So I woke up today and was idly listening to a conglomeration of Russian Orthodox musical pieces on YouTube when I heard what I thought was our Vladyka Peter from Chicago chanting the dismissal in the clip being played. Lo and behold, when I look at the video clip itself who do I see? Patriarch Alexey! Talk about weird :-). I don't know if that ( Read more... )

There is beauty in the world again :-)! The Umm Koulthoum Egyptian Orchestra performed earlier tonight at the Detroit Opera House and it was stunningly beautiful. They're a national orchestra in Egypt dedicated to playing traditional Arab music in a more contemporary manner (which when it was formed meant with more European-style Classical ( Read more... )

We live in a very strange world. I was just looking at pictures from a wedding of an acquaintance of mine and I really don't understand. It's kind of hypocritical of me all things considered, but I really don't get it. Anyway ( Read more... )