{"id":275959,"date":"2020-04-06T13:55:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T10:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=275959"},"modified":"2020-04-06T13:55:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T10:55:10","slug":"to-thee-the-champion-leader-100-top-voices-minister-peace-to-a-struggling-nation-in-viral-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/to-thee-the-champion-leader-100-top-voices-minister-peace-to-a-struggling-nation-in-viral-video\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018To Thee the Champion Leader\u2019: 100 top voices minister peace to a struggling nation in viral video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A hundred church chanters formed a nationwide choir on Sunday teaming up for a communal singalong in honour of the Mother of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The church singers found a way to record one of the most famous hymns of all, singing it individually, on their phones.<\/p>\n<p>Then the videos were combined into a virtual cell phone choir to bring a message of hope and encouragement to Romania in these difficult times.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EuO20ldG2wg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Archdeacon Mihail Buca invited the chanters to sing \u2018To Thee the Champion Leader,\u2019 as an act of \u2018confession\u2019 in times of pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018For me, this a novel, beautiful and difficult work. Our believers needed this breath of fresh air, especially under the given conditions,\u2019 Protopsaltes Mihail Buca told the Basilica News Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Titled \u2018100 for Romania,\u2019 the video clip went viral on YouTube with more than 12,000 views overnight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;100 people sang from the depths of their soul&#8221;, wrote Mihail Buc\u0103 on his official Facebook page, stressing the importance of communion, even virtual fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With these wonderful people, we want to give you the joy of seeing you again in unity.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe idea of the project has appeared since the beginning of the state of emergency, said Archdeacon Mihail Buca.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I meditated on what is going on in the life of the Church, with chanters and believers, and I said to myself that a simple hymn that loved by the faithful is needed. That is how I decided on the kondakion To Thee the Champion Leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the support received from those who dealt with the technical side, Paul Simon Esperando and Gabriel Buzea, the archdeacon started inviting church singers to join the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The first idea was to start with the Tronos Byzantine Choir, which at its numerous concerts gathered an average of 40-50 psaltai, even 70 for larger performances. In the given conditions, these numbers seemed very small, knowing that there are many talented people in the country and lovers of Byzantine music,&#8221; said the conductor of the Byzantine Choir Tronos.<\/p>\n<p>Singers recorded their videos in different cities across Romania including Bucharest, Iasi, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Mehedinti, Baia Mare, Alba Iulia, Constanta, Tulcea, Brasov etc.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then the idea of having 100 people came to me! 100 for Romania in prayer! I searched for important conductors from all the major Byzantine choirs in the country; each conductor came with a few close members, and we reached this number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The initiative was highly appreciated by the netizens, but also by the chanters who contributed to the project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I gladly joined this initiative in which I showed that the psaltai of our country can gather in a singing union no matter where they fulfil their obedience to the Church! May God bless the right-believing people,\u201d said Father Alexandru Grigora\u015f, one of the participants.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hundred church chanters formed a nationwide choir on Sunday teaming up for a communal singalong in honour of the Mother of God. The church singers found a way to record one of the most famous hymns of all, singing it individually, on their phones. 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