The Facebook community Orthodox Christian Chants shared this video in November 2017: “Here’s something a little bit different, a rendition of the Orthodox hymn ‘God is With Us’ chanted in an Appalachian Bluegrass (Traditional American Hymnody) style.” Sung by Erik Potter and Evan Michael.
PODCAST: That’s Not Very Texan
Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship co-founder Fr. John Whiteford talks about Orthodoxy and culture through the history of Saints Constantine & Helen Serbian Orthodox Church, which was established in Galveston, Texas, in 1895, and is still a thriving parish today. Sermon originally published in June 2017 at St. Jonah Orthodox Church.
PODCAST: The Older Religiousness of the South
Samuel C. Smith holds a Ph.D in American History from the University of South Carolina. He is an Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Graduate Program at Liberty University. This lecture is from the Abbeville Institute’s 2013 Summer School: Understanding the South and the Southern Tradition.
VIDEO: “Christ is Risen” by Uleymafolk
The Russian choral group Uleymafolk performs “The Paschal Troparion” as written by Vladimir Morosan, a Russian-American expert on Orthodox music and president of Musica Russica, a publishing house specializing in Russian sacred choral music, which explains that “the present setting of ‘The Paschal Troparion’ took shape in this composer’s mind, based on a pentatonic scale […]
VIDEO: WV Orthodox Sing Shape-Note Hymns
The combined choir of West Virginia’s Christ the Savior Orthodox Church and Holy Cross Monastery practices three songs for their “An “Appalachian Christmas” performance, which took place in December 2019. Here they sing the shape-note carols “Sherburne,” “Bozrah,” and “Oxford.”
VIDEO: “It Is Truly Meet” Appalachian-style
Originally published May 9, 2016, at OrthoCuban.com. No, there is no such thing as the Appalachian Orthodox Church. However, there are people that have considered what an Orthodox hymn would sound like that follows the tonal rules but has Appalachian harmonies. About a year ago, I posted a “Christ is Risen” sung to those harmonies. […]
VIDEO: Orthodox in Dixie
“Orthodox in Dixie” is a documentary about the Eastern American Diocesan parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in South Carolina. The film is a production of the Media Office of the Eastern American Diocese – written, narrated, and produced by Reader Peter Lukianov, together with Executive Producer Reader Gregory Levitsky. “Orthodox in […]
PODCAST: A Yankee in Rebel Clothing – The Fundamentalist Movement in the South
Samuel C. Smith holds a Ph.D in American History from the University of South Carolina. He is an Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Graduate Program at Liberty University. Recorded by the Abbeville Institute’s 2013 Summer School: Understanding the South and the Southern Tradition.
PODCAST: Southern Manners
Dr. Bill Wilson is a distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. In this lecture, he discusses “Southern Manners” at the 2015 Abbeville Institute Summer School.
What Makes Southern Manners Peculiar?
By Ward S. Allen Southerners live in the 18th century. This common charge is not altogether false, since the peculiar habits, customs, and meanings of words found often in the American South are found also in 18th century English authors. Such a word is manners. Most English-speaking people and some Southerners use the word now […]
