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Orthodox Chanting

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: This weekend of Easter Sunday (April 12) for Western Christians we have a profile coming up of an inspiring Christian musician. We also have a “Belief and Practice” segment on ...
The Baltimore Sun

Orthodox Easter arrives, with bells, chants and rose petals

A moment as mysterious as the sacred idea it celebrates – the crucified Christ’s decent into Hades before his resurrection – arrived Saturday morning at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in a ...
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Let Byzantines be Byzantines in the spiritual sense

Anyone who has been to a Greek or Russian Orthodox Church service will remember the mystical, monophonic chanting of the unaccompanied male choirs, a low, droning chant with an occasional free-form ...
NPR

For Many Orthodox, Christmas Is Just Beginning

You have packed up those Christmas decorations, but for many Orthodox Christians, the celebrations are just getting started. Guest host Celeste Headlee speaks with Father Daniel Habib, a Coptic ...
Gramophone

(The) Powers of Heaven - Orthodox Chant

(The) Hymn of the Cherubim No. 7 Dmitry Stepanovich Bortnyansky, Composer Paul Hillier, Conductor Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Sacred Concertos, Movements: No. 24, I will lift up mine eyes unto ...
NPR

Greek Orthodox Easter In A Time Of Austerity

At midnight Saturday, Greek Orthodox Christians will celebrate Easter and the resurrection of Christ. Reporter Joanna Kakissis sends us this postcard from Athens and the inner-city cathedral of Saint ...
PBS

Orthodox Chanting

The Orthodox liturgy is completely sung, and draws on Middle Eastern influences. “The Orthodox Church is unique in modern times, having a completely sung liturgy. Everything is sung from the very ...