Awesome. I’m near you. I’m in the foothills of SC too. Raised Baptist now Orthodox. What parish do you go to?

@@downinthecypressswamp2234 Christ the Saviour.

Lord Have mercy 🙏

Welcome, brother!

I'm in Columbia!

I wouldn't mind listening to a Liturgy in the same style here in Eastern Siberia. For God is truly with us and Christ is in our midst. 😊

@@slapwing One day I would like to pilgrimage across the world and hear all sorts of wonderful Divine Liturgies. What places would you recommend going to in your lands?

Glory to Witness the birth of American Orthodoxy

Father, our folks may have be neighbors! I've got family buried in a stretch between McDowell County, WV and Carrol County, VA. It's good to see people from back home being Orthodox.

If you ever visit LA, Saint Sophia is spectacular.

I grew up in West Virginia (Charleston area), and it was a deep interest in Celtic Christianity that led me to Orthodoxy.

Father, I came to visit you one Sunday from Harpers Ferry. Heard about your oil furnace. I hope all has been repaired. God bless you and your people!

All you did was go home. According to legend Saint Rule, also often called Saint Regulus, was a Greek bishop who in 345 fled from Greece to Scotland with some of the bones of Saint Andrew and, on arrival in 347, built a church to venerate St Andrew that later became the focus of what is now the town of St Andrews.

He is risen indeed!

he never existed.

Indeed He is truly risen

Indeed He is truly risen

Very fitting that you point out how Americans are coming to the One True Church, considering that this is a chant about the nations submitting themselves to Christ. :)🙏☦

Deluded. Not sinful.

It happened in Alaska amongst the native Orthodox from the 18th century onwards; Several native languages have had their own translations of the Divine Services for centuries. 20th century Orthodox immigrants to the USA and other American nations, by contrast, very much clung to their old culture rather than baptizing the culture around them to Orthodoxy. The likely reason for this difference is found in that the evangelization of Alaska was a deliberate endeavor by the Russian Orthodox Church with the Tsar's backing, while 20th century Orthodox immigration happened in fits and starts with no real plan of mass evangelization; Rather, communities of orthodox immigrants begged their mother churches back home to bring priests to the New World. The mother churches obliged their faithful, and the initial attempts to make a unified American hierarchy - which continued up 'till the 1930s - ended in failure for varying reasons (ecclesiological disputes, the bolshevik revolution upending the Orthodox world, and moral failings of an archbishop who was supposed to lead an English-speaking autocephalous church sponsored by the Metropolia). A functioning, canonical Orthodox Church in America would not come into existence until 1970, 4 whole decades later. There are other reasons (such as the sheer population size of 20th century America in comparison to 18th century America), but the differing levels of organizational planning is a big one. Now in the 21st century, things have changed, and continue to change for better and for worse. Lord have mercy!

Hi! Not all of our chant is in Appalachia style yet. The Orthodox don't change fast. :) We did sing the Theophany hymn this past week in "Appalachian" though!

Lord willing, this year there will be a Concert featuring some Appalachian style compositions along some other originals.

@@HeatherChristineDavis Would like to hear a recording of that

@@jasonvanboom Sadly, I don't know that a recording exists

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Same for me

"returns" ? Orthodoxy never was Scot or Irish. And god does not exist.

Catholics coping so hard they just start copying Orthodoxy

This is so beautifully done,that it lightens my heart to listen.

Come to The Holy Orthodox Catholic Faith!

@@RosaryWarrior15-bf2nc you'll have to convince me better than that

@FrJohnBrownSJ I have a question: Why do Eastern Catholics use Leavened Bread during the Divine Liturgy if Roman Catholics don't? Is this just a liturgical difference or a real dogmatic difference?

I hope to stand next to all my Orthodox brothers and sisters during the Divine Liturgy in the Hagia Sofia in my life time!!!!

Greetings from Chapin!

