Tornike the Georgian - Epic Byzantine Music

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9 ай бұрын

Tsambouna by Dimitris Athanasopoulos of the One Man's Noise channel (check out more of his awesome music there,) music and vocals by Farya Faraji, based on Georgian folk motifs.
I wanted to try my hand at a bit of Georgian music, and the history of Tornike Eristavi was a fascinating one to do it with. Tornike Eristavi was a 10th century Georgian noble and military general with a successful military career in his native homeland. However, he retired and became a monk at the end of his life, traveling to Greece where he settled, and founded the Iviron monastery on Mount Athos.
The song follows the basic conventions of different styles of Georgian folk music, namely the gandagana and acharuli dance forms, many of them typical of the Adjarian region. These musical forms are defined by a triple metre and similar melodic progressions also found in neighbouring cultures. Traditionally, that is before the arrival of instruments due to Russian influence like the accordion, Georgian bagpipes were one of the main instruments in these genres, although we used a tsambouna here, played by Dimitris, to represent the Greco-Georgian musical fusion of the subject. The second instrument in use is the panduri, a Georgian lute played both melodically, and to provide basic chord progressions to the song.
The final component is the usage of the famous Georgian polyphony, one of the oldest and most renowned uses of harmony in the world. Traditional Georgian harmony is characterised by drone harmony: a voice sings the fully fledged melody whilst other voices support the main vocals by repeating the same notes over a span of time, creating various harmonic intervals, usually based on fourths and fifths.
The main chorus sings a passage from the epic Georgian poem: The Knight in the Panther's Skin, one of the defining monuments of Georgian literature from the Georgian Golden Age of the 11th and 13th century when the Kingdom of Georgia reached an unprecedented peak of advancement. It was written by Shota Rustaveli, now regarded as a national poet of the Georgians.
Lyrics in Greek and Georgian:
Απ' τα βάθη μακριά, απ' την Ανατολή, ah!
Απ' τα βάθη μακριά Tα Άλογα με έφεραν εδώ
Κατάγομαι από τα βουνά της ιβηρίας,
Kαι τα βουνά τραγουδούν:
რასაცა გასცემ შენია, რას არა დაკარგულია
Mε έλεγαν εριστάβι, მეომარი
Mε έλεγαν θάνατο, Tornike τοv κόκκινο,
Kαι ξέχασα τα σοφά λόγια:
რასაცა გასცემ შენია, რას არა დაკარგულია
ნახვამდის თორნიკე πολεμιστής, τοv κόκκινο,
ნახვამდის πατρίδα μου, ნახვამდის αχ βουνά μου!
Tώρα ο δρόμος μου είναι ο δρόμος της αγάπης,
Kαι ζω με αυτά τα λόγια των βουνών:
რასაცა გასცემ შენია, რას არა დაკარგულია
English translation:
From the faraway depths, from the East,
From the faraway depths, horses have brought me here,
I came from the mountains of Iberia*
And those mountains, they sang:
"That which we give makes us richer, that which is hoarded is lost."
They called me general, warrior,
They called me Tornike the red-stained.
And I had forgotten those wise words:
"That which we give makes us richer, that which is hoarded is lost."
Farewell Tornike the warrior, the red-stained,
Farewelll, my homeland, farewell, my mountains,
Now my road is the road of love,
And I shall live by these words of the mountains:
"That which we give makes us richer, that which is hoarded is lost."
*Iberia here refers to the Georgian lands in the Caucasus, a name which was given to it in the West. It is distinct from the Iberian peninsula in Southwestern Europe.

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@faryafaraji 8 ай бұрын

Tsambouna by Dimitris Athanasopoulos of the One Man's Noise channel (check out more of his awesome music there,) music and vocals by Farya Faraji, based on Georgian folk motifs. Please note this isn't reconstructed period music, it's modern folk music. Please note this isn't reconstructed historical music, it's modern folk music. The Epic Byzantine Music series is a musical project where I explore various sounds from the ethnomusicological ecosystem of modern traditional music, using sounds from modern folk traditions as they are today as a framing device for themes pertaining to the history of the Eastern Roman Empire. I wanted to try my hand at a bit of Georgian music, and the history of Tornike Eristavi was a fascinating one to do it with. Tornike Eristavi was a 10th century Georgian noble and military general with a successful military career in his native homeland. However, he retired and became a monk at the end of his life, traveling to Greece where he settled, and founded the Iviron monastery on Mount Athos. The song follows the basic conventions of different styles of Georgian folk music, namely the gandagana and acharuli dance forms, many of them typical of the Adjarian region. These musical forms are defined by a triple metre and similar melodic progressions also found in neighbouring cultures. Traditionally, that is before the arrival of instruments due to Russian influence like the accordion, Georgian bagpipes were one of the main instruments in these genres, although we used a tsambouna here, played by Dimitris, to represent the Greco-Georgian musical fusion of the subject. The second instrument in use is the panduri, a Georgian lute played both melodically, and to provide basic chord progressions to the song. The final component is the usage of the famous Georgian polyphony, one of the oldest and most renowned uses of harmony in the world. Traditional Georgian harmony is characterised by drone harmony: a voice sings the fully fledged melody whilst other voices support the main vocals by repeating the same notes over a span of time, creating various harmonic intervals, usually based on fourths and fifths. The main chorus sings a passage from the epic Georgian poem: The Knight in the Panther's Skin, one of the defining monuments of Georgian literature from the Georgian Golden Age of the 11th and 13th century when the Kingdom of Georgia reached an unprecedented peak of advancement. It was written by Shota Rustaveli, now regarded as a national poet of the Georgians. Lyrics in Greek and Georgian: Απ' τα βάθη μακριά, απ' την Ανατολή, ah! Απ' τα βάθη μακριά Tα Άλογα με έφεραν εδώ Κατάγομαι από τα βουνά της ιβηρίας, Kαι τα βουνά τραγουδούν: რასაცა გასცემ შენია, რას არა დაკარგულია Mε έλεγαν εριστάβι, მეომარი Mε έλεγαν θάνατο, Tornike τοv κόκκινο, Kαι ξέχασα τα σοφά λόγια: რასაცა გასცემ შენია, რას არა დაკარგულია ნახვამდის თორნიკე πολεμιστής, τοv κόκκινο, ნახვამდის πατρίδα μου, ნახვამდის αχ βουνά μου! Tώρα ο δρόμος μου είναι ο δρόμος της αγάπης, Kαι ζω με αυτά τα λόγια των βουνών: რასაცა გასცემ შენია, რას არა დაკარგულია English translation: From the faraway depths, from the East, From the faraway depths, horses have brought me here, I came from the mountains of Iberia* And those mountains, they sang: "That which we give makes us richer, that which is hoarded is lost." They called me general, warrior, They called me Tornike the red-stained. And I had forgotten those wise words: "That which we give makes us richer, that which is hoarded is lost." Farewell Tornike the warrior, the red-stained, Farewelll, my homeland, farewell, my mountains, Now my road is the road of love, And I shall live by these words of the mountains: "That which we give makes us richer, that which is hoarded is lost." *Iberia here refers to the Georgian lands in the Caucasus, a name which was given to it in the West. It is distinct from the Iberian peninsula in Southwestern Europe.

