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 ...

A 15 th century Byzantine icon of the Virgin Mary and the infant Christ at the Cleveland Museum of Art served as an artistic and spiritual muse for Aleksandra Vrebalov. The Serbian-American composer ...

Chanting resonates through a church in the Cypriot resort town of Ayia Napa, darkened but for a few low lights and mobile devices displaying the singers' Byzantine melodies. The UN's cultural agency ...

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 ...

Let's pause to consider the value of Byzantine art and how its music and iconography have such great spiritual significance. Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and ...

For 1,500 years Hagia Sophia has stood in the heart of the city once known as Constantinople, today's Istanbul. The world's largest building at the time of construction, and the world's largest ...

The Byzantine Choral Project (BCP) is a dynamic collaboration between playwright Helen Banner and composer Grace Oberhofer to make theater for women and nonbinary voices. Inspired by the Byzantine ...

This week, Neckface hits LA, last chance to see Shannon Finley’s multilayered abstractions, Byzantine chanting fills the Getty Villa, the first major show to explore the influence of African cultural ...

Chanting resonates through a church in the Cypriot resort town of Ayia Napa, darkened but for a few low lights and mobile devices displaying the singers' Byzantine melodies.