All those foreign terms! Most every year I have the opportunity to teach a class or two to inquirers or to the faithful regarding church music. I …
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Music at St. Nicholas Church, Part 2
See Music at St. Nicholas, Part 1 When reading about Orthodox services, say in a church news article, it will often say, “The responses were sung by” …
Music at St. Nicholas Church, Part 1
We’re surrounded by music. It’s everywhere. Most of our radio stations exist to play music. Our parks feature summertime free concerts most nights of …
Spiritual Contemplation Sessions Scheduled
After 6 p.m. vespers Thursdays, July 11, 18, 25, 2013. The St. Nicholas Fellowship of New Skete has scheduled a three-session series titled "Bridges …
St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose (back middle right) was a bishop in fourth-century Milan and is the bishop who baptized Blessed Augustine. Ambrose is in the choir …
St. Cecilia
St. Cecilia, an early Christian martyr and patroness of music, continues the theme of flame and praise in the upper far-left medallion. The scene …
The Theotokos
The center medallion presents our final biblical saint, Mary, called the Theotokos (“God-bearer”), the ever-virgin Mother of the Lord. When Mary, …
The Three Holy Youths
The Three Holy Youths, in the top right medallion, are Shadrach, Meshach and Abendego, among the Hebrews sent into Babylonian captivity. Because of …
Simeon the Elder
Simeon the elder (on the left hand of Zachariah) carried the infant Christ in his arms at the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. In the canticle’s …
Zachariah, Father of John the Baptist
Zachariah (left front middle) is the father of John the Baptist and Forerunner, and his canticles appears in the Gospel of St. Luke. Zachariah’s …