@macedoniancrusader8654 8 ай бұрын

Hey, can you make an Epic slavic music of Macedonia in the near future?

@faryafaraji 8 ай бұрын

⁠@@macedoniancrusader8654 I have, they’re the ones that are Bulgarian

@sergejstartsev 8 ай бұрын

Почему Иверией на Западе назвали-то? Святая Нина пришла к своим туда)) Да и рыжие (из текста песни) известно выходцы какого народа

@miastupid7911 8 ай бұрын

* "και τα βουνα (θα) κλιου (κλαινε)" = kai ta vouna (tha) kliou (klaine) = and the mountains (will) cry, is a more common saying, in my regional Greek dialect. But it is true that which we give makes us richer. Thank you for giving us this one, Farya and for the sound of my beloved tsambouna. Greek Song lyrics dedicated to you, Farya: Αχ, στην αρχή των τραγουδιών το αχ είναι γραμμένο. Είναι γλυκό είναι πικρό είναι κι ονειρεμένο. Αχ ‘σύ που φεύγεις, που τραβάς, που πας και ξεμακραίνεις; Ώρες, στα ρυάκια χάνεσαι κι ώρες, στα όρη βγαίνεις. Αχ, τα τραγούδια είν’ ευχή και πάρε τη μαζί σου. Στ’ αρώματα, στα χρώματα στις μουσικές χαρίσου. Ach, stin archí ton tragoudión to ach eínai gramméno. Eínai glykó eínai pikró eínai ki oneireméno. Ach ‘sý pou févgeis, pou travás, pou pas kai xemakraíneis? Óres, sta ryákia chánesai ki óres, sta óri vgaíneis. Ach, ta tragoúdia eín’ efchí kai páre ti mazí sou. St’ arómata, sta chrómata stis mousikés charísou. Ah, at the beginning of the songs the "ah" is written. It's sweet it's bitter it is also a dream. Ah, you who leave, who pull, where are you going and moving away? You get lost in the streams for hours and hours, you go out to the mountains. Ah, the songs are a wish (a blessing) and take it with you. In the perfumes, in the colors of music, give yourself.

@kaykysoares9152 8 ай бұрын

Letra incrível, profunda. O idioma georgiano soa muito bonito. Já fez uma música da história de um homem da Ibéria do extremo leste, que tal a história de alguém da Ibéria do extremo oeste, da terra portuguesa? Vasco da Gama, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Dom Dinis, Dom Sebastião, Vice-Rei Almeida, Dom João III, entre outros grandes nomes de Portugal. Me sentiria muito honrado.

@osw7705 3 ай бұрын

from the Arabs Orthodox🇱🇧🇪🇬🇮🇶🇯🇴🇸🇾🇵🇸☦️ we love you ❤️🛐our Orthodox Brothers

@sxdfovijsodijfgsdiofjsiodj3376 2 ай бұрын

Lots of love to christian Arabs ❤

@benchik101 Ай бұрын

Lebanese aren't Arabs

@davitpronelli7031 6 күн бұрын

უფალი გფარავდეთ ძმებო

@chechenknightslaillaillall2047 3 ай бұрын

I am a Muslim Chechen, but we always hold our Georgian brothers with high esteem and respect. Really interesting to learn that he is also highly respected in Greece. Thy in Heaven for you, great Tornike.

@nikazakaraia3067 2 ай бұрын

Assalamu Alaikum Noxchi vasha. Big greetings to our Chechen Caucasian brothers from Christian Georgia. We have one blood and one homeland in our mountains. Ichkeria and Sakartvelo will thrive once again soon!

@chechenknightslaillaillall2047 2 ай бұрын

@@nikazakaraia3067 Christ enlightens you Georgian brothers. In a world where hatred is becoming more of a norm, we are showing that we can coexist.

