Benedict Sheehan is an award-winning musician, honored for his Akathist, Vespers, and Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. His recently composed Ukrainian War Requiem, commissioned by the Axios Men’s Ensemble of Edmonton, premiered in Canada in 2024 along with singers from Pro Coro Canada and soprano Yuliia Zasimova from L’viv, Ukraine. Sheehan’s composition is a unique... The post Benedict Sheehan’s Ukrainian War Requiem: A Review appeared first on Public Orthodoxy.| Public Orthodoxy
In my last letter, I shared my thoughts on how a secularist distinction between “ethnicity” (something “of the body”) and “religion” (something “of the mind”) disrupts liturgical kinship in the Syriac Orthodox tradition. Kinship, as I understand it, is the set of relations that makes us who we are. The post On Not Understanding the Words appeared first on Public Orthodoxy.| Public Orthodoxy
Considering the power of her spiritual presence and the efficacy of her prayer-life which undergirds much of Orthodox theology, descriptions of the Mother of God the Holy Theotokos, and images of her from the early centuries after Christ, can seem rather precious sparse. As Vladimir Lossky tells us: “The mystery of the Mother of God... The post Gazing at the Theotokos appeared first on Public Orthodoxy.| Public Orthodoxy