St. Symeon the New Theologian Orthodox Church in Birmingham, Alabama, celebrated its 40th anniversary in October 2017. This video was created by Laura Fecanin and Andrew Ritchey as an introduction to their parish. Voiceover done by St. Symeon parishioner Burt Spence. Videos of recent St. Symeon services and of their choir can be found here. […]
VIDEO: “God is with Us” in Traditional American Hymnody
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.
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 […]
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 […]
VIDEO: What is Wrong with Ideology?
Dr. Donald Livingston is one of the Philip Ludwell III Orthodox Fellowship’s own. Find out more about him here. This lecture is from the 2017 Abbeville Institute Summer School: On Being Southern in an Age of Radicalism.