@nikazakaraia3067 2 ай бұрын

@@chechenknightslaillaillall2047 And Inshallah we will coexist for thousands of years to come as we have in the past. Kavkaz sila!

@Loamaroy 2 ай бұрын

ахахахха, относятся они с "большим" уважением. а сами высмеиваете грузин 😂

@chechenknightslaillaillall2047 2 ай бұрын

@@Loamaroy Нужен немного Москаля, чтобы высказаться, не так ли?

@gigaptskialadze2717 5 ай бұрын

I'm Georgian proud of this. GOD save all Christians in the world ✝️☦️❤️🇬🇪🇬🇷

@digenesakritas 8 ай бұрын

Bravo Aghios Tornikios☦️ 🇬🇷♥️🇬🇪 the Greek people are so grateful to have had such a great commander and saint among us who founded the Iviron monastery at Mount Athos. Orthodox Christian Brotherhood☦️☦️☦️

@nikolaosboukouvalas449 8 ай бұрын

Tornike was a monk at Mount Athos when the palace asked him to aid Bardas Phokas in crushing the rebellion of Bardas Skleros. Having renounced his former life of violence, Tornike only relectantly agreed, under pressure by his fellow monks. After he completed his quest, he returned to mount Athos and founded the Monastery of Iviron ("of the Georgians"). It stand there to this day, although now it's inhabited by mostly Greek and Russian monks.

@TonyTones123 8 ай бұрын

That’s awesome, I didn’t know that’s how Iveron was founded!

@ItIsBlank. 8 ай бұрын

Wow that's awesome, where did you get this information from I was just wondering (Edit: I found it, he is a Saint venerated in the Orthodox Church and is called John Tornike if I am not mistaken

@nikolaosboukouvalas449 8 ай бұрын

@@ItIsBlank.I personally learned it by reading about the rebellions of Bardas Phokas and Bardas Skleros in the 10th century A.D. But any article on the Iviron Monastery in Mount Athos or the life of St. John Tornikios/Tornike Eristavi are sure to mention it.

@ItIsBlank. 8 ай бұрын

@@nikolaosboukouvalas449 Ohhh very nice, thanks

@Mnhfdddxcvhhh 6 ай бұрын

May God allow the Greek brothers to appreciate the merits and good friendship of the Georgians towards the Greeks and in the history of Hellas and to return to the Georgian brothers all or at least these taken monasteries. This song was one of the clear bridges between these two nations. I think that those who have looked more or less into the history of Christianity and its protection, Georgians have made no small contribution to the world. Therefore, this step would bring these two nations closer together in Christ

@GeorgeSezer88 3 ай бұрын

One of the most unique culture and nation. Georgians are our neighbors very well known by great hospitality. Lots of love to you guys from Turkey. Sakartvelos Gaumarjos!❤❤❤

@tornikegogitidze8340 4 ай бұрын

დიდი მადლობა ამ სიმღერის შემქმნელს❤️❤️❤️ სიყვარულით საქართველოდან❤🇬🇪☦️☦️☦️🇬🇪

@lukakituashvili3839 18 күн бұрын

ბიზანტიელებმა შეამნეს

@tornikegogitidze8340 17 күн бұрын

@@lukakituashvili3839 სასიხარულოა და კარგი მოსასმენი

@weloveTM123 8 ай бұрын

As a Georgian, I'm so thankful and proud that you made a music to honour our history and sang so beautifully too with zero mistakes. Amazing composition.

@kwaks9486 8 ай бұрын

why does it sound like adjaruli?

@polakanonim4946 8 ай бұрын

@@kwaks9486Because he uses that melody: "The song follows the basic conventions of different styles of Georgian folk music, namely the gandagana and acharuli dance forms, many of them typical of the Adjarian region."

@TheNumerosopher 8 ай бұрын

I have to admit, I'm not too knowledge with Georgian History, but I have seen many INCREDIBLE dancing videos of that nation's people, so I can certainly imagine an extremely proud History

@burakyalinalp5308 8 ай бұрын

I salute you as a Karapapak from Georgia who migrated to Kars Turkey. Hope we see Georgia live good days.

@hvstlegod 8 ай бұрын

As a Georgian of Byzantine origin (Pontus), I've got to say that this is great!

@GeoBBB123 8 ай бұрын

😀

@nikosbaran4453 8 ай бұрын

ya sas kardeshim

@greigis 8 ай бұрын

- Pontus -Georgian Ok

@hvstlegod 8 ай бұрын

@@greigis ok

@adygarcia923 8 ай бұрын

Glad to join us in Orthodoxy, brother! May God protect you and haveing a place in Heaven for you.. 🌻👼🍀

@Z12IT 8 ай бұрын

Deep respect for our Orthodox brothers! From southern Italy ♥️🇮🇹🇬🇪

@pierlucaloreto6774 8 ай бұрын

Sei per caso arbëresh? Io sono pugliese e ho intenzione di convertirmi all’ortodossia georgiana, sperando che un giorno possa andare a vivere in Georgia.

