Monty Python and the Holy Grail Modern Trailer

Harmonia Early Music: John Dowland: 450 Years And Counting by Janelle Davis - mp3

Techno Contra?

From the CDSS:

• Putting On "Techno" Contra Dances by Will Loving

Web Extras:

Slide show: Downtown Amherst (MA) series, photos by Will Loving
Video: Firecloud Techno Contra, Amherst, MA, 5/22/13

Video: DJ Improper Techno Contra, Amherst, MA, 8/8/13

New Temple to Be Built?

St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church

Looks like seats in the floor plan - but probably not pews? Still, open space with a few chairs would be better... Are there distinct Serbian schools of iconography?

Coming Up Next Week!

Berkeley Old Time Music Convention

A long 3 days...

Fr. Augustine: Dominican Rite Masses in the California Bay Area (cross-posted at NLM)

I missed this when it was published in August - New Liturgical Movement: Carillon Blessing at Holy Transfiguration Skete BY Jennifer Donnelson. I can understand why some might think that the adoption of the Rule of St. Benedict is a Latinization, since it developed under the Roman rite, but could it not be adopted for use with the Byzantine rite, as an sort of spiritual heir to the Rule of St. Basil?

50th Anniversary of St. Ann Choir

California Catholic Daily: St. Ann Choir of Palo Alto celebrates 50th Anniversary
Gregorian chant and polyphony since 1963

October 6...

Two from Nomocracy in Politics

Clyde Wilson, Derailment of Civil War History
Peter Haworth, West Coast Straussians, Harry Jaffa, Bad Originalism, and Teleocratic Fantasies: Part 1

New Liturgical Movement: From Romania: Ceremony in Honor of the Blessed Vladmir Ghika, Priest and Martyr

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom at the 2013 Napa Institute Conference

Thanks to EWTN.


Celebrants: Rt. Rev. Mitered Protopresbyter Andriy Chirovsky, Fr. David Anderson, Fr. Ted Wroblicky, and Fr. James Bankston, along with Deacon Alex Wroblicky and Deacon Sabatino Carnazzo.


Related:
Fabric of faith: Many wear their religion – literally – on their sleeves

One of my professors once speculated that there wasn't a temptation in Byzantine Christianity to pentecostalism or some other form of 'enthusiasm' because of the richness of its liturgy, along with due attention to role of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

OCN: Recovering the True Spirit
Journeys to Orthodoxy, we meet Barnabas Powell, whose remarkable spiritual journey to Orthodoxy included many years in Pentecostalism as a pastor and ministry leader. After finding the Orthodox Faith, Barnabas served for several years as the Media Director of the Orthodox Christian Network. He's now a priest of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. (mp3)