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.

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. […]

“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 […]

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.

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 […]

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.