The chant Cherubic Hymn is performed by St Elisabeth Convent's Monastic Choir during their concerts in Great Britain. The Cherubic Hymn is the song of the angels, sung during every Divine Liturgy of the...
...Festival in an informal setting. Voices That Breathe Prayer A concert of church music by the Monastic Choir of St Elisabeth Convent, which will happen in East Cowes, a town on the northern shore of the...
...Orthodox films, and do concerts (there are two amazing professional choirs in the Convent: the Monastic Choir and the Festive Choir where lay Orthodox singers can serve God with their talents).
23 June is the feast day of a Georgian saint, the Holy Confessor Famari Mardzanova, depicted by the Russian painter Pavel Korin in his work "Russia Leaving". Tamara Alexandrovna Mardzhanishvili (Mardzhanova...
Among the host of God’s holy servants who shone upon Russian soil during the great turn from the nineteenth to the twentieth century, Venerable Alexy of Zosima — known in the world as Fyodor...
September 22 is the birthday of Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov), a disciple and biographer of St Silouan the Athonite, founder of the St John the Baptist monastery in the village of Tolleshunt Knights...
This byzantine chant is performed by the Festive Choir. The song of the Most Holy Theotokos is performed at All-night Vigil during the reading of the canon after the 8th Ode. The title Our All-holy, immaculate...
We have long wanted to introduce you to the dedicated souls serving in our monastery's workshops. Today, we are delighted to continue the series, ‘Sacred Obedience’, with a glimpse into our...
The Monastic Tonsure (or Profession) can be seen as the mystical marriage of the soul with the Heavenly Bridegroom, but it also can be seen as a second Baptism, inasmuch as the very ceremony parallels...
This piece belongs to the pen of Georgy Sviridov, a genius Russian composer. He is renowned for his vocal music – romances, cantatas and choir pieces. His masterpiece works are grounded in the Russian...
