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 ...

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 ...

“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and charm and joy to life and to everything.” —Plato With music’s transcendent power, language does ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...