When people in church raise their voices in song, it's like praying, twice. That thinking has been traced to St. Augustine and is the basis of a new program for Lent at Church of Peace United Church ...

Tomorrow is Palm Sunday, the beginning of the Christian observance of Holy Week and the conclusion of the season of Lent. There are a lot of great hymns associated with both Lent and Holy Week. In ...

In the weeks leading up to Easter, or Pascha, as they call it, Orthodox Christians also pay particular attention to Mary, the mother of Christ. Many Orthodox Christians have a special service on the ...

While not as well known as Christmas carols and Christmas music, music during the liturgical season of Lent plays a key role, a priest and musician told Fox News Digital. "Music plays a threefold role ...

SOUTH BEND — Benjamin Stone performs at 7 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church of South Bend, 333 N. Main St. Titled “Bach in Lent,” the concert features works by Johann Sebastian Bach based ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Ave Regina Caelorum is a hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The opening words Hail Queen of Heaven, form one of four Marian antiphons contained in the Liturgy of the House ...

Holy Week Easter book in Greek and English on opposing pages The Akathist Hymn in Greek and English on opposing pages Holy Week Easter Hymnal with Music in Greek and English Essential Books in Greek ...

When members of Broad Street United Methodist Church gather for Ash Wednesday services tonight, they’ll sing Psalm 51 to mark the start of the 40-day Lenten period of reflection and repentance that ...

The Rev. J. Alan McLean was making plans with some fellow ministers several years ago to mark the beginning of Lent in an ecumenical service at South Congregational Church in Hartford. “We were ...

The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles – an order of contemplative nuns who live in a cloister yet repeatedly climb music charts – are set to release an album for Lent later this month. Of the 23 ...

Everyone wants an interview with Stephen Colbert as he preps to take over CBS’s flagship late-night show from retiring David Letterman. Catholic America Media boasted today it “brings you an exclusive ...

Centuries ago in the rolling hills of northeastern Scotland, the sound of harmonized hymns echoing from chapels and cathedrals would mark the season of Lent. Some 500 years later, however, the musical ...