@GeraltOf-Rivia 7 ай бұрын

@@pierlucaloreto6774 Viva la puglia ❤ sono Georgiano e ho la fidanzata Puglese 😊 cmq in Georgia puoi andare quando che vuoi

@pierlucaloreto6774 7 ай бұрын

@@GeraltOf-Rivia felice per te caro, se hai altre informazioni da darmi sul tuo splendido Paese ascolto volentieri! ❤️🇬🇪

@liothemachine 4 ай бұрын

sono anche io un Ortodosso Italiano! ☦️🙏🇮🇹

@Gesu_Re_dei_re 3 ай бұрын

☦️🇮🇹✝️

@janki3353 8 ай бұрын

Love to my Georgian brothers and sisters from Armenia. I hope we will be as close as we once were soon

@sxdfovijsodijfgsdiofjsiodj3376 2 ай бұрын

❤🇦🇲☦️🇬🇪☦️🇬🇷❤️

@Clock_Man_2763 2 ай бұрын

@@sxdfovijsodijfgsdiofjsiodj3376 Nah 💪🇹🇷🇦🇿🇬🇪☪️

@matonkyna 8 ай бұрын

What a uplifting music! Tsambouna is always appreciated. Greetings to the glorious mountains of Georgia. 🇬🇷❤🇬🇪

@byzansimp 8 ай бұрын

Tornike is simply one of the coolest figures in the era of the Bulgarslayer, almost like the retired hero who is only reluctantly called back to the field in some classic action movies. He already renounced the world and became a monk but at the insistence of Theophano, the basileus’ mother, took up arms again and decisively smashed the rebel Bardas Skleros with his friend Bardas Phokas at the Battle of Charsianon, saving the young Macedonian’s throne for the first time. Crazy to think that if he didn’t come with his army and Skleros succeeded in usurping, we might not have had the peak of the Eastern Roman Empire. Then befitting his awesomeness, he immediately retired as a monk once more, only this time in his own newly founded Iviron monastery on Mount Athos, which immortalized his legacy like this heaven-sent Greco-Georgian melody. Phenomenal work once again, Farya!

@dimitriuznadze5610 8 ай бұрын

as georgian I’m very proud that we have such a great general who save basil II

@tylerellis9097 8 ай бұрын

@ahmedrivera-pr9qg No, the Byzantines did not use slave soldiers although they did have slaves(legal and illegal) and a slave trade. The Empire relied on Thematic(semi professional), Tagmatic(professional), Akratai(local border guards) and foreign Mercenary or Allied Troops for its armed forces.

@georgiannationalist9802 8 ай бұрын

@ahmedrivera-pr9qgno georgians and armenians in byzantine army were locals who lived in byzantium and decided to join the byzantine army they weren’t forced to do so

@Ralampos 8 ай бұрын

@ahmedrivera-pr9qg We aren't monsters like the Muslims, ha! Everyone in the Balkans joined in to help the Empire at one point.

@samsmith2635 8 ай бұрын

@ahmedrivera-pr9qg Ossetia didn't exist when Rome existed.

@KuromiYayFan 8 ай бұрын

I love your country so much it’s my 2nd favorite orthodox country love from a Mexican that believes in greek orthodoxy ☦️🇲🇽❤️🇬🇪☦️

@DemetriosLevi 8 ай бұрын

Georgian and Byzantine??? Yeah boi! Phenomenal piece and a great blend of Greek and Georgian melodies. Amazing.

@kartuli_sporti 5 сағат бұрын

Friend, I think it would be interesting for you to get to know the history of Colchis (Egris, Lasik) and Iberia and the colossal cultural heritage created by our ancestors. "Argonautics" of Apollo of Rhodes, theme of Medea and Ayet. The issues of the high development of the old Kartevian tribes of the Khalibs, the Meskhetians, the Chaldeans. During the fall of the Byzantine Empire, the creation of the Christian kingdom - the Empire of Trebizond, Alex I Komnenos and King Tamar played a role in this matter. Herodotus, Xenophon, Procopius of Caesarea, Dion Cassio or other Greco-Roman historians, travelers' notes on Georgian tribes or Georgian states. Hundreds of Georgians who held the title of magistros, antipatos or patrikios in the Byzantine Empire. And the kings of Georgia - the titles of Kurapalat, Sevastos, Archon, Basileus, Magistros. In the XI-XV centuries, Georgia was not a vassal of Byzantium, but a political ally. Also, the Georgians of Amytzantartantes, Apokapes, Doranites, Gabras, Hagiotheodorites, Kavasites, Komachites, Mourouzis, Misimates, Tarchaneiotes, Taronites, Tzanichites, Scholares, Pakourianos, Iberitzes enjoyed great influence in the Byzantine Empire. One of the oldest money units in the world, the Kolkhuri Tetri (BC VI-III), the 3 Georgian alphabets, the ancient history of Georgian farming (including wheat) and winemaking, which has a depth of several millennia, and exactly why the Greeks called Georgians Georgians (geos - land, Urgus - processing) they call us. Also, in the context of Georgian-Greek relations, there are reports of such great figures as great military figures - Bacurius the Iberian (IV-V c.), Peranius the Iberian (VI c.), Phazas the Iberian (VII c.), Barasbakourios the Iberian (VII c.), Baktangios the Iberian (VIII c.), Leo Passianos (X c.), John Tornikios (X c. to whom this song is dedicated), Gregory Tarchaneiotes (X c.), Basil Apokapes (XI c.) , Leo Tornikios (XI c.), Gregoras Iberitzes (XI c.), Gregory Taronites (XI c.), Gregory Pakourianos (XI c.), John I Baguashi (XI c.), Aabaz Pakourianos (XI c.), Liparit III Baguashi (XI c.), Kontoleon Tornikios (XI c.), John Chaldos (XI c.), Saint Theodore Gabras (XI c.), Pharasmanes Apokapes (XI c.), Gregory Gabras (XI c.), Constantine Gabras (XII c.), Constantine Tornikios (XII c.), Demetrios Tornikios (XII c.), Alexios Doukas Tarchaneiotes (XIII c.), John Tarchaneiotes (XIII c.), Nikephoros Tarchaneiotes (XIII c.), Michael Palaiologos Tarchaneiotes (XIII c.), Joseph Tarchaneiotes (XIII c.), Michael Tarchaneiotes Glabas (XIII c.), John Tzanichites (XIV c.), Georgian empresses and wives of rulers Martha Bagration / Maria of Alania (XI c.), Kata of Georgia / Kata Bagration (XII c.), Jiajak Jaqeli (XIII c.), Rusudan of Georgia (XIII c.), Anna Megale Komnene (XIV c.)... Great Christian figures - Peter the Iberian (V c .), John the Laz (V c.), George the Hagiorite (XI c.), Georgio presbytera (XI c.), Euthymius the Athonite (X-XI c.), John the Hagiorite (XI c.), Hilarion the Iberian (IX c.), Nicholas Hagiotheodorites (XII c.), Euthymios Tornikes (XIII c.), Michael Gabras (XIV c.), Michael Tarchaniota Marullus (XVI c.), etc.

