User:Armen Andranikyan
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CHANT OF ARMENIAN CHURCH (Armen Andranikyan)
Program: Hor zham, Havun Havun, Ter voghormea, Bats mez Ter, Amen Hajr Surb, I Gerezman Harutselujn, Surb Surb Armen Andranikyan was born in January 20, 1961y in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Armenian chant is the melismatic monophonic vocal art used in the liturgy of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Like Byzantine chant, Armenian one consists mainly of hymns. The oldest hymns were in prose, but later versified ones became more prominent, such as those by Nerses Shnorhali. The official book of hymns, the sharakan, contains 1,166 hymns. The source of the most traditional music is the liturgies at Echmiadzin, the religious center of Armenia. [2]
