"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 ...

A couple of summers ago, I was participating in a regional choir federation’s convention. I was there to teach a workshop on Byzantine chant, but I was also singing in the convention choir. The Sunday ...

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Dr. Alexander Lingas, founder and music director of Cappella Romana, will lead the Byzantine Chant Ensemble in the Coronation at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, 6 May 2023. Buckingham Palace recently ...

The newly established Byzantine Music School of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Australia officially opens on February 24, 2020 in Melbourne and will gradually expand to other Australian cities. The ...

When Alexander Lingas moved to San Francisco in 1990, the Greek Orthodox cathedral where he'd just been appointed associate cantor lay in ruins, devastated by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Lingas ...

Do you think Easter has already passed this year? Not quite. For about 300 million Eastern Orthodox Christians around the globe, Easter is actually today, April 15th. From Jerusalem to Athens, ...