09 February 2016

Ethiopian Nun's Setting of The Lord's Prayer

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Ethiopian Orthodox nun and composer Mother Maryam Emahoy Tsegué is one of Jerusalem's precious treasures.   The following video was part of a celebration of the music of Emahoy Tsegué in A.D. 2013 in Jerusalem.  2 women sing her setting of the Lord's Prayer first in the Ethiopian Amharic language and then in Hebrew.  


Mother Maryam Emahoy Tsegué is the elderly nun seen in the video seated in the front row dressed either in black or in white.
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