This week The Chanter's Stand features the group Eikona. This group consists of three sisters who grew up in Denver, Colorado, attending Assumption Greek Orthodox Cathedral. While we are created in the image of God, it is the patient and consistent striving throughout life that brings us closer and closer to Christ, to make our lives a witness and true image of God. The group chose the name, Eikona, in order to set before them the goal of growing in the Image of the Living God through their music.
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The most widely attended service of the year, it is filled with hymns of exhortation and joyful praise, announcing the good news of Christ's Resurrection.
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The Akathist Hymn is a Service of the Orthodox Church that invites the faithful to rejoice in the unique and sublime role the Virgin Mary played in the salvation of mankind.
This week on The Chanter’s Stand, Archbishop Demetrios describes the characteristics of Byzantine music that acts as a background to project the theological text of the hymns.
This week The Chanter’s Stand features the group Eikona. This group consists of three sisters who grew up in Denver, Colorado, attending Assumption Greek Orthodox Cathedral. While we are created in the image of God, it is the patient and consistent striving throughout life that brings us closer and closer to Christ, to make our lives a witness and true image of God. The group chose the name, Eikona, in order to set before them the goal of growing in the Image of the Living God through their music. Click below to listen:
This week on the Chanter’s Stand, Maria Dikeakos interviews Dr. Nicholas Giannoukakis, Coordinator of the Byzantine Music Workshop, Director of the Byzantine Choir and Protopsaltis, Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Click below to listen:
This week on The Chanter’s Stand podcast, Maria Dikeakos interviews Hieromonk Fr. Seraphim Dedes, formerly of Saint Gregory Palamas Monastery in Mansfield, Ohio. The Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Gregory Palamas, with the help of Fr. Seraphim Dedes, offers a wonderful teaching tool for friends of Byzantine Chant wishing to utilize modern English translations of Byzantine music. Fr. Seraphim Dedes is currently a priest at the St. Nektarios Church in Charlotte, N.C. Click below to listen:
On The Chanter’s Stand, Kevi Koulouris and her Sunday School students. Are our children studying Byzantine music? Are their interests being sparked? Maria Dikeakos interviews Kevi Koulouris and her four 8th grade Sunday School students to discuss one possible innovative way to introduce and explore the world of Byzantine music. Students offer their teenage perspective and discuss their concerns. Click below to listen:
On The Chanter’s Stand, Stan and Nancy Takis will continue their discussion on the intricacies of Byzantine notation and how it differs from other notation styles. Click below to listen:
On The Chanter’s Stand, our new podcast on Byzantine chant produced in association with Axion Estin, Stan and Nancy Takis discuss the intricacies of Byzantine notation and how it differs from other notation styles. Click below to listen:
On The Chanter’s Stand, our new podcast on Byzantine chant produced in association with Axion Estin, Jessica Suchy-Pilalis will be a guest on the podcast. Click below to listen:
On The Chanter’s Stand, our new podcast on Byzantine chant produced in association with Axion Estin, Jessica Suchy-Pilalis will be a guest on the podcast.