A friend passed on to me a must-listen Fresh Air interview with Jason Hamacher, an American punk drummer who went to Syria just before the war to record ancient Sufi and Christian liturgical music.
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 ...
Russian chants (harmonized), and other sacred vocal music; includes hymns for the Feast of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God (Hodegetria), for the Dormition of the most holy Birth-Giver of God, ...
JERUSALEM – After the last tourists leave the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City at nightfall, a little-known but centuries-old tradition unfolds at one of Christianity’s holiest ...
Syrian Culture Minister Mohammed Saleh was criticized this week after a video surfaced showing him at a historic Orthodox church with Islamic chanter Al-Mu’tasim Billah Al-Assali, who performed an ...
And remember: £6 on the day for the best place in the Royal Albert Hall, the Arena, albeit standing, is still one of the very finest bargains for a live event in London.