Emmanuël Nicolaïdes and the Trio Emmanuël

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In the late 1970s, while a student at the (now unfortunately defunct) European Bible Institute (EBI) in Lamorlaye, north of Paris, I came across an album by Trio Emmanuël, with lead singer Emmanuël Nicolaïdes, an alumnus of EBI. I never owned the album (it was part of the record collection at EBI’s small radio studio) and the compact cassette copy I had made for myself unfortunately got lost during one of our many moves, but the songs are so impressed on my mind that today, more than forty years later, I still remember most of the words. Some time ago, to my delight, I came across the songs from that album on YouTube.

Later Emmanuël lived in Canada, and while I never actually met him I briefly corresponded with him a few years ago. Two months ago I found out that he went home to glory about two years ago, after a long illness and Covid-related complications.

So, in memory of Emmanuël Nicolaïdes and Trio Emnanuël, here are the videos I found on YouTube.

Note: Unfortunately I don’t have the words, and my French is not good enough to do a satisfactory transciption, so if anyone out there can help with that, I would appreciate it.

Je chante pour Jésus

Je chante pour Jésus

      

Roc séculaire

Roc séculaire

      

Jésus vint

Jésus vint

      

Quand je contemple

Quand je contemple

      

Rends moi comme Toi

Rends moi comme Toi

      

Tu seras honoré

Tu seras honoré

      

Oh, Jésus m'aime

Oh, Jésus m'aime

      

Un jour dans ma memoire

Un jour dans ma memoire

      

Le Père admirable

Le Père admirable

      

Vers qui se tourner

Vers qui se tourner

      

Jusqu'à la fin

Jusqu'à la fin

      

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