greeks’ music is the forgotten one among the Greek musical world and I want to do my best at introducing people at it; the soul of Eastern Roman still lives on in the Pontians
@@faryafaraji well, yes, it is kinda forgotten. But we're not particularly bitter about it, I don't think. We're keeping it up, doing our thing, and if anyone wants to partake they're more than welcome. I laud your efforts, people should get to know that it exists, at least. It does represent what a Greek/Roman culture would look like after thousands of years of contact with the peoples of Asia. We were on one of the ends of the Silk Road after all. I think it's fascinating, but I'm biased, of course.
This was quite a surprise for what I'm used to, a very pleasant fusion of the two traditions with ace vocals and instrumentation. It's up there with some of your more interesting compositions.
SALVE, Farya! When it started, I had the impression I was listening to the Lord's Lamentations. Awesome touch. Edit: Now I see that the verses were taken from there.
the motif sounds based on Omal Pontic dance ..lovely tune,not traditional but I think it 's good willing so I approve🙂besides ,Digenis Akritas is my all time favorite hero!!! credits for mentioning the Byzantine painter Dimitris Skourtelis too!!!
In my country, Argentina, our national poem "Gaucho Martin Fierro" it's about a protector of the frontier. As a latinamerican man he is of mixed origins (Indians and Spanish people) I found similarities between them
Excellent work!!! I wish we had more and more people creating and taking care of our very rich Byzantine heritage which was targeted, destroyed and partially buried during Ottoman rule and later in 20th century.
I appreciate your support! As someone with an academic background in history however, I also have to add another word to your list: integrated. Byzantine culture and heritage wasn’t one-dimensionally wiped out by the Ottomans. Especially early on, it was integrated deeply into the dna of the nascent Ottoman Empire. Turks were not mindless barbarians, and just like how the Ancient Greeks were wise to recognise the advancements of older civilisations like Mesopotamia and Egypt, and subsequently integrated many of their advancements into their own culture, so did the Turks succesfully integrate Greek advancements into their culture. Many aspects of Medieval Eastern Rome were integrated deeply into the Ottoman Empire, like law, architecture, music, even cuisine, etc
Τhe Chorus is the Lamentations of Christ , they sing them every year on Great Friday. Digenis was also the nickname of the greek-cypriot general Georgios Grivas. The greatest greek soldier of the previous century. He fought in all the battles of the Greeks: Started from the rank of second lieutenant in Balkan wars 1912-1913 and fought WWI , War in Asia minor (1919-1922) , WWII , greek resistance against the nazis , greek civil war against the communists (1945-1949) and led the rebellion of Cypriots against the english occupiers (1955). If he had lived until 1974 , the turks who invaded Cyprus would have all become fishfood and Cyprus would be whole.
Amazing as usual, I wish there was more eastern roman music and culture in general around, they produced so much beauty, yet so much of it is lost. Thank you for doing your part in promoting it!
This was the first composition of yours that I heard, back in late 2022. The rest is history. Hence why it holds such a place in my heart. A masterpiece.
How amazing is this!😍 I'm so excited that I'm still discovering new epic and magnificent songs which can give some "more " strong goosebumps in your channel! I LOVE it ❤❤❤
Greetings! I've been listening to alotta your songs & I really like the beats & adventure themes you put into them. It almost feels like I'm there in real life watching the dance features & battle's of the century fearless war cry's. Your work is absolutely astonishing 😁👍🏾🎶🎵
I am amazed by your ability to adapt to so many languages, musical instruments and cultures. Top quality work, I am happy to have discovered. Best wishes to continue what you are doing!
I'm a Roman Catholic, and I love this song very much. This song "Digenis Akritas" by Farya Faraji is about the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ found in one of the Greek Orthodox hymn, both in Arabic and Greek, and this song must be performed during the Easter Vigil Mass every Black Saturday in the afternoon and also every Easter Sunday Mass and the Divine Mercy Sunday Mass. May God bless him a hundred fold. 🇻🇦🇬🇷✝️
Amazing work! I love your roman and byzantine music. The songs encapsulate the historical and cultural background of the theme perfectly and are also very good to listen to. Greek parts are sung perfectly. I can tell because I am greek. Thank you so much sir!
