NEW YORK — On the feast of the Transfiguration in 1994, then-seminarian Elias Rafaj made the journey to visit the monastic village of Ormylia in Greece, home to the largest women’s monastery in the ...

From outside the doors of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, the baritone voice of John Michael Boyer can be heard. Inside the church, Boyer is standing just to the right of the church’s icon ...

Bogotá (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Byzantine chant (see video below) is an ancient tradition of liturgical music, and now one of the 42 cultural traditions and practices, 15 from Asia, added to the ...

Ayia Napa (Cyprus) (AFP) – Chanting resonates through a church in the Cypriot resort town of Ayia Napa, darkened but for a few low lights and mobile devices displaying the singers' Byzantine melodies.

Mt Athos is a mountain rising about 2000 metres above sea level and it's also a peninsula jutting 50 kms into the blue Aegean Sea in north-eastern Greece. But most importantly Mt Athos is a ...

As a living art over 2000 years old, the Byzantine chart is a significant cultural tradition and music system belonging to the musical traditions originating in the Byzantine Empire. Focused on ...

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"This music aims to touch people's souls," said Thomas Anastasiou, 35, a Greek Cypriot chanter from a nearby district. "Singing with people around us is something very important for us." The UN's ...