A friend passed on to me a must-listen Fresh Air interview with Jason Hamacher, an American punk drummer who went to Syria just before the war to record ancient Sufi and Christian liturgical music.

The Beatles sang it, the Benedictine monks took it to the best-sellers’ list. Hey Jude and the Gregorian chants were literally refreshing music to the ears when they first appeared. But for the first ...

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: This weekend of Easter Sunday (April 12) for Western Christians we have a profile coming up of an inspiring Christian musician. We also have a “Belief and Practice” segment on ...

The images continue to pour out of Kiev. Right now there are flames rising high over the lovely public squares I first visited in 2009, while speaking at a Ukrainian conference on religion and the ...

Romanian Orthodox chant creates a haunting sound using vocal techniques that have been passed down through centuries of sacred music. A vocal coach breaks down how sustained bass drones, staggered ...

“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and charm and joy to life and to everything.” —Plato With music’s transcendent power, language does ...

NEW YORK — On the feast of the Transfiguration in 1994, then-seminarian Elias Rafaj made the journey to visit the monastic village of Ormylia in Greece, home to the largest women’s monastery in the ...

From outside the doors of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, the baritone voice of John Michael Boyer can be heard. Inside the church, Boyer is standing just to the right of the church’s icon ...

This ancient chant has been sung by Christians since at least the 6th century. We are entering the fourth week of Easter, and what better way to keep the celebration fresh than with ancient hymns.

Tudor and Adrian’s first video reached 2.6 million views on TikTok. However, this isn’t just another staged performance of a trendy dance or an iteration of some social media trend. It’s two friends ...

A moment as mysterious as the sacred idea it celebrates – the crucified Christ’s decent into Hades before his resurrection – arrived Saturday morning at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in a ...