BELOVED BROTHER IN CHRIST

Music can convey the sentiments of the human soul and spiritual feelings that words cannot describe”. “To understand a people, you have to listen to its music”, this is the patriarch of Moscow’s belief: “And by this I mean not only the Orthodox liturgical music, some of the best works of which will be played today, but also works written by Russian composers for the concert halls”. “Over the years of the persecution of the Church and the predominance of state atheism, when the majority of the population had no access to church music – the Orthodox leader narrated –, these works, along with the masterpieces of Russian literature and the figurative arts, helped spread the evangelical announcement, proposing to the lay world ideals of great moral and spiritual standing”.

© SIR - may, 20th 2010

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