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 […]
VIDEO: Awake For the Living – Lee and the “Feeling of Loyalty”
The late Aaron Wolf was Executive Editor of Chronicles Magazine. This lecture is from the Abbeville Institute’s February 2018 Scholars Conference in Charleston, SC: Attacking Confederate Monuments and Its Meaning for America.
VIDEO: How to be Happily Unreconstructed in a World Gone Crazy
Ben “Cooter” Jones is an American actor, politician, playwright and essayist, best known for his role as Cooter Davenport in The Dukes of Hazzard. Jones also served for four years in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1989 to January 3, 1993. This lecture is from the Abbeville Institute’s February 2018 Scholars Conference […]
PODCAST: From Bluegrass to the Beatitudes – An Interview with Graham Sparkman
Originally published on Ancient Faith Radio, Nov. 8, 2017, Bobby Maddex interviews Graham Sparkman, a fifth-generation bluegrass-Mountain musician who now finds himself on the path into the Orthodox Church. Graham is here to talk about his new, unique, and frankly gorgeous CD titled “Lestovka,” available now iTunes and cdbaby.
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