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Jul 6, 20232 min read
Choral Corner #29: What is Small Compline?
A note on context: This was originally published shortly after our parish began hosting a monthly social event that begins with Small...
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Choral Corner #28: What is the exclamation before "Holy God" when a hierarch is present?
A note on context: This article was originally published the week following our annual archepiscopal visit, when our hierarch served as a...
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Choral Corner #27: What does "Eis polla eti, Despota" mean?
When a hierarch gives a blessing, the singers (or those standing about, if in a non-liturgical context such as a diocesan assembly or...
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Choral Corner #26: What is the Kneeling Vespers Service?
The Kneeling Vespers of Pentecost is a unique form of Vespers served directly after the Divine Liturgy on Holy Pentecost. As Vespers is...
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