In this video, I interview Benedict Sheehan and his wife Talia-Maria. Benedict is well known by OAJ readers as a composer and the music director at St-Tikhon’s Seminary. He has been quite active in the world of Orthodox music and recently celebrated for his composition of a Divine Liturgy. In the last few months, what […]
(Editor’s note: We are excited to announce that Nicholas Kotar, who has written a few great pieces for OAJ, has recently published his first novel. Here is a version of his press release.) Orthodox Writer writes a fantasy novel inspired by Russian fairy tales and the Lives of the Saints. Discouraged by the lack […]
Editor’s Note: Though the following is not directly related to the traditional liturgical arts of the Orthodox Church, it is important to highlight the efforts of those who borrow from the art within the Church in order to influence and engage contemporary culture without. What Nicholas Kotar and his colleagues are doing is cultural missionary […]
For those who were inspired by Conquering Time’s creative mission (described in detail here and here ), you may be interested to know that there is a new performance of “Two Paths Diverged at the Wood”, a creative retelling of the life of the Good Thief, being presented on Sunday February 17 at the Maliotis […]
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “The Creation of a Christian Culture” In part one of this article, I tried to establish the importance (and difficulty) of introducing the liturgical art forms into a secular space, in order to help those outside the Church to have a genuine experience of that otherworldliness […]
This is post 1 of 2 in the series “The Creation of a Christian Culture” “Christianity has a great calling, which many do not ever realize. This purpose can be defined as the creation of a Christian culture.” – Ivan Ilyin Of all the great callings that Christians are reminded of on a daily basis, […]