Funny somehow a year ago when I became your follower I deemed the Digenis Akritas musics of your a music I won't listen to I tought it was bad... Man I think I have missheard something this became a masterpiece
I think this transaltion is more precise In a grave they laid Thee, yet, O Christ Thou art Life, and the armies of the angels beheld amazed, giving glory that Thou chose to condescend.
What is this time signature called, again? As you've mentioned in your awesome videos, I know it's very much a staple of sacred Sufi music. One of my favorites of yours! Revisiting it for the upteenth time!
Painting by Dimitris Skourtelis, please check out more of his wonderful work here: th-cam.com/video/sUayrf29Iik/w-d-xo.html Arrangement and vocals by Farya Faraji, including traditional Pontic Greek motifs and a traditional Byzantine chant. Please note that this isn't reconstructed Byzantine music, and nor does it seek to be, it's modern Greek music with a Byzantine theme. Please note this isn't reconstructed historical music, it's modern folk music. The Epic Byzantine Music series is a musical project where I explore various sounds from the ethnomusicological ecosystem of modern traditional music, using sounds from modern folk traditions as they are today as a framing device for themes pertaining to the history of the Eastern Roman Empire. Digenís Akrítas can be said to be the Medieval Greek Herakles: he is a folk figure emerging in the tradition of the Akritic songs; epic poetry detailing his heroic deeds and adventures. Digenis is the son of a Saracen and a Cappadocian Greek woman, hence his name “Digenis,” the “two-blooded,” and Akritas is a reference to his function as a border guard of the empire, the akritai.
Given the character’s dual Arab-Greek origins, I wanted this piece to be a fusion of Arabic and Greek music, therefore I researched traditional Pontic Greek motifs played on the Pontic Lyre, and played it alongside traditional Arabic musical sounds. I also used the Good Friday Lamentation, a traditional Byzantine hymn, in both Greek and Arabic. The idea was to utilise the cultural elements of Digenis Akritas’ origins instead of directly using the Akritic songs, which have been put to music by better composers than I already.
Lyrics translation:
Oh Jesus the Life, when you have been laid in a tomb,
The heavenly soldiers were amazed and all of them praised your descent,
Friend keep up the good work.only people like you are keeping tradions alive.
Good Job
Please Do More Of These Videos 🇬🇷✝️🙏🏻
Θαυμάσιο! Keep creating. Keep rocking!
Gorgeous music & ineresting background. Thanks!
Cada vez que Farya sube un vídeo de música Bizantina siempre aprendo algo nuevo de Bizancio por alguna razón como sobre este personaje Digenis Akritas.
Lebanese Greek Orthodox here, thanks for creating this masterpiece Farya!
Digenis Akritas
"Hercules" of the Anatolian Greeks during the Medieval Ages
Also syrian Greeks too
@@markv1158 Syrian greeks ??
Digenis means exactly that. Akritas means frontiersman. Frontier soldier guarding the Byzantine Empire's eastern border. For people living in the frontiers of Greece's modern day eastern border are still called akrites (plural).
@@SIMO-eb1hw the Levantine Greeks...
Indeed, Digenis was of Greek and Syrian-Levantine origin.
exactly bro
My Father is Greek and my Mother is Lebanese so this song and the characters of Digenis Akritas touches me a lot, thank you very much for your work 🙏🏻
Nice both my parents are Lebanese
Nice 🇬🇷✝️🙏🏻
@Sawyer Cantrell My mother is Maronite
Που σαι ρε παικταρα μου!!
@@RAIDER-xq4pt ?
For those who dont know the *Akritai* were the frontier warriors of Byzantium/ Eastern Rome.
They are mythicized in greek popular memory
Thank you Pelasgian Athena
Mythicized in what way? I'm very curious.
@@road-eo6911 like superheroes.
