''Tetelestai'' is the seventeenth album in the live praise and worship series of

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Diante do Trono Diante do Trono (; lit.: Before the Throne) is a Brazilian contemporary Christian music band formed in 1997 as a ministry of Lagoinha Church in Belo Horizonte. It is led by singer, songwriter and pastor Ana Paula Valadão. The group became po ...

Background

The title comes from the Greek word τετέλεσται (''tetelestai'') meaning "it is completed", which according to St. John, is the next to last word of Jesus on the cross, the last words of Christ on the Cross was, "Father into thy hands I commit my spirit". In the pre-recording of Tetelestai'', the mining group released the ''Tu Reinas'' album, recorded at the Events Park Padre Cícero, in Juazeiro do Norte.'' The album contains 10 songs, all were written by

Ana Paula Valadão Ana Paula Machado Valadão Bessa (born May 16, 1976) is a Brazilian Christian worship leader, singer-songwriter and pastor. She is the leader of the contemporary praise band Diante do Trono, which has sold more than 15 million worship albums glo ...

, 8 new songs and two re-recordings from previous albums. The recording of the album took place in places like the Tower of David, Golgotha, the Garden of the Empty Tomb and the Mount of Olives. The event was thirteen days long. This is the first disc of the Diante do Trono recorded outside Brazil. This recording captured the hearts of Israel. Several international TV news reported the recording that took place in the Tower of David, for example,

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, which did a story about the event and interviewed Ana Paula Valadão and her husband, Gustavo Bessa. The event's audience had about 500 people, among these 382 people are formed by subscribers in a caravan.

CD track listing

All songs written by

. All songs led by Ana Paula Valadão except where noted.

References

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