Adam's Lament is an old Russian Orthodox lament, originally sung during Lent. Manuscripts of the lament date from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. The lament tells Adam's regret over the loss of paradise.John-Paul Himka, Andriy Zayarnyuk Letters from Heaven: Popular Religion in Russia and Ukraine 2006 " 'Adam's Lament,' preserved in texts from the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries and presumably sung during Lent, gives voice to Adam's regret for the loss of paradise, 'created for me and for Eve,' which he lost through his own " A modern version of Adam's Lament by Silouan of Athos is the text for Adam's Lament (Pärt), a 2009 choral composition in Russian language by Estonian composer

Arvo Pärt Arvo Pärt (; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in p ...

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