The hymn, to be used during the celebrations
of the Jubilee Year in the Holy Land,
has been composed by Fr. Armando Pierucci ofm

Fr. Armando Pierucci, a Franciscan, studied music in Rome, Naples and Pesaro, Italy. He is a graduate in Gregorian Chant, Pianoforte, Choral Music, Organ playing and Organ composition. Amongst his composition professors he proudly mentions Mro. Vincenzo Donato (a student of Respighi) and Mro. Argenzio Jorio. He was an Organ professor at the G. Rossini Music Conservatory of Pesaro. Today many of his past students teach music in various Italian Music Conservatories.

For the past nine years he has been the organist of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Besides publishing various didactic books he has many compositions to his credit namely for choir, harp, recorder, organ and brass. Since his arrival in the Holy Land he has composed sacred music for liturgical purposes: Masses in Latin and Arabic, accompaniment for religious hyms (the Franciscan Printing Press has published his Hymnal containing the 600 hymns being used by the Latin Patriarchate). A Via Crucis in Russian for organ, choir and four soloists, is being recorded on a CD by a Choir from Latvia and is due in April 1997.

P. Armando Pierucci, francescano, ha studiato musica a Roma, Napoli e Pesaro; e' diplomato in Canto Gregoriano, pianoforte, Musica corale, Organo e Composizione Organistica. Tra i suoi insegnanti di Composizione ricorda con venerazione i Maestri Vincenzo di Donato (gia' allievo di Respighi) e Argenzio Jorio. Ha insegnao Orhano principale al Conservatorio di Musica G. Rossini" di Pesaro. Vari suoi allievi insegnano ora in conservatori italiani.

Da 9 anni e' organista al S. Sepolcro di Gerusalemme. Oltre a libri di didattica, ha composto musiche per coro, arpa, recorder, organo, ottoni. In Terra Santa ha composto molta musica sacra per le necessita' liturgiche: Messe in latino e in arabo, accompagnamenti per canti religiosi (la Franciscan Printing Press) ha pubblicato il suo Hymnal, l'armonizzazione di 600 canti in uso presso il patriarcato latino). Una sua Via Crucis, in russo, per 4 solisti, coro e organo viene incisa in CD nell'Aprile 1997 da un coro di Latvia.