tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306624289399495485.post7317455850988616631..comments2022-01-03T19:57:47.657-06:00Comments on Θησαυρος της εκκλησιας (Treasures of the Church): The Exceeding Beauty of CreationBrandon P. Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890809467464256151noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306624289399495485.post-74110362928065365172014-03-06T12:29:09.490-06:002014-03-06T12:29:09.490-06:00Thank you for visiting me as well! I'm joyful...Thank you for visiting me as well! I'm joyful that you are aware of both lungs of the Church. If you are interested in music from the East, two great contemporary works are the Kanon Pokajanen [the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete in Church Slavonic] by Estonian Orthodox composer Arvo Pärt and the Akathist of Thanksgiving [a hymn written by a Russian priest who died in a prison camp in 1940] by the late John Tavener, a Greek Orthodox composer from England.<br /><br />If you have any questions about the East, please don't hesitate to ask, as I love to teach others about the Faith in all its aspects. Glory to Jesus Christ! [And the Byzantine response is "Glory forever!"]Brandon P. Ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890809467464256151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306624289399495485.post-46254601331154452872014-03-05T17:29:13.382-06:002014-03-05T17:29:13.382-06:00Thank you for this post. Although I am a Latin Rit...Thank you for this post. Although I am a Latin Rite Catholic and attend the Extraordinary Form almost exclusively, in recent years I am drawn toward our Eastern Rites. The liturgies and prayers are quiet powerful, and right now I am puttering around with the Fathers of the Church, with special interest in those of the East. What started me on all this some years ago were the compositions of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff written for the Russian Orthodox Church, and reading the translations of the prayers. I'll be checking out some of the blogs on your sidebar because I just can't get enough of everything related to the Church in general and our early Fathers. Thanks for visiting my site so that I could find you.Barbara Schoenebergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16951360211636509133noreply@blogger.com