Ivan IV the Terrible. Stichera on the Repose of St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia and on the Presentation of the Icon of the Vladimir Mother of God. Performed by the Male Choir of...Read more

Ivan IV the Terrible. Stichera on the Repose of St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia and on the Presentation of the Icon of the Vladimir Mother of God. Performed by the Male Choir of the Publishing Department of the Moscow Patriarchate `Old Russian Chant`. The regent and artistic director Anatoly Grindenko. The Academy of Orthodox Music. St. Petersburg, Chapel, 07/8/2014.
The story of the theme of the second chant: In the summer of 1395, terrible news came to Moscow: the hordes of Tamerlane were moving from the south to the city, who had already defeated the ruler of the Golden Horde Tokhtamysh by this time. Tamerlane conquered Persia, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Mesopotamia, Georgia, India and Syria. In 1405, his possessions stretched from the Black Sea to the Ganges River, and from north to south - from the Aral Sea to the Arabian Sea. In 1395, he marched to Russia, reached the Ryazan borders, ravaged the city of Yelets and headed for Moscow. The Grand Duke of Moscow and Vladimir Vasily Dmitrievich went out with the Moscow army to Kolomna to meet the enemy. Metropolitan of Kiev

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