The undulating, ethereal vocalizations of a choir of men chanting melodies in Greek seem to transcend space and time, sweeping back the veil separating Heaven and Earth. It could have be ...

From outside the doors of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, the baritone voice of John Michael Boyer can be heard. Inside the church, Boyer is standing just to the right of the church’s icon ...

An Orthodox Jewish man was subjected to chants of “I’ve got a foreskin, haven’t you f—ing Jew” while on an airplane. The video of the chant was posted to social media on November 4; according to The ...

“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and charm and joy to life and to everything.” —Plato With music’s transcendent power, language does ...

When Alyza Lewin became a bat mitzvah in 1977, the fact that she had a ritual ceremony at all was still relatively revolutionary in Orthodox circles. But she took the rite of passage a step further, ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Orthodox Christians packed churches on Friday evening for Christmas Eve services, a holiday darkened for many by the conflict raging between Orthodox neighbors Russia and Ukraine.

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men packed the entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday, protesting government plans to draft them into the military. Chanting and waving signs saying they would rather go ...