Choral Corner #35: Why doesn't our choir sing famous Orthodox concert music?
Choral masterpieces such as Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-night Vigil are undeniably gorgeous, and can play an important evangelistic role in...
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Choral Corner #34: In the Holy Anaphora, what does "Sabaoth" mean?
The Scriptural source of this text, called the Sanctus in western Christianity, is the majestic vision recorded in Isaiah 6, in which...
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Choral Corner #33: An Anaphora fun fact!
Immediately before the choir sings "Holy, Holy, Holy Lord of Sabaoth! Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory," the priest chants the...
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Choral Corner #32: Why are some troparia & kontakia virtually identical?
Certain saints and commemorated events have more unique hymnography than others, determined largely by their prominence on the liturgical...
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Choral Corner #31: Do some saints have multiple troparia/kontakia, and if so, why?
Most saints have a single troparion and kontakion (which, by the way, autocorrect insists on rendering as "contagion". Alrighty then.)....
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Choral Corner #30: About the ending of the Lord's Prayer — "evil one" or just "evil"?
In most American Orthodox parishes, the Lord's Prayer concludes with the phrase, "...but deliver us from the evil one." However, we...
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