This looks compelling, wish I were in the Chicago are so I could go. Perhaps one of my 2.6 regular readers is interested?
Lincoln Chamber Productions
presents
A BYZANTINE REQUIEM
Music of the Byzantine Funeral Rite
harmonized by Timothy Woods
Sung by the Ecclesia Choirs
Sunday November 6
4pm
St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church
825 N. Carpenter
Chicago, IL 60622
Sunday November 13
3pm
Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church
14610 S. Will-Cook Rd.
Homer Glen, IL 60491
Sunday November 20
3pm
Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago
5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
For tickets, call 815-806-0066
or click on our "Ticket" page
1 comment:
The Eastern Church's funeral rites are quite possibly the best way to be dead that I know of. The texts are rich, filled with repentence, warning and hope. My favorite is when the departed reminds the mourners that where he/she is now, they will one day be.
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