@orthochristos 8 ай бұрын

I have visited the Iviron monastery on Mount Athos. Great arrangement

@robinrehlinghaus1944 8 ай бұрын

Oh was it good for you there? I wish to see it one day too!

@nodaridolidze7655 8 ай бұрын

"Rasatsa gastsem shenia, Rats ara dakargulia" Things that you gave to others stay as yours, but those that you kept - will dissapear.

@mariosathens1 8 ай бұрын

Love Georgian nation, a friend from the past. from Greece Congratulations once again Farya...

@Ozymandias2001 2 ай бұрын

Thank you and great respect from Georgia 🇬🇪♥️🇬🇪♥️🇬🇪 საქართველოს გაუმარჯოს ♥️🇬🇪♥️ გაუმარჯოს ჩვენს ქრისტიან ძმებს❤❤❤

@Knight_of_Poland 2 ай бұрын

Love to Georgia from Poland🇵🇱💞🇬🇪

@giorgigiorgi-nf3eq 2 ай бұрын

I just watched "The Peasants" polish drama. We love polish culture too.

@Knight_of_Poland 2 ай бұрын

@@giorgigiorgi-nf3eq That's nice!

@jj70161 Ай бұрын

Love poland from Georgia. Our nations defended Europe so many times

@Knight_of_Poland Ай бұрын

@@jj70161 Indeed

@berniko4954 8 ай бұрын

Tornike Eristavi saved whole Byzantine! Everyone must know the history ☦️🇬🇪

@OneFlyingTonk 8 ай бұрын

One of the most beautiful pieces of syncretism I have heard in a while. The melody is rightfully hypnotic, yet peaceful and beautiful. Blessed be the mountains of Georgia and the people who dwell there for making this piece of music possible.

@Christian777_ 8 ай бұрын

Our Orthodox brothers 🇬🇷🇷🇸☦❤️🇬🇪

@user-mk5xk3gm3b 8 ай бұрын

What has armenia got to do with it 😂 it's Georgian🇬🇪

@Christian777_ 8 ай бұрын

@@user-mk5xk3gm3b I accidentally put that , I didn't see. Sorry

@user-tl7jx1io6w 8 ай бұрын

Armenia too. They are Orthodox and brothers. So sorry for them that they deal with unfair Azerbaijan. Wish Greece (my country) and all orthodox brothers be united and help each other.

@Christian777_ 8 ай бұрын

@@user-tl7jx1io6w that would be like in dream , I'm half Serb half Greek , I hope that Orthodox brotherhood with other countries will be stronger in future . With God's help.

@nihadidrisov1916 5 ай бұрын

🇦🇿🤝🇬🇪❤️

@luishernandezblonde 3 ай бұрын

Greece and Georgia, two ancient European identities. Love from a Pole to all of you Greek and Georgian lads.

@giorgigiorgi-nf3eq 2 ай бұрын

Georgians are not European

@user-evil_historian 8 ай бұрын

Respect our ancient Georgians neighbours, from Armenians.

@alal7194 8 ай бұрын

🇦🇲🇬🇪🇦🇲🇬🇪🇦🇲🇬🇪

@burakyalinalp5308 8 ай бұрын

Salute from a Georgian Azeri in Kars. We shall see good days God willing

@bellalotario 8 ай бұрын

Hahaha I remember I had 1 Georgian boy and 1 Armenian boy in my class back at school, they were best friends, always joking about stuff

@Orcinus66 4 ай бұрын

Shnorakalutun, akpher jan😉

@norakssolucani 2 ай бұрын

@@burakyalinalp5308 naber

@bluemoon3494 Ай бұрын

This is my art - Medieval Georgian Heavy Cavalry 11th-12th century

@Trendy-Trims 21 күн бұрын

ძალიან კარგია! მადლობა.

@AndreyIvashenko Ай бұрын

Я грек с России и мои грузинские братья самые лучшие!!!! Дай бог вам здоровья и процветания!!!

@dachidavitashvili8749 7 күн бұрын

putin should think like that to

@NoOne-px5vz 8 ай бұрын

As a Georgian, I'm so glad that you know who Tornike is, since most people tend to leave him out when discussing Basil II. I love it!