@@road-eo6911 superhuman guardians. For example digenis akritas, the most famous of the bunch, was said to be so big and strong, that no house could fit him, and he leaped across whole mountain ranges. At 12, he saved his father from a band of bandits. He later fought and strangled a lion with his bare hands. He also defeated a whole army by himself to gain approval of the general to marry his daughter. Then he defeated a second army and an amazon queen to save said wife, and even fought with death himself as only he could defeat him. He used to say "I am not falling into the underworld, I only go there to rest a bit, I come back to life and I resurrect the populace of nations"
@@road-eo6911 pretty much like achilles
I'm Greco Arabian so I love this music ☦️🇬🇷🇯🇴 (my homelands)
i am happy for you! If only we all realized how fiercely our ancestors fought and also loved each other... all our bloods are mixed and we should revel in that!
we carry the heritage and history of multiple people in one body
@@ArghyadipGhosh yesss!!!!! I fully agree
Brother. Very happy to hear that, i wish that arabia and greece han a allience like no other in the world
@@mixalis_pagiatakis5864 yes bro... me too
As Arabic orthodox Christian your pronunciation is fantastic!
I love your works keep the hard work u are fantastic ❤️
Bless you Brother!
I Pray for God to keep you and your family safe from any harm, we are all brother's in Christ no physicals differences or ancestry shaw pull as apart from uniting under the Lord.
God Bless you friend!
God bless you. I'm not religious but I know orthodox christian arabs have been though a lot. You have my sympathy and friendship.
@@HansChucrute88 bro stop crying arab Christians are fine.
@@SIMO-eb1hwHistorically no, and in the modern day Muslims in Africa and Arabia still commonly harass and murder Christian’s
As an overseas born second generation Greek Orthodox Christian this touched my heart and soul beyond measure ✝️🌹 HRISTOS ANESTI CHRIST IS RISEN KYRIOS ANESTHISTI
HRISTOS ANESTI
@@danimircea4957Amen, greetings from where I live,🌏🌎🌴🐊✝️🇵🇬
Epic , as Syrian Greek Orthodox It remembers me of Sundays in Latakia . ☦️🇸🇾☦️ greetings from Syria siege of the Antiochian Greek patriarch
@Parth Sarathi Me personally not but we are for whole time on Assad side (my village) and that's why many of us Christians of Syria supporting Assad cuz we feel like he protecting us from harm. ( sorry for bad English and God bless you)
Praying for you
@@nomennescio3677 why don't the Levantine Greeks look for work visas and migrate to Greece ? surely the prospects are turning now that the Greek economy is recovering and need more employees..
@@ibrahimalloush738 there is no future for Levantine Greeks and Eastern Orthodox christians in Syria, Iraq or Lebanon. It's either grinding economic despair or risk of being the soft target of radical Islamist wackos for these ancient communities. Better they get a chance to emigrate to Greece, now that the economy is rebounding and there is shortage of positions.
@@linkme2dnet im greek orthdox 🇬🇷☦️ from isreal
He looks like "El Cid Campeador", a hero of my Spanish culture, he was a frontier warrior, lord of Arabs and Christians, respected for his ability in combat and physically, he looks a lot like the one in your illustration, with a long red beard, in fact, his name, El Cid, means "the lord" in Andalusian Arabic.
Maybe he is related to Digenis Akritas? They originated around the same time and have similar stories.
Farya should make a song about El Cid, the Iberian equivalent of Digenes Akritas
@ Javier Bonnemaison Correas . You are correct . There is a statue of El Cid Rodrigo?? somewhere in Spain . Also a movie was made regarding his great life . 🌴🐊🐍🐸
@Evelina1995 Ruy (Roy) Díaz de Vivar was born in the village of Vivar (Burgos, Castilla) and, by origins, he must have been a Celtiberian.
Ovaj čovek na slici liči na Marka Kraljevića 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸 Marko Kraljević nalazi se na predstavama Tračkog konjanika širom Srbije, nosi osobine slovenskog boga Peruna.
Digenis fights Death.
In the middle of the battle, Digenis shouts "Δε χάνομαι στα Τάρταρα,
μονάχα ξαποσταίνω
Στη ζωή ξαναφαίνομαι
και λαούς ανασταίνω"
I'm not lost in Tartara
I'm just taking a break/relaxing
In life I reappear
And peoples/nations I resurrect
Tartara is the place where according to ancient Greek mythology the Titans were exiled by the Gods after the Titanomahia. It roughly corresponds to hell or the abyss.
