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Armenian Sacred Hymns - Organ By Maria Ossepian Keshishian

Recorded in Elias Rahbani Studios Lebanon. Played by Pianist/Organist Maria Ossepian Keshishian. Maria is an educator and musician with a diverse background in science and the arts. Born in Lebanon, she has started her musical journey at the age of five. She has earned a Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Science from Haigazian University and a baccalaureate degree in piano from the Parsegh Ganachian Conservatory. Currently, Maria serves as a teacher at the Levon & Hasmig Tavlian Armenian Preschool & Kindergarten in Pasadena, California. She is also the director of Lernavayr Summer Camp, a cultural and educational camp in Pasadena, where she combines her musical expertise with her passion for education and community engagement. Her experience includes teaching in summer schools in both Beirut and Los Angeles, as well as accompanying choirs and soloists as a pianist. The organ's role in Armenian sacred hymns is relatively new, entering the Armenian Apostolic Church in the late 19th/early 20th century as a Western influence, contrasting with its traditional prohibition in Orthodox liturgy, but it gained prominence through composers like Yegmalian and Komitas and organists like Vahagn Stamboltsyan, fostering new compositions and enriching hymns with harmonies while preserving ancient melodies.  Armenian sacred hymns, known as Sharakans, are ancient, theologically rich chants central to the Armenian Apostolic Church, originating with the 5th-century Armenian alphabet, structured around an eight-mode system (Octoechos) for musical scales and melodic patterns, expressing deep spiritual themes from Christ's life and saints, and preserved in vast collections like the Sharaknots, with key figures like St. Nerses Shnorhali and Komitas shaping their transmission and understanding. These monophonic melodies are fundamental to Armenian Christian liturgy, forming a bridge between the human and divine.