Come to Holy Apostles Orthodox Church in West Columbia! -Elliott

@@Bankable2790 wow good to see locals on here. Blessing and love to you! 🙏✝️

@@Bankable2790 I really really want to visit one of the Orthodox churches in my area. But it's still a bit of a ride for me to come. And unfortunately while my wife definitely loves Jesus like I do she has gotten her mind set on going to this silly Evangelical worship mega church in Bush River I do not like at all. I'm someone of an introvert. And that atmosphere is not what I like to experience. I'm just happy she loves the Lord but I've tried explaining Orthodoxy to her and the error of the ways of Protestantism that I see in a loving calm way. It's not all bad but I feel like in my heart Orthodoxy is the most true way to worship. Not with some rock band on stage and a preacher that preaches from a far away location to his congregation. I'm slowly trying to convince her of how beautiful Orthodoxy is. And how just because it's traditional doesn't make it old and dry. That's one thing that bothered me growing up southern Baptist. It was always so dry and bland and made me stray from Christianity for some time. But seeing how the the Orthodox Church serves it's people spiritually on so many levels Protestantism cant truly makes me want to dive into it. Protestantism isnt all bad though just as Orthodoxy isn't always then most magnificent but it's the closest thing I've seen to true communion with God. All denominations have room to grow and improve. I'll keep slowly picking away at her until I convince her even if I have to visit on my own at some point to show her that I'm serious about it. The church she goes to did bring her back to Christ but I feel like it is just a business and I think she would feel so much more fulfilled to be in a true community of righteous worship that has such a long history of traditional worship and community and servitude twords the Lord our God

@ReidHenderson Come and join any time! It’s always a process to bring your family into the church. Many people are in your exact shoes. Honestly most people’s spouses do come around.

Oh my gosh, Ortho-celebrity Jonathan Pageau listened to this! lol

god does not exist.

@@eliseereclus3475 What is your reasoning, out of intrest?

they do not exist.

My understanding is this was inspired by two seminary students from a few years back.

What's the other recording?

Yeah, where do you see more? We want more!

You haven't heard much.

Perhaps your objections toward Orthodoxy are misunderstandings as is often the case when the western mind tries to grasp eastern theology.

@@jeffreyhoward6319 what are some misunderstandings that westerners typically have

@@coleblattner8281 Orthodoxy more often leaves a lot to mystery and tends to be more embracing of paradox. And our doctrines and dogmas are steeped in this attitude and experience.

Lutherans leave doctrines up to mystery where scripture doesn’t give us an answer

@@jeffreyhoward6319 Lutherans also leave some things to mystery, and we are also open to paradox, we just believe in scripture as our only infallible authority.

Lord willing, spring of next year I'll record a whole concert with a better mic and camera.

@@RightGlory can’t wait!!

great news!

glory to a delusion.

@@eliseereclus3475 "Everywhere present and fills all things!" ☦️🕯

Lord willing, soon.

It was a concert. Although, since the concert we have begun to add this arrangement to some services. There should be another Spring concert around Pascha next year that I will work to have better audio and video, Lord willing.

Credits now in the description. We are blessed to have Ilaria as a regular singer at our Parish always, but when she does Appalachian style compositions it produces hot burning tears.

Completely agree. Her voice is very authentically Appalachian.

In the Orthodox Church, EVERYTHING is sung. Beginning to end. Even if we go for hours (as we often do!).

The Orthodox Church sings all of its services in chant. There are different styles: Byzantine, Russian, etc. What they've done here is taken the style of Appalachian music (bluegrass, olde time, etc.) and applied that to chant.

None that I am aware of.

Is it possible to get the sheet music from the person who arranged it? @@RightGlory

Not yet!

It will be on Sound Cloud on RightGlory.com soon. Working on Spotify.

Likely from recording on a cell phone. Will share a better production in the future, Lord willing.

But the Western Rite doesn't use this sort of chant... This is more like Byzantine.

HOWDY!

Greetings!