Badarak for Beginners

The Armenian Badarak is a participatory service that requires the active engagement of worshippers. Liturgy means “work of the people.” The Armenian Badarak is in Classical or Church Armenian, the oldest form of Armenian still in use. To do so, it helps to know the structure, flow and main hymns and phrases of the Badarak.

Beginners
In all things are you blessed, O Lord Hamenayni
The Lord’s Prayer Hayr Mer
The Communion Hymn Orhnyal e Asdvadz
Lord Have Mercy, Der Voghormya, The Kyrie
Holy Holy, Surp Surp, The Sanctus
Where to Start:

1. Listen to the Get to the Root of It! tutorials

*These .swf files can be played on Gomplayer or Media Player Classic (K lite Codec)