The word "akathistos" means "not sitting," i.e., standing; normally all participants stand while it is being prayed. The hymn is comprised of 24 stanzas, arranged in an acrostic following the Greek ...

No matter the season, these classic Christmas hymns will spread the holiday spirit far and wide. William Chatterton Dix penned the lyrics to “What Child Is This” in 1865, but the carol's melod ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - A festival that has been celebrated for three decades is making its return. A 100-voice choir ...

Dr. Michael Burkhardt will serve as the guest organist and director. He will lead the singing of hymns linked to readings, ...

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” — I Peter 5 ...

It is a canvas where emotions, ideas, and beauty are expressed without the need for words. Hymns, with their lyrical simplicity and harmonic structures, are a testament to the power of art in music.

The song’s singable, soaring melody, simple four-verse form, and lyrics that reflect on the life, death, and resurrection of Christ have made it the model modern hymn. “The Gettys don’t ...

Once again, we are hearing government request more local value-addition to local minerals and metals. In fact, Africa, as a ...

It’s an admittedly minor wrinkle in the mass derangement building up to the 2024 election, but future historians will be at a ...

Four times a year, the fashion data service Lyst releases its quarterly Index, a ranking of the planet’s most popular ...

The pontiff reflected on his own memories of playing soccer as a child in Argentina. Francis also described sports as an experience of the “sense of fraternity,” because friends would play “knowing ...