@burakyalinalp5308 8 ай бұрын

Greetings from an Azeri from Rustavi whose grandfather migrated to Kars Turkey. I hope Georgia and Turkey live in prosperity together !

@WanderlustVarangian Күн бұрын

Christian azeri ❤🇦🇿🇬🇪☦️@@burakyalinalp5308

@THIRDR0ME 8 ай бұрын

Greatest Respect to my Georgian brethren, Christ is King 🇮🇪 ❤ 🇬🇪

@Wolf-oq6fi 8 ай бұрын

God bless Irlande my brother 🇬🇪🇮🇪 Land of warrior peopole

@THIRDR0ME 8 ай бұрын

@Wolf-oq6fi We are the race if warriors and brothers, may Georgia be safe

@ConnachtRider 3 ай бұрын

🇮🇪🤝🇬🇪 Christ is King indeed!

@iliaaronia7025 8 ай бұрын

This is amazing, the Georian and Greek language/tunes flow beatifully together and music captures the essence of Georgian warrior soul for me, thanks man, გაგიმარჯოს!

@toubi4316 5 ай бұрын

Farya: Why must I make everything I touch into a masterpiece?

@justadude3037 2 ай бұрын

The Persian Midas of music

@BSLV78 8 ай бұрын

Very proud to listen to this masterpiece as a Georgian, full of hopes to see more georgian-related content in the future.

@burakyalinalp5308 8 ай бұрын

Greetings from an Azeri from Rustavi whose grandfather migrated to Kars Turkey. I hope Georgia and Turkey live in prosperity together !

@alex_t4984 8 ай бұрын

მადლობა საქართველოს სახელით❤🇬🇪

@alecxatif5337 8 ай бұрын

Greetings to all Georgian brothers and sisters from an Iranian. Be long lived and keep heads high. Lovely music and cultural heritage

@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt 8 ай бұрын

Προχθές το ξανάκουσα περπατώντας το ξημέρωμα έξω από την Μονή Μεγίστης Λαύρας. Ένιωσα τους πρόγονούς μου. Είναι όμορφη η Ελλάδα μας...κι ακόμα πιο όμορφη γι'αυτόν που έχει ανοιχτά τα μάτια της ψυχής κι αναλογίζεται την ιστορία αυτού του τόπου.

@kodadiSiyah94 21 күн бұрын

history? very nice yes 500 years Turkiye love thief greeks 😘😘😘🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

@mariammanagadze8302 8 ай бұрын

რასაცა გასცემ შენია, რაც არა დაკარგულია! დიდი მადლობა საქართველოდან! ძალიან სასიამოვნო იყო❤🇬🇪

@dnkal2875 8 ай бұрын

Εξαιρετικο, όπως πάντα

@theresponsibleuser90 2 ай бұрын

INDIA IS ALWAYS WITH GEORGIA 🇮🇳🤝🇬🇪 ABHKHAZIA & SAMACHABLO ARE GEORGIA ☝️

@user-vr6cs7ou2r 2 ай бұрын

Don’t you guys love Russia 😂😂😂

@theresponsibleuser90 2 ай бұрын

@@user-vr6cs7ou2r WE LOVE RUSSIA BUT ALSO GEORGIA ❤️

@Trendy-Trims 21 күн бұрын

@@theresponsibleuser90 The hypocrisy.

@valikov2899 8 ай бұрын

Love my Georgian neighbors!! God bless 💚🇦🇿☦️

@Stav_Hadj 8 ай бұрын

Orthodox Azeri?

@kilikiec2953 6 ай бұрын

@@Stav_Hadj)))

@amorazmiashvili-dx7hp 4 ай бұрын

@ /|-----💚 /\

@timhan6313 3 ай бұрын

დიდება უფალს,დიდება საქართველოს,დიდება დიდ თორნიკეს.იყო დრო როცა საქართველოს დახმარება სჭირდებოდა დიდ ბიზანტიას.ასეთი დიდებული ერი ვიყავით და ვართ ქართველები.🇬🇪✝️✝️

@iberius9937 8 ай бұрын

The pandouri in the beginning playing that melody was rent-free in my head, today, while reading a section about the Caucasus in an encyclopedia about the Ancient Near East.

@iberius9937 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful playing of the bagpipe by Kyrios Athanasopoulos.

@-GG2 2 ай бұрын

მადლობა დიდი ამ შესანიშნაობისთვის❤️❤️ მიყვარხართ საქართველოდან ჩემო მართლმადიდებელო დებო და ძმებო❤️❤️🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

@adamrinehart7752 2 ай бұрын

I don't know if you will ever read this, but I want you to know your music helped me through a difficult time in my life.

@gameforlife2062 Ай бұрын

good job my friend keep the good work stay focus on youre goals my friend peace and love :))))))

@nikachelidze12 Ай бұрын

დიდება ღმერთს, დიდება საქართველოს✊🏽☦️🇬🇪

@konchar91 8 ай бұрын

Coolest legendary warrior monk. He deserved this honor. He saved byzantine empire and build iverioni on athos. თორნიკე ერისთავს უნდა უმადლოდეს ყველა ბერძენი. ❤

@redquoter 8 ай бұрын

The History of the Georgian Orthodox Church is Tolkien levels of struggling for survival. Saint Nino pray for us. 🇬🇪☦️

@NK-kr8sj 8 ай бұрын

Just a quick question, when you say "Saint Nino pray for us" does this mean the Saint can literally pray for you or is it a figure of speech? I mean no disrespect I hope this is ok.

