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The famous nineteenth-century Russian spiritual writer Ignatius (Bryanchanninov), after visiting the ancient monastery on Valaam island, wrote thus on the monastic service of Znamenny chant: The tones of this chant are majestic, protracted+ they represent the groans of the repentant soul, sighing in its land of exile for the blessed, desired land of eternal joy, the enjoyment of the pure and holy+ These tones are first drawn out in lamentation, longingly, like the desert wind, then they...