Yo yo.

Ubi estis omnes?

@Cerberus Laborabam.

Forsitan aliqui sunt, qui vitam ultra hunc situm habeant.

Salve! Is this Greek or Latin, or both? theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2017/may/10/…

@luchonacho It's Greek in Latin letters! How odd!

@Cerberus So it is basically an literal alphabetic translation, rather than an alphabet + word translation?

@luchonacho I'm not sure what you mean by the latter.

But the words are Greek, except that Latin letters are used.

So it begins with AGIOS, a translitteration of Greek ἍΓΙΟΣ, which means "holy".

That's the Trisagion (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisagion#In_the_Latin_liturgy), which is used in the Latin rite for Good Friday--one of the coolest chants of the year. It's printed in Latin characters in the Liber Usualis.

It's the only other Latin prayer I know besides the Kyrie Eleison (also written in Latin characters)

A recording of the whole chant (called the "Improperia" =Reproaches): youtube.com/watch?v=3hrxAwIrp8U

the Trisagion begins at 38s

@brianpck Ah! Good to know.

*only other Greek prayer in the Latin right

**rite

What does the third line in that picture from luchonacho say? I can only make out ΑΓΙΟΣΟΘΕΟΣ...ΑΓΙΟΣΑΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ.

@ktm5124 Agios ischyros?