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"The Prayer of Russians" [a] is a patriotic hymn that was used as the national anthem of Imperial Russia from 1816 to 1833. After defeating the First French Empire, Tsar Alexander I of Russia recommended a national anthem for Russia. The lyrics were written by Vasily Zhukovsky, and the music of the British anthem "God Save the King" was used.
The melody of the anthem was used in a German song to the lyrics Ich bete an die Macht der Liebe ("I pray to the power of love") by Gerhard Tersteegen. Also, the music of the anthem was used by the composer G. Beck when writing the anthem of the Jewish Socialist Party Bund "Di Shvue". [6]
"The Prayer of the Russians" was adopted around 1816, and used lyrics by Vasily Zhukovsky set to the music of the British anthem, "God Save the King". [10] Russia's anthem was also influenced by the anthems of France and the Netherlands, and by the British patriotic song " Rule, Britannia! ".
"God Save the Tsar!" (Russian: Боже, Царя храни!, IPA: [ˈboʐɨ tsɐˈrʲa xrɐˈnʲi]) was the national anthem of the Russian Empire.The song was chosen from a competition held in 1833 and was first performed on 18 December 1833.
There was no official Russian anthem until 1815, from which time until 1833 the anthem was "The Prayer of Russians" (Molitva russkikh), sung to the tune of "God Save the King". [26] The two songs both start with the same words, God Save the Tsar!, but diverge after that.
"Word of God Speak" is a song by Christian rock band MercyMe. Written by Bart Millard and Pete Kipley, "Word of God Speak" uses sparse instrumentation, featuring only piano and strings to accompany Millard's vocals. The lyrics to "Word of God Speak" reflect on the idea that it is impossible to speak of an infinite God with a limited vocabulary.
The song, simply titled “Russians,” was first released as a single from The Dream of the Blue Turtles, his first solo album after breaking away from his band, The Police.
In Common Worship used by the Church of England, the Trisagion is used principally as a concluding prayer of the Litany in the following form: Holy God, holy and strong, holy and immortal, have mercy upon us. It is also used in the Good Friday liturgy in the same way as in the Roman Catholic Church.