In a society consumed by polarization, the Church is called to be a countercultural witness to Jesus’ prayer for unity and ...

© Photo provided by St. George Greek Orthodox Church, New Castle, PA and used with permission. "Rejoice, unfading rose. Rejoice, the only one who budded forth the ...

Here are seven hymns that are relevant to the themes of Veterans Day, such as the desire for peace and the importance of ...

The Akathist Hymn is a Service of the Orthodox Church that invites the ... Holy Week, in its yearly and faithful enactment, teaches us that Christ' love for us could not be crushed. The message which ...

In an Oct. 24 decree, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight listed a dozen commonly used but “doctrinally problematic” Catholic songs that ...

This hymn can also be very suitable at a funeral as the words tell of Christ’s death and resurrection. This ever popular hymn was written in 1963 by Sydney Carter, who also arranged the American ...

This hymn has often been used at baptisms – it reminds us to follow Christ and have the courage to be with Him. Taken from Pilgrim’s Progress, this hymn recalls words from the book of Hebrews.

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, had listed a dozen contemporary hymns to be “forbidden” ...

and of assessing hymns according to pastoral, doctrinal, aesthetic and liturgical criteria. An important part of the ...

The community is invited to come and sing songs of Thanksgiving on Sunday, Nov. 17, at 6:30 p.m. at “Evensong” hosted by the Unity Church at Greenfield, ...

Luke records songs of Mary, Zechariah, and Simeon in his narrative of Christ’s birth. We know that singing was part of the Apostles’ lives; Matthew 26:30 tells us they sang a hymn after the ...