@princed8534 8 ай бұрын

@@NK-kr8sj we Orthodox believe that our saints are in heaven with God, they can and I am sure are praying for us. God bless

@levanikojulakidze5213 7 ай бұрын

Yes although we have the holy city the "second jerusalem" new generation doesn't even want to take care and to defend it that's why we are struggling we are waiting for something that will not come anywhere if we not do anything for ourselves. God is with us, but we people are getting away from him. This is the moral of georgians in 21st century. Im not saying that every georgian is this kind, its just majority is blinded from reality.

@finrodfelagund8668 5 ай бұрын

Tornike is also a saint ☦ When he became a monk, his monastic name became John. Saint John-Tornike, pray for us!

@DarthSupervian 8 ай бұрын

Age of empires II announces a New Expansion with Georgians as a New Civ and Farya upload this Georgian Masterpiece.... This is the week to Love Georgian Culture 🤗

@georgenadirashvili1811 Ай бұрын

He was so respected and needed that little Basil (in future Bulgarslayer) and his brother Constantin kneeled before him when empress asked Tornik to come back from monastery and lead coalition of Georgian and Greek armies against Skliaross. Thank you and much respect from Georgia.

@milesmanges 8 ай бұрын

Mount Athos ❤🇬🇷

@sergejstartsev 8 ай бұрын

Святая гора

@yhormthejollygiant4327 8 ай бұрын

Listening to this whilst simultaneously reading Judith Herrin’s Byzantium is one of the greatest delights! May the Eastern Empire continue to inspire you Farya! :)

@3kcozadurnylol 8 ай бұрын

A longinquis profundis, abs oriente A longinquis profundis, adhuc vectus equis sum A montibus Hibericis veni Ac ita montes illi canunt: "Quod a nos datur, hoc beatos nos facit, quod collectum autem, perditum est" Bellatoremque ducemque vocaverunt me Tornicum rubefactum nominavere me Ac excidere mihi verba haec prudentia: "Quod a nos datur, hoc beatos nos facit, quod collectum autem, perditum est" Vale, Tornice miles, rubefactus dux Vale, mi patria, valete montes mei Via mea via caritatis iam est Ac vivendum est mihi his montium verbis: "Quod a nos datur, hoc beatos nos facit, quod collectum autem, perditum est"

@aeterna3198 2 ай бұрын

im half Georgian half Greek thanks you

@lfbw 9 сағат бұрын

@@aeterna3198 is youre Mother or youre Father from Georgia?

@aleksandrebibilashvili8727 Ай бұрын

Hello from Georgia. I awlays loved Tornike's epic story. a real legend. Thank you.

@Ampula88 8 ай бұрын

Finally 🇬🇪❤ Thank you, I listen to your uploads everyday and this will be added to my playlist now ❤️

@Giorgi.Koberidze 8 ай бұрын

As a Georgian, I am very pleased to hear this composition. Thank you!

@burakyalinalp5308 8 ай бұрын

Greetings from an Azeri from Rustavi whose grandfather migrated to Kars Turkey. I hope Georgia and Turkey live in prosperity together !

@bla2030 7 ай бұрын

Imagine foot legions, light and heavy cavalry going down the hill with this sound reaching the ears of the enemy.. organised and marching and singing this song... morale breaker.

@vitaminka012 8 ай бұрын

Oh my god! I was wondering if you ever will make Georgian music! Thank you very much! Big fan of your works! And greetings from Saqartvelo!

@NikaJorbenadze-xr4zu 8 ай бұрын

OMG THANK YOU FOR THIS MUSIC! 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪☦️☦️☦️☦️💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

@burakyalinalp5308 8 ай бұрын

Greetings from an Azeri from Rustavi whose grandfather migrated to Kars Turkey. I hope Georgia and Turkey live in prosperity together !

@fonte17h83 Ай бұрын

Georgian brothers 🇪🇸🫂🇬🇪

@Dinosaur315 Күн бұрын

The two Iberias

@Abaraaabijo 29 күн бұрын

MEN ARE BRAVE Warrior of GOD TORNIKE ERISTAVI 🇬🇪 🇬🇪☦️🇬🇷

@newgamer6406 2 ай бұрын

Greece 🇬🇷 Georgia 🇬🇪 ❤❤❤

@son-of-Christ123 3 ай бұрын

Brother, I’ll make a separate song about David the Builder, he deserves special attention and he had the nickname “Sword of the Messiah”

@768giga Ай бұрын

I want to listen your song

@Trendy-Trims 21 күн бұрын

I would love to hear!

@sxdfovijsodijfgsdiofjsiodj3376 2 ай бұрын

The way you said "რასაცა გასცემ შენია, რასც არა დაკარგულია" in pure georgian is so mind blowingly beautiful. Thank you for this masterpiece.

@levanikojulakidze5213 7 ай бұрын

Wow this is amaizing it is first step to get a new audience on your channel Farya Faraji. For next time can you make a epic symphony about Didgori event? Yet day by day you are making better and better epic traditional music based on history at some point. I'm only hoping for good luck on your channel.

