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An All-Night Vigil for St. Richard of Wessex: An Old Saint is Venerated Anew

By Richard Barrett on May 10, 2022
An All-Night Vigil for St. Richard of Wessex: An Old Saint is Venerated Anew

Overview: On the evening of 6 February 2022, Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Somerville, Massachusetts celebrated an All-Night Vigil (full festal Vespers, Orthros, and Divine Liturgy served consecutively) for Saint Richard of Wessex (7 February, +722 A.D.). At the altar were three priests: Rev. Fr. Anthony Tandilyan, proistamenos of Dormition Rev. […]

Posted in Liturgy, Music, News | Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Byzantine Chant, hymnography, Orthodox, richard barrett, Richard of Wessex, saxon, vigil, western orthodox May 11, 2022

Institute of Sacred Arts hosts academic round-table on “Tradition and Innovation in the Arts of the Orthodox Church”

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on March 23, 2022
Institute of Sacred Arts hosts academic round-table on “Tradition and Innovation in the Arts of the Orthodox Church”

  The Institute of Sacred Arts (ISA) at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVS) is currently privileged to have Dr. George Kordis as its inaugural artist in residence for the Spring of this academic year. On Thursday, March 17, a group of distinguished scholars gathered around him at St. Vladimir’s Seminary for an academic round-table […]

Posted in News | Tagged academic, Architecture, discussion, George Kordis, iconography, innovation, Institute of Sacred Arts, marginal psalters, Music, round-table, scholars, St. Vladimir's, Tradition March 23, 2022

The Three-Year Icon Painting Programme for The Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts

By Aidan Hart on March 8, 2022
The Three-Year Icon Painting Programme for The Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts

Editor’s Note: Spaces are currently available in Aidan Hart’s certificate program in icon painting – one of the world’s best opportunities for hands-on study in this field. This post is illustrated with examples of student work from the program, showing the wonderful success achieved by Aidan’s teaching method. As the demand for painted icons has […]

Posted in Iconography, News | Tagged Aidan Hart, certificate, education, iconography, student work, The Prince's School March 8, 2022

Introducing the Orthodox Arts Festival

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on June 25, 2021
Introducing the Orthodox Arts Festival

Although the arts play an inextricable part in the embodiment of Orthodox faith and culture, it is rare, at least in the anglophone world, to find events that draw together artists from a variety of disciplines into a single international event in support of their work. Indeed, the effort and support necessary for the organization […]

Posted in News | Tagged Architecture, arts, awards, Church music, film, Fine Arts, iconography, international event, Literature, online festival, Photography, virtual exhibitions June 25, 2021

Review: Great and Holy Pascha and The Mystic Pascha

By Richard Barrett on June 3, 2021
Review: Great and Holy Pascha and The Mystic Pascha

In a recent panel discussion on music for the Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University, composer Benedict Sheehan made the observation that the publication of musical anthologies tends to solidify and codify generational snapshots of particular traditions, carrying authoritative weight for those who use it as a resource. These anthologies… put on the page […]

Posted in Music, News | Tagged Byzantine Chant, Music, Pascha, repetoire, review, samuel herron, Vladimir Morosan June 3, 2021

Saint Tikhon Choir & Company Release Chart-Topping Album

By Benedict Sheehan on September 9, 2020
Saint Tikhon Choir & Company Release Chart-Topping Album

South Canaan, PA—On August 28, the world-premiere recording of Alexander Kastalsky’s Requiem was released by Naxos Records. The recording—which was made during a live performance in the Washington National Cathedral in October of 2018 in celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the World War I Armistice—features the combined forces of multiple GRAMMY-winning ensembles, including the Cathedral Choral […]

Posted in Music, News | Tagged kastalsky, Kastalsky Requiem, saint tikhon choir September 9, 2020

Introducing the Institute of Sacred Arts at St. Vladimir’s Seminary

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano on March 17, 2020
Introducing the Institute of Sacred Arts at St. Vladimir’s Seminary

  The Holy Liturgy in the Orthodox Church can be said to be the aspiration towards, if not the actualization of, a “complete work of art” – a synthesis of all the arts – whether it be music, painting, mosaic, embroidery, poetry, architecture, sculpture, choreography, rhetoric, etc., at the service of theology and divine worship. […]

Posted in News | Tagged aesthetics, art history, Holy Liturgy, iconography, Master of Arts program, Music, Sacred Arts, St. Vladimir's Seminary, study concentration, Theology March 19, 2020

Orthodox Church Design Featured in The Pennsylvania Gazette

By Andrew Gould on March 10, 2020
Orthodox Church Design Featured in The Pennsylvania Gazette

My design work for Orthodox Churches has been featured in an article in The Pennsylvania Gazette, the magazine of University of Pennsylvania (my alma mater). It includes an interview discussing how I came to my vocation and my philosophy of traditional church design, followed by a lengthy excerpt from the book Charleston Fancy. I am […]

Posted in Architecture, News | Tagged Andrew Gould, Architecture, Byzantine, Pennsylvania Gazette March 19, 2020

Andrew Gould Featured in New Book and New Website

By editorial staff on November 18, 2019
Andrew Gould Featured in New Book and New Website

Andrew Gould, founder of the Orthodox Arts Journal, has been featured in a new work by popular architectural writer Witold Rybczynski. The author of over twenty bestselling books, Rybczynski’s latest work is called Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City. The book is a history of Charleston architecture, told through the […]

Posted in Architecture, News | Tagged Andrew Gould, Architecture, Charleston, charleston fancy, witold rybczynski November 18, 2019

Worship in the Workshop: Providing Opportunities to Raise the Bar

By Richard Barrett on September 20, 2019
Worship in the Workshop: Providing Opportunities to Raise the Bar

The joke is at times heard that in the chapels of some of our seminaries, they “don’t worship but workshop.” The sense of this witticism is that what happens in their services is experimentation with rubrics, texts, service order, with an impulse towards “reform.” Over the course of this last summer, however, I was blessed […]

Posted in Music, News | Tagged Byzantine Chant, chant, Greek Orthodox, john michael boyer, liturgical arts academy, Music, richard barrett, workshop September 23, 2019
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