Stichera of Annunciation - Strochnoy & Demestvenny chant with glossolalia

From the double CD album “Life of the Virgin“ The score was published in the ninth volume of my Anthology of Old Slavonic Polyphony. “Gabriel today announces a good tidings to her who is full of Grace. ‘Hail, O unwedded maiden who hast not known marriage. Be not struck with dismay by my strange form, nor be afraid: I am an archangel. Once the serpent beguiled Eve (‘e-ne-na..), but now I announced to thee a good tidings of joy: O Most Pure, thou shalt remain inviolate and yet shalt bear the Lord (‘e-ne-na..)“
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