The 2009 Alexander Men Conference in New York: New Models
of Christian Witness, concluded on the evening of August 9
with an Evening of the Arts hosted by Union Theological
Seminary. Photography by Boris Pitel.
please click here.
Before the program begins, in the garden/ on left
Fr Plekon Bishop Seraphim, Fr John Bostwick.
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Nora Marks Dauenhauer poet from Alaska, Seminarian John and
Mandy Frazier
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Bishop Seraphim
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Andrey Cherniak remembers Fr Alexander Men, his delicate thought
and pastoral care.
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Actor and author Richard Stearne reads 'Moonlight' by De Mauppasant
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Singer Dana Talley spoke on Fr Men and the arts and introduced
a new setting of Fr Men's 'Prayer of Christ's Disciples.'
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Natasha Lutov sang from Handel's messiah
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Poet Nora Marks Dauenhauer
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Theologian Fr. Michael Plekon speaks on the gifts we receive
from Fr Men's last lecture as indications for the future.
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Richard Dauenhauer reads from his poetry
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Robert Aberdeen performs stage magic
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Frank Purcell reads from Newman
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The evening was enjoyed!
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All in all in three hours which passed quickly indeed, concluding
with the showing of a series of paintings by Lilya Ratner,
A kaleidoscope of feeling and intuition and art... offered
together in witness to the memory of Fr Men and in looking to
the Christian future...
Peter Von Berg declaims Thomas A Becket's speech from
Murder in the Cathedral.
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