The Akathist Hymn is a Service of the Orthodox Church that invites the ... On the first four Fridays of Lent, we chant the Service of the Salutations to the Theotokos at Small Compline. On the fifth ...

In this magnificent service, the Akathist Hymn is prominent and holds the place of honour. It appears that even before the occasion of the enemy assaults mentioned above, the Akathist Hymn was already ...

The Gospel in the Great Hymns F. R. Webber Christianity Today August 29, 1960 issue View Issue Subscribe Give a Gift Archives Share Share Facebook X WhatsApp Telegram Email Copy Link Gift Article ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Scroll through this page of poetry on the theme of Lent, or click on a title below to jump to that particular poem. My Son, could I have climbed this hill for ...

One of my most respected spiritual mentors once recounted to me her first experience of choosing not to “do” Lent – she was a student, away from home and the strongly enforced parental ...

American Christians can illuminate our country’s politics—if we engage with moral imagination, neighborliness, boldness, and ...

Henry Hart Milman (Hymn "Ride on! Ride on in Majesty ... Andrew of Crete Related: When Is Lent? 13. “Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking ...

Growing up in a rural village in Ireland in the 50s and 60s, religion controlled every aspect of our lives. Times were hard ...

Sunday services during Lent look and sound pretty much the same today at Cincinnati’s St. Peter in Chains Cathedral Basilica as they did when the Downtown church first opened its bronze doors ...

President Ronald Reagan designated August 14 National Navajo Code Talkers Day in honor of the American Indians who joined the Marine Corps in World War II and lent ... Corps Hymn in his native ...

Cissy Houston, the Grammy-winning gospel singer and mother of late pop icon Whitney Houston, died Monday at her New Jersey ...