@@Memo27364 The Battle of Dara, the Battle of Satala, the Battle of Ad Decimum, the Siege of Naples, the Siege of Rome, the Siege of Ravenna, the Battle of Nisibis, the Battle of Akroinon, the seizure of Smyrna, Ephesus, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea and Choma from the Turks in 1097, the Siege of Nicaea, and the Battle of Antioch on the Meander. All victories of the Greeks who fought bravely as part of the last continuation of the Roman Empire. The Battle of the Trench, the Battle of Arachova, the Battle of Dervenakia, the Battle of Doliana, the Battle of Gravia In, the Liberation of Kalamata, the Battle of Kastella, the Battle of Lalas, the Second Battle of Petra. All victories of the Greeks who fought like lions for their independence from the Ottoman Empire. The Landing at Smyrna, the Landing at Urla, the Battle of Bergama, the Battle of Erbeyli, Erikli, Tellidede, Aydın, Gediz, and Eskişehir. All victories won by the Greeks fighting for the lands of their people, who spoke the Greek tongue, in the war you claim was won so easily.
The Greeks have always fought, and always fought well.
@@nosauce7410 bro the number of battles you posted here is good but if we start counting from Agamemnon's era then you would be writing for 7 days 24hrs in order to reach the latest battle of the hellenic nation 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Memo27364 None of Greece's allies in the Greco-Turkish war gave a toss really, as they had just finished fighting the First World War, and you had backing from the Soviets, the French, and the Italians. Speaking of which, when the Italians invaded Greece in the Second World War, they fought like lions and drove them back into Albania whilst being under-equipped and undermanned. At least the Greeks never took it upon themselves to exterminate minorities like Ataturk and the Ottomans did, though unlike your government I will admit that there were some atrocities.
@@Memo27364 all of these battles are after 500
Babe wake up new Epic Byzantine Music dropped
It's 0:55 am here :D Sleep deprivation paid off today.
Χαχαχχαχαχαχα
lol
Farya Faraji uploads Byzantine music pretty rarely but it always hit better than the others
Συμφωνώ μαζί σου!
Justinian was not great he hit europe with the worst plaque ever justanian plaque cause of him half of europe population wiped out
@@messianic_scam So Justinian created a plague lol? When microbiology wasn't even discovered yet?
@@Tzimiskes3506
omg I'm not in the mood of stupeed trollers
@@messianic_scam The plague was named after him because it occurred during his reign. He didn't cause it. How could he cause it?
Big thanks by a descendant of the Greeks of the East 🙏
Same
A big thanks as well from me! Both of my grandmothers are Melkites / Antiochian Greeks.
@@karlk7962im antoican greek 🇬🇷☦️
I am Lebanese Syriac Maronite Catholic, half of our lebanese christians r greeks with ORTHODOX faith, so this song i can fully understand it both ways, the greeks became a part of my ppl and country after they hv fled from Ottoman aggression backthen
This one definitely goes on my "Best of Farya Faraji Playlist"! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Cyrus!
@@faryafaraji Please make more music like this.
This Arabic Greek mixture sounds beautiful it makes me wonder what a Latin Arabic mix would sound like.
Again this is a great piece and I would love to hear more like it.
Is that modern or medieval arabic/greek?
@@zaraiwzara I do not speak Arabic, but the Greek part is medieval Greek. He is singing part of an actual Byzantine hymn so it makes sense if the Arabic translation is also old and not modern, but this is only my suspicion.
@@georged.5595thank you
I’m Arab Muslim not Greek or Orthodox but i like this song
Salam Alekoum
Digenis Akritas is also a hero highly mentioned in Cypriot myths. We have a sight in Paphos called ''I petra tou Romiou'' (The rock of the Greek) and it's literally a big rock in the shores of the coast. Myths say that Digenis Akritas lifted some big rocks from the Troodos mountains and threw them to the Sarakinian ships to destroy them and protect Cyprus, falling in the position they lie today, hence the biggest of the rock was called, ''the rock of the Greek'' - I petra tou Romiou (''Romios'' actually is the greek way to refer to a Roman, which by Roman in the Byzantine times in Cyprus, we meant Greek). There are plenty of other stories and poems about Digenis Akritas and the Byzantine Greeks(Romans) from medieval Cyprus.
