Tag: byzantine

Capella Romana in London, May 14-15 2013

Cappella Romana, the world’s leading early music vocal ensemble for the broad exploration of music of the Eastern Orthodox traditions, returns to London for the first time since 2009 when it was…

The Beginning of Julian Great Lent

A Blessed and Holy Lenten Fast to all our friends, brothers and sisters keeping Byzantine Lent in the Julian Calendar

Newly elected Pope Francis “knows our Church” – Patriarch Sviatoslav

http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/51592/ The Religious Information Service of Ukraine reports, 13 March 2013, RISU correspondent in Rome Oksana Shkodziska took the commentary of Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk about newly elected Pope Francis I. “I would…

Martorana: Palermo’s Byzantine Jewel

by OCP on February 20, 2011 Examples of Greek Orthodox culture can still be found in Palermo, Sicily at the Santo Maria dell’Ammriaglio, (Santa Maria of the Admiral), the Martorana, which features…