Need music for "Mnohajal’ita, blahajal’ita" for wedding

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Hello,

Our daughter will be married in June in our Roman Catholic cathedral, as there is not a Ruthenian church within hours of us (dh is Ruthenian.) As at our own wedding, and that of our first daughter, she would like to include the traditional Slavonic blessing “Mnohajal’ita, blahajal’ita, mnohaja, blahajal’ita…” sung in Slavonic and English. It is so beautiful and perfect for a wedding. Our priest is fine with it and we have a magnificent soloist (non-Ruthenian, but actually Melkite, though also without a church here!) but I cannot locate the music and complete words online. I found it easily 4 years ago for our older daughter, but no luck now!

I have found a couple other versions, but not the one my husband knows and loves. (He grew up in New Britain, CT - Holy Trinity Church.) The English is, if I recall correctly: “God grant them many years, God grant them many years, God grant them many happy years. In health and happiness, in health and happiness, God grant them many happy years” (I think.)

Can any of you help? A link to words and music would be great, or just to the music (dh knows the words.)

Thanks and God bless!
 
Just curious. I lived in Mississippi for nearly 15 years. Where are ya’ll at in the South? I ask because I am Melkite and you mentioned there is a Melkite priest in your area!
 
LakaYaRabb said:
Just curious. I lived in Mississippi for nearly 15 years. Where are ya’ll at in the South? I ask because I am Melkite and you mentioned there is a Melkite priest in your area!
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No Melkite priest or church here; what I said was that our soloist is of Melkite background, but also “without a church here.”

We’re near the Gulf coast in Alabama.
 
Oh, sorry.

Yeah, it’s sad that we never got a permanent parish along the coast. There was a mission in New Orleans, but that kinda fell through. The Ruthenians had a parish chapel there too, but it was blown a way by Katrina.

Birmingham, Alabama has a Melkite Church and Parish (which has several Ruthenians) but that’s like 3 or 4 hours one way for you. I hope ya’ll find what you need!

June’s a good month. My fiancee and I are getting married this June too!

God Grant you all many years and a Blessed Holy Crowning!
 
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Oh, sorry.

Yeah, it’s sad that we never got a permanent parish along the coast. There was a mission in New Orleans, but that kinda fell through. The Ruthenians had a parish chapel there too, but it was blown a way by Katrina.

Birmingham, Alabama has a Melkite Church and Parish (which has several Ruthenians) but that’s like 3 or 4 hours one way for you. I hope ya’ll find what you need!

June’s a good month. My fiancee and I are getting married this June too!

God Grant you all many years and a Blessed Holy Crowning!
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A very good June, indeed! Many blessings to you and your fiancee.

I think we once attended Divine Liturgy in New Orleans, years ago. It stands out in my mind because it was the only Ruthenian parish where I’d ever heard bad singing!!! 😉
 
a_pilgrim said:
dixieagle,

is this the version you’re looking for?

patronagechurch.com/chant/Many%20Years.htm

This is probably the most popular/widespread version of this hymn.

Be aware… for some reason the MIDI attached to this link does not match the written music. :confused: 🤷
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Yes, that is exactly what I’m looking for! I had a hard time this time around, though it was easy to locate four years ago. My husband could sing it for our vocalist, but this makes it so much easier. I will email her the link.

Many thanks, and God Bless.
 
This is off topic but I’m here in the Deep South and knew nothing about Eastern Catholics. There is an EO cathedral down in New Orleans and I have been to (what we would call the Holy Saturday) liturgy. Pardon us for our ignorance. Katrina affected us in more ways than you can imagine. The landscape of parishes that I grew up with in New Orleans is no more.
 
brotherhrolf said:
This is off topic but I’m here in the Deep South and knew nothing about Eastern Catholics. There is an EO cathedral down in New Orleans and I have been to (what we would call the Holy Saturday) liturgy. Pardon us for our ignorance. Katrina affected us in more ways than you can imagine. The landscape of parishes that I grew up with in New Orleans is no more.
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Actually, very few Roman Catholics seem to know about the “sui iuris” (or “sui juris”) churches. I am a Roman Catholic of Irish background, but my husband’s background is Ruthenian Catholic, with origins near the Carpathian mountains. We grew up in New England, and his parish was in Connecticut. We’ve been down here (Alabama) for decades with no access to his church and attend our local Roman Catholic parish. We do like to honor his heritage when possible, hence the request for the Old Slavonic language blessing, which is beautiful.

At our own wedding, we had the customary crowning, in my parish, with both a Roman and Eastern Catholic (Ruthenian) priest in attendance, and used the Eastern Catholic vows, which were slightly different. There is one supposed biritualist here, but my husband was appalled at his utter lack of familiarity with the Divine Liturgy (perhaps because it is offered only every few years, it seems.) So, the Slavonic blessing will have to do.

God bless.
 
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