The Rock of the Roman not Greek
Why are mixing two different nations? Greeks were part of the romans
@@SpartanLeonidas1821 define greek
@@SpartanLeonidas1821 LGBTQ English speaking liberals who are part of the EU and answer to Brussels.. Fly EU flags and use the euro.. go into opposition against other orthodox nations on behalf of NATO
Are you sure?
Define culture and how much ancient culture we have today
@@kaykay865 You're wack. Most countries speak English nowadays because it's the Lingua Franca of the world. They use the Euro and are in the EU for economic reasons, and if you mean opposing Russia as "opposing other Orthodox countries", they'd technically be backing another Orthodox country: Ukraine. And not everyone in Greece is LGBTQ either, no clue where you got that from.
Based, greetings from a orthodox brother 🇷🇴♥️🇬🇷
I‘m Turkish but I don’t deny my Byzantine Greek heritage and genetics would even proof it with every Anatolian Turk because we aren’t only Turkic. Love this masterpiece 🇹🇷❤️🇬🇷
Ofcourse, our culture is Turkic. But our genetics are mixed, only a fool would deny that.
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@@keeshans5768 🇬🇷 ❤🇹🇷
I'm glad to see some people understand that. Our heritage is the grandest of all αδελφέ 🇬🇷🇹🇷💪
@@vag_grig8105 🇹🇷🇬🇷🇹🇷🇬🇷 let’s hope our future governments can understand this aswell.
Χρόνια Πολλά στην Ρωμιοσύνη και στους Έλληνες όπου Γης! 201 χρόνια Υπερηφάνειας! Thank you for your composition Farya, couldn't have come at a more appropriate time honestly!
Χρόνια πολλά.
Ι υπερηφάνεια μας έφαγε την Ελλάδα 😐😔
And xronia polla for anyone named Evangelinos & Evangelina ☦️❤️. Blessed on this holy day the annunciation and every ellina zito Hellas and zito freedom
@@pontic.chalyb Σοβαρεψου
@@napalm-gr Ναι είμαι σοβαρός όμως είναι η αλήθεια!🤨
Drum with Pontian Lyra remembers you the empire of Trapezounta !
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This is so beautiful,makes me shiver! It hits right in the heart! I'm orthodox Serbian,l adore Byzantine epic music!All the compliments for the artist!❤❤❤
omg this is so nicee!!! thanks and greetings from orthodox serbia ☦️☦️☦️🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
Love serbia 🇷🇸☦️☦️☦️ ❤ , im greek orthdox rùm from isreal im greek antiocan rùm
I was listening to this wondering how I missed it and just realised it came out 10 minuts ago lol, amazing work as usual.
Such a wonderful idea in putting the Arabic part at the beginning of the song, reflecting the nickname of the hero of Byzantine literature as: "The Lord of two races who lives on the border".
Two ethnicites* within the human race there are no sub-races
@@christos3280 Sorry, I think I was wrong, it was not his nickname, but the translation of his full name of the hero. If we translate the name in medieval Greek as Basil Digenís Akritas, “Lord of two races who lives on the border”. Vasilios is “king”, Akra means “border” and Digenís, “who has two lineages”, “who shares two races” (dis + génos).
@@christos3280 how
@@pablomarcano2093 Digenis means the two-born literally. There are no races only ethnicities when it comes to the human
@@christos3280 Look, okay, I respect your point of view, I know that races do not exist, neither biologically nor scientifically, there is only one race, which is the human race, and within the human race, which are ethnic groups, and do not forget to mention cultures, but In the time of Ancient and the Middle Ages, humanity was divided into races, but science has already discovered that there are no races, but ethnic groups do exist. But what I am trying to tell you is the translation of the name of the hero of literature, I know that the hero was the son of two parents of different cultures and ethnicities, his father was an Arab Emir and his mother a Byzantine.
