The word "akathistos" means "not sitting," i.e., standing; normally all participants stand while it is being prayed. The hymn is comprised of 24 stanzas, arranged in an acrostic following the Greek ...

No matter the season, these classic Christmas hymns will spread the holiday spirit far and wide. William Chatterton Dix penned the lyrics to “What Child Is This” in 1865, but the carol's melod ...

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world. After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva ...

It is a canvas where emotions, ideas, and beauty are expressed without the need for words. Hymns, with their lyrical simplicity and harmonic structures, are a testament to the power of art in music.

The Rev. Bethany P. Wood, retired United Methodist minister, has chosen the theme “The Abundance of God’s Love” for the ...

Every morning as I drive my kids to school, I see caravans of FEMA trucks being escorted up the mountain by local police ...

It’s an admittedly minor wrinkle in the mass derangement building up to the 2024 election, but future historians will be at a ...

The Ugandan national anthem was amended just two months after independence following a complaint from the Church that it was ...

Jayde Dorsey's soulful voice may have earned her a spot in Inauguration Day festivities in Washington. It's already inspiring ...

The opera singer Davóne Tines visits a re-creation of his rural childhood home at the Cooper Hewitt, where he’ll perform with ...

Coldplay's "Hymn for the Weekend," from their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams in 2015, was shot in India. According to The Times of India, the Hymn for the Weekend music video was ...