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Against Liturgical Chaos
In the early centuries of the Russian Orthodox Church, there arose a wild phenomenon called mnogoglasie, which was an attempt to shorten...
May 94 min read
Choral Corner #21: Why are the services a bit different for 40 days after Pascha?
Most great feasts are followed by a short festal period, during which time the rubrics prescribe certain hymns of that feast to be...
Apr 27, 20232 min read
Choral Corner #14: What is Forgiveness Vespers, and why do we sing Paschal music at the end of it?
Forgiveness Vespers is a unique form of Sunday Lenten Vespers served on the Sunday of the Expulsion from Paradise, otherwise known as...
Feb 22, 20232 min read
Choral Corner #10: "Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ" after Holy Communion — why?
At our parish approximately one year ago, we began singing "Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ" and "Shine, shine, O new Jerusalem"...
Jan 25, 20231 min read
Choral Corner #9: Why is “It is Truly Meet” occasionally replaced with another hymn?
At the Divine Liturgy, why does It is Truly Meet occasionally get replaced with something else? At the Divine Liturgy of St. John...
Jan 16, 20232 min read
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