This song hits close to home and I love the Arabic-Byzantine fusion of it! Being the son of a Egyptian father and a Turkish mother from Cappadocia (which have largely the same genetics as in the times of Digenis) the life of Digenis and his heroic deeds never fail to fill me with pride.
Much respect to the Byzantine Empire and its legacy that can be felt in every way in the lands it held. Great work and keep making masterpieces! 🇹🇷🇬🇷🇪🇬 ❤️
Thanks have you ever visited instanbul? Just wondering
@FolkMusic read my comment and you'll know the answer
@@Goodboik not yet man, I'd like to visit it though. Have you? I did visit Cappadocia and it is breathtakingly beautiful there
I actually had my motel was at edirne but i visited instanbul for 1 day cause i had to return to my motel
His mother was Cappadocian Greek not Turkish
Χρόνια πολλά παιδιά. Ζητώ η Ελλάδα. Ζητώ η Ρωμανία.
Dont know if by accident but you chose a good time to upload this song. Now we have another one to listen at on this day :D
This is the first time I feel like I am getting drunk by just listening a song without a single drop of alcohol. What a divine song
Well it actually is Divine since it contains parts of The Lord's Lament😅
@@ortodoxdoomer9722 What is the name of this Belize artist?
Your voice is amazing when trying to fit in different languages. I am a Polishman, but not a Catholic, but an Orthodox one. I would like to hear songs from you in my native language. I think it will be awesome. Your songs, especially in old French, are always in my head
Dzięki my friend! As of now I’ve done one, Bogurodzica, but I’ll make others for sure! th-cam.com/video/KLilgcnGKpg/w-d-xo.html
Polish Ortodox? That is very interesting. If it is not too personal, could you please share if you were born Ortodox, if there is some Ortodox community in Poland (I mean, ethnically Polish not Ukrainian)?
@@alexsveleba6626
Yes. There is a Polish Orthodox Church.
@@lordofhostsappreciator3075 funnily, but originally Polish Orthodox Church was created because of Ukrainians ad their territories which were back then under Polish rule in XX century
From Poland to Arabia, Orthodoxy still remains present, regardless of all the obstacles it faces. Bless you.
As a Copt I love this so much. God bless you.
Excellent work my friend!
Thanks you!
Greetings from GREECE.
Alexandros.
Interesting to hear the Lamentations of Christ with this music. It feels a bit weird to me somehow to hear this rather energetic rythm. We (as christian orthodox) sing every year the full version of the Lamentations (all 176 verses) and it is a deeply sorrorwful song that is sang in the Good Friday, just before the Resurrection. It is basically a funeral song for Christ where the entire humanity weeps along with the angels. Nonetheless, you are a really tallented artist and I appreciate that you took the time to do a propper ressearch! :)
Keep up the good work!
I have never before seen Arabic and Greek lyrics and musical styles blended in one song so well, excellent! I also just found out about Digenes Akritas, and cant wait to read more about him
Then you’ll love the literature of the Jerusalem and Antiochian orthodox churches
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it's my moral obligation to inform you
1:26 Arabian Oud
2:24 Arabian Qanun
3:41 Greek Bouzouki
Oud and qanun are not Arabian
@@user-zt7ie9rr1xWhat are them, then?
That isn't bouzouki
@@sleekismboyz605What is it?
@@AlejandroEscudero23 Just sounds like someone muting a saz I think, I know for 100% it's not bouzouki
I'm just going to work but now I feel like an byzantine emperor on a conquest. Chaire, Farya!
This is amazing. I can't begin to express how much I appreciate what you did here.
Only finding out that someone outside our borders even has heard of Digenis Akritas would've been thrilling enough. I'm Pontian Greek myself, btw.
I’m really honoured my friend! I often feel like the Pontic Greeks’ music is the forgotten one among the Greek musical world and I want to do my best at introducing people at it; the soul of Eastern Roman still lives on in the Pontians
@@faryafaraji well, yes, it is kinda forgotten. But we're not particularly bitter about it, I don't think. We're keeping it up, doing our thing, and if anyone wants to partake they're more than welcome.