@kaykysoares9152 8 ай бұрын

Essa música está incrível, nossa. Essa música tem a letra mais bonita que já vi no seu canal em anos (e olha que já sou um inscrito de longa data, hein!). Adorei mesmo... Uma verdadeira pérola da música do Velho Mundo (é como chamamos a Eurásia, aqui no Brasil)... Ansioso pra você dar um agrado musical aos lusófonos, falantes de português... Exportamos tanto café, carne e frutas do Brasil pro Canadá...😂😂

@jotarokujo9164 23 күн бұрын

I am from Uzbekistan, grew up in Norway for most of my life and the history of Georgian and Greek histories are among my favourites. One unique fact was the people of Central Asia that formed the Western Turkic Khanate used to ally with Byzantine against Persia, but this greatly weakened us and allowed the Tang Chinese to conquer our land for a century.

@AlexfromGeorgia 8 ай бұрын

Wow, very amazing. Bravo 🇬🇪🇬🇪👍👍👍

@pedrotorregrosa2081 8 ай бұрын

Suggesting to Farya again the idea of an Ethiopian-Byzantine song based on St. Kaleb of Axum

@LukaMamukelashvili 7 ай бұрын

ვააააა, საღოლ ძმაო. Thank you for this masterpiece. your Georgian pronunciation is nigh-perfect and Greek-Georgian transitions are flawless. :)

@DachiMurvanidze-by5ii 13 күн бұрын

Thanks from Meskheti ❤❤☦️🇬🇪🇬🇷

@Srdjan582 8 ай бұрын

Greatings from Serbia🇷🇸🦅

@l.m6038 7 ай бұрын

🇬🇪☦️🇷🇸

@tornikegogitidze8340 4 ай бұрын

Kosovo je srbija🇷🇸☦️🇬🇪❤️

@kodadiSiyah94 21 күн бұрын

@@tornikegogitidze8340Kosovo İs Turkiye Karabakh Azerbaijan Cyprus Turkiye

@tornikegogitidze8340 18 күн бұрын

@@kodadiSiyah94 kosovo serbia Arcakh armenia Cyprus grece

@magyar2896 8 ай бұрын

I really like this channel,not only has great music but i always learn something new with each song, thanks! ❤️

@BehrouzRZ 8 ай бұрын

as a persian first time hearing about Georgian history and its epic i will definitely read more Georgia

@kodadiSiyah94 21 күн бұрын

our alll cristian georgion greeks you love cristians ????

@BehrouzRZ 19 күн бұрын

@@kodadiSiyah94 nothing to do with religion i said history

@christian78478 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for one more masterpiece Farya.

@sergejstartsev 8 ай бұрын

Люблю Грузию. Привет всем православным народам!

@konopla9974 8 ай бұрын

Да будет мир между нашими православными народам!

@sergejstartsev 8 ай бұрын

@@konopla9974 между православными всегда мир, остальным надо стать по-настоящему православными

@steparsteparest1121 8 ай бұрын

Зачем только православные? может лучше христиане всего мира??

@sergejstartsev 8 ай бұрын

@@steparsteparest1121 все остальные не христиане, потому что Бог не лжец, чтобы кучу разнотолков выдавать за Истину.

@steparsteparest1121 8 ай бұрын

@@sergejstartsev как могут быть не христианами люди, чтящие и следующие заветам Христа? Это ли не главное??

@waszkewicz 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! ❤ We really appreciate your work 👍

@user-yr4js5zq1k 8 ай бұрын

your epic byzantine list keeps getting better and better!

@willyb7353 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful music ...

@AkulaPiterski Ай бұрын

რასაცა გასცემ შენია, რაც არა - დაკარგულია. მშვიდობა ქუეყანასა ზედა!

@robinrehlinghaus1944 8 ай бұрын

I just came here to relisten to your polychronion and immediately find this - what a blessing!

@sandro21hd26 8 ай бұрын

Coming from a huge fan of your work and georgian, you've made my morning!

@captain6149 5 ай бұрын

byzantia is our historical orthodox brothers. respect and support from georgia.

@DavitBagrationi 4 ай бұрын

Even to Davit III kuropalati, Bagrat III, Giorgi I, Bagrat IV?

@HoH 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful as always. 🔥 Keep it up.

@Trendy-Trims 21 күн бұрын

My favourite piece of yours!

@arsenjijavadze861 8 ай бұрын

Great work! Magical style.

@georgiannationalist1719 2 ай бұрын

დიდება საქართველოს და ქართველი ხალხის ძლიერებას 🤚🏻🖤

@sovietonion9542 8 ай бұрын

Seriously amazing!

@Sophia-kv6ck 8 ай бұрын

Once again, IMMACULATE! ❤

@tylerbrubaker6642 8 ай бұрын

Didn’t realize Farya would have a surprise waiting for me as I pulled into the driveway, I dig it

@george9453 5 ай бұрын

You should do more Georgian songs, amazing work friend!

@asgarihanif 8 ай бұрын

Crazy how you pump out these amazing songs so often, and you nail the languages too! By the way, you should upload more of those video essays, they're very knowledgable and contain enough comedy and whatnot to keep my terrible attention span still hooked.

@davidbowie5023 2 ай бұрын

Listening a Greek song about a Georgian hero is magical🇮🇪🤝🏻🇬🇪🇬🇷

@iberius9937 8 ай бұрын

Awesome work!!! Nice fusion you did there blending the Hellenic with the Caucasian!! Excellent vocals and instrumentation, as always, and catchy melody.

@tornikevachrishvili8764 Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@johnconstantine2075 Ай бұрын

I am gergian who got into your songs couple of months ago, my first song was “bellisarius” and i just found this song which is THE MOST PLEASENT SURPRICE. THANK YOU FOR SHINING A LIGHT TO MY COUNTRY ❤️❤️❤️