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Easter Sunday

Bill Turnbull eats a Polish traditional Easter meal, learns about the Moravian custom of remembering the dead and visits a Greek Orthodox church - all in Yorkshire.

Bill Turnbull is treated to a Polish traditional Easter meal, learns about the Moravian custom of remembering the dead and visits a stunning Greek Orthodox church - all within the boundary of Yorkshire. Young Catholics from across the county sing some old favourites, and there is a performance by the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year.

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Sun 20 Apr 2014 17:10
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  • Performed by Leeds Cathedral Junior Choirs. Conductor: Lucy Haigh / Organist Daniel Justin

    Otrzyjcie Juz

    Lyricist: English text Katharine J Longworth - words translation Karolina Tattersall.

    Tune: Ellacombe

  • Mainz Gesangbuch, 1833

    The Day of Resurrection

    Performer: The St Hilda’s Singers + Organist/Conductor Stephen Maltby. Lyricist: John of Damascus (d c750) tr J M Neale (1818-66) altd.

    Composer: Mainz Gesangbuch, 1833

  • Trad.

    This Joyful Eastertide

    Performer: St Philip’s Catholic Primary and Nursery School. Conductor: Tom Leech / Organist: Daniel Justin. Lyricist: G R Woodward 1848-1934.

    Tune: This Joyful Eastertide

  • / Lyricist: Steven C Warner (b 1954) - based on a gaelic folk hymn

    O Mary of Promise

    Performer: Bradford Catholic Youth Choir. Conductor: Thomas Leech / Organist: Daniel Justin.

    Tune: Siobhan Ni Laoghaire ©1993, 2001 world library publications

  • French Traditional Carol

    Now the Green Blade Riseth

    Performer: Huddersfield Boys and Girls Choirs. Conductor: Lucy Appleyard. Soloist: Rowan Maurice / Organist: Daniel Justin. Music Arranger: Simon Lindley. Lyricist: J M C Crum (1872-1958).

    Tune: Noel Nouvelet

  • Performed by Leeds Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Benjamin Saunders / Organist: Daniel Justin

    Soma Christu – Communion Hymn for Easter

    Music Arranger: Tikey Zes©1986 by Greek Sacred & Secular Music Society Inc.Int copyright secured Made in USA licenses. All Rights reserved. Lyricist: Trad..

    Composer: Traditional

  • Richard Gillard (b 1953) © 1977 Scripture in Song, a division of Integrity Music, administered by Kingsway’s Thankyou Music.

    Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness

    Performer: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2 Choristers of the Year 2013 Laura Barraclough Luke McWatters + Ian Tilley (strings / harp / keys). Lyricist: Richard Gillard (b 1953).

    Tune: Fulda

  • Adapted from a melody in Lyra Davidica, 1708

    Christ The Lord Is Risen Today

    Performer: The St Hilda’s Singers + Organist/Conductor Stephen Maltby. Lyricist: Charles Wesley (1707-88).

    Tune: Easter Hymn

FACTSHEET FOR SUNDAY 20th APRIL, 2014

Bill Turnbull is treated to a Polish traditional Easter meal,Ìý learns about the Moravian custom of remembering the dead and visits a stunning Greek Orthodox Church – all within the boundary of Yorkshire!ÌýÌý Young Catholics from across the county sing some old favourites and there's a performance by the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year.

CONTRIBUTORS

Hanka Stanislawska and Marcin Zajaczek

Hanka and Marcin are worshippers at Our Lady Of Czestochowa & St
Stanislaw Kostka Catholic Church in Leeds. Both moved to the UK from their home country of Poland and have struck up a friendship through their church drama group.

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Pastor Peter Parkinson

Crag House Farm Community – Caring For Life

Nearly thirty years ago, Peter was confronted by a group of homeless men who attended one of his Baptist ministries in Leeds. This inspired him to set up Caring For Life - a place where vulnerable and socially excluded people can re-build their lives.Ìý

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Natasha Richardson

Natasha receives ongoing help and support from Caring For Life and has recently become a Christian. We see her baptism and hear how this Easter will be particularly special for her.

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Father Samuel Kouspoyenis

Fr Samuel is the parish priest at Leeds’ only Greek Orthodox church. The congregation at the Church Of The Three Hierarchs includes professionals who have come to work in the cityÌýand hundreds of students from Greece and Cyprus who come to study at the regions’ universities.Ìý

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Martha Papagiannopoulos

Martha and her family are regular worshippers at the Greek Orthodox Church in Leeds. They have been busy preparing for their Easter celebrations and talk to us about why this is the most important religious event in the Orthodox calendar.

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Molly Lythe

Molly’s family dates back generations in the Moravian community of Fulneck, near Bradford. Today, the church means a lot to Molly - at Easter she returns to the place where she met her husband and generations of her family have been baptised, married and buried.

LOCATIONS

Huddersfield Boys and Girls Choir sang Now The Green Blade Riseth.

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Natasha was baptised and Pastor Peter Parkinson was interviewed at Crag House Farm - Caring For Life, Otley Old Road, Cookridge LS16 7NH.

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Bradford Catholic Youth Choir sang Jesus Thy Blood and Righteousness / O Mary Of Promise And Laura Barraclough & Luke McWatters the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2 Choristers of 2013 sang Brother, Sister Let Me Serve You At left Bank Leeds (formerly St Margaret’s Of Antioch), Cardigan Road, Leeds.Ìý LS6 1LJ

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Leeds Cathedral Junior Choirs sang Otrzyjcie Juz and Hanka Stanislawska and Marcin Zajaczek were interviewed about their drama group at Our Lady Of Czestochowa & St Stanislaw Kostka, Polish Catholic Centre, Newton Hill Road, LS7 4JE

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Leeds Cathedral Choir sang Soma Christu and Father Samuel Kouspoyenis and Martha Pappagiannopoulos were interviewed at Greek Orthodox Church Of The Three Hierarchs, 57 Harehills Avenue, Leeds.Ìý LS8 4EU

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Molly Lythe was interviewed at Fulneck Moravian Church, 38 Fulneck, Pudsey.Ìý LS28 8NT

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The St Hilda’s Singers sung The Day Of Resurrection and Christ The Lord Is Risen Today at Whitby Abbey, Whitby.Ìý YO22 4JT

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Whitby Abbey is an English Heritage site.

Credits

Presenter Bill Turnbull
Producer Sian Salt
Executive Producer David Taviner

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