I laud your efforts, people should get to know that it exists, at least. It does represent what a Greek/Roman culture would look like after thousands of years of contact with the peoples of Asia. We were on one of the ends of the Silk Road after all. I think it's fascinating, but I'm biased, of course.
I feel like weddings that rock Farya are beyond epic.
Man you're music is epic ...out of this world... Long live the hellenic pontus 🇬🇷
Long Live Greece!
Long Live The Mighty Akritai Greek Byzantine Warriors Of Byzantium!
Long Live Byzantium!
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I love your byzantine Music. Very powerful song. Please more :D
Greek and Arabic, great combination 👍
احتراما لليونان من سوريا ❤
Amazing. Definitely brings to light our Roman heritage. Beautiful music and vocals. Amazing blend!
This was quite a surprise for what I'm used to, a very pleasant fusion of the two traditions with ace vocals and instrumentation. It's up there with some of your more interesting compositions.
Thanks my man!
I've been crying in 3 songs now, feel like my whole ancestry dances in me through your music. So grateful for this, thank you
Byzantine themes are my favourite, dance of akritai is the best so far.. especially the 2:18 part of the song. Awesome job!
It's always a great day when Farya Faraji posts
Thank for uploading this kind of songs I don't even know the languages of your uploaded songs but when i listen them it's give me peace 🤍✨
SALVE, Farya! When it started, I had the impression I was listening to the Lord's Lamentations. Awesome touch.
Edit: Now I see that the verses were taken from there.
the motif sounds based on Omal Pontic dance ..lovely tune,not traditional but I think it 's good willing so I approve🙂besides ,Digenis Akritas is my all time favorite hero!!! credits for mentioning the Byzantine painter Dimitris Skourtelis too!!!
It's a Byzantine song translated to Arabic like a lot of ancient Greek philosophers work.
In my country, Argentina, our national poem "Gaucho Martin Fierro" it's about a protector of the frontier. As a latinamerican man he is of mixed origins (Indians and Spanish people)
I found similarities between them
Really cool reference, I learned something new, thanks!
@@faryafaraji thanks you for this amazing art. I love your music! From which country are you?
I’m originally Iranian and I live in Canada :)
@@faryafaraji what a great proud to have the blood of the glorious Persian culture. Keep on with your music bro!
@@guidooctavio3982 Thanks alot man!
Excellent work!!!
I wish we had more and more people creating and taking care of our very rich Byzantine heritage which was targeted, destroyed and partially buried during Ottoman rule and later in 20th century.
I appreciate your support! As someone with an academic background in history however, I also have to add another word to your list: integrated.
Byzantine culture and heritage wasn’t one-dimensionally wiped out by the Ottomans. Especially early on, it was integrated deeply into the dna of the nascent Ottoman Empire. Turks were not mindless barbarians, and just like how the Ancient Greeks were wise to recognise the advancements of older civilisations like Mesopotamia and Egypt, and subsequently integrated many of their advancements into their own culture, so did the Turks succesfully integrate Greek advancements into their culture. Many aspects of Medieval Eastern Rome were integrated deeply into the Ottoman Empire, like law, architecture, music, even cuisine, etc
Τhe Chorus is the Lamentations of Christ , they sing them every year on Great Friday.
Digenis was also the nickname of the greek-cypriot general Georgios Grivas. The greatest greek soldier of the previous century. He fought in all the battles of the Greeks: Started from the rank of second lieutenant in Balkan wars 1912-1913 and fought WWI , War in Asia minor (1919-1922) , WWII , greek resistance against the nazis , greek civil war against the communists (1945-1949) and led the rebellion of Cypriots against the english occupiers (1955). If he had lived until 1974 , the turks who invaded Cyprus would have all become fishfood and Cyprus would be whole.
Amazing as usual, I wish there was more eastern roman music and culture in general around, they produced so much beauty, yet so much of it is lost. Thank you for doing your part in promoting it!
I can feel the christian oriental vibes going through my veins. 🔥☦️💙
Great piece. It's really interesting that people gradually stop viewing Byzantine culture only throught the lenses of liturgy and religion.
Here’s the Greek transliterated version:
I ZOI EN TAFO KATETETHIS CHRISTE KAI ANGELON STRATIAI EXEPLITTONTO SYNKATAVASIN DOXAZOUSAI TIN SIN
This was the first composition of yours that I heard, back in late 2022. The rest is history. Hence why it holds such a place in my heart. A masterpiece.
more music for the gym, muchas gracias hermano.
How amazing is this!😍
I'm so excited that I'm still discovering new epic and magnificent songs which can give some "more " strong goosebumps in your channel!
I LOVE it ❤❤❤
Every single byzantine song youve made is amazing, havent found one i did not like.. youre something else Farya
very successful, greetings from Turkey
Greetings from Canada ❤️
I am in love with this music, thank you.
By far my fav song
Ya yasoua elhayat☦️🤲🏼
Amazing keep it up your work is magnificent greetings from Greece 💙
🟡🔴Transliteration :
ya yasoua alh'aya fi kabrin wodo'ta
fal jounoudou samaouiya kollaha lak
kolloha wa majadat tanazoulak
Another great piece. 3:40 to 4:20 makes me dance (I replay it around 20 times). This music invokes motivational and high feelings in me.
Farya Faraji, you did it again! Beyond words. متشکرم دوست
You never fail to put a smile on my face with these masterpieces
Love every detail of your composition! You are an inspiration!
Greetings! I've been listening to alotta your songs & I really like the beats & adventure themes you put into them. It almost feels like I'm there in real life watching the dance features & battle's of the century fearless war cry's. Your work is absolutely astonishing 😁👍🏾🎶🎵
I love this song. It’s a shame it’s not on the Spotify album
Your music is always marvellous❤
This sounds like “the Lords Lamentations” one of my favorite Orthodox hymns
It’s I Zoi en tafo. Life in the tomb. An orthodox Christian chant.
@@TheOrthodoxMemeSquad yes dimos
I like it! Greeting from Arabia
Serbs love Byzantine,Greeks,Orthodoxy.We are brothers for centuries ❤
I am amazed by your ability to adapt to so many languages, musical instruments and cultures. Top quality work, I am happy to have discovered. Best wishes to continue what you are doing!
Любовь, гармония, красота, чистота, УЮТ, понимание, свобода 🦅
I'm a Roman Catholic, and I love this song very much.
This song "Digenis Akritas" by Farya Faraji is about the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ found in one of the Greek Orthodox hymn, both in Arabic and Greek, and this song must be performed during the Easter Vigil Mass every Black Saturday in the afternoon and also every Easter Sunday Mass and the Divine Mercy Sunday Mass.
May God bless him a hundred fold.
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Amazing work! I love your roman and byzantine music. The songs encapsulate the historical and cultural background of the theme perfectly and are also very good to listen to. Greek parts are sung perfectly. I can tell because I am greek. Thank you so much sir!
Beautiful, i love your compositions.
Farya knocks another one out of the park 👌
beatiful to hear the oud and the pontic lyre in one song!
Funny somehow a year ago when I became your follower I deemed the Digenis Akritas musics of your a music I won't listen to I tought it was bad... Man I think I have missheard something this became a masterpiece
I think this transaltion is more precise
In a grave they laid Thee,
yet, O Christ Thou art Life,
and the armies of the angels beheld amazed,
giving glory that Thou chose to condescend.
Byzantine forever in our hearts
God Bless you all from the fortress of christians in the middle east Lebanon
🇸🇾☦️🇱🇧☦️🇮🇶☦️🇪🇬☦️🇯🇴☦️🇵🇸🛐❤
Une de tes meilleurs. Bravo
the lyre and the drum beat definetely resemble the traditional greek music of pontus
Epic is quite right! Well done, sir.
Thanks alot Luke!
Thanks for yet another masterpiece! יישר כוח!
Excellent work farya,in bringing to life the long forgotten music of long gone empires.
I have no other words to express my gratitude,thank you brother
What is this time signature called, again? As you've mentioned in your awesome videos, I know it's very much a staple of sacred Sufi music.
One of my favorites of yours! Revisiting it for the upteenth time!
This is MAJESTIC dude, your work is incredible!
So cool, pls never stop doing this 👍
Sounds epic indeed!! 👌🏼