Given the fact that the music of the Orthodox Church has seen at least one major change (e.g. the Russian polyphonic harmonies) we can only hope that these guys dressed in read are soon illuminated, and that their music is sanctified and brought into the service of the Church. Do we have any missionaries in Tahiti?
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At the beginning of world, God created the light, the ground and the sky.
God created the bond of the life.
Such a canoe posed on the sea pushed by the wind.
The bond, this umbilical cord of old times, a guide, a sign for times to come.
The bond welds the ground and the sky so that are born peace, wisdom and kindness.
The bond welds the ground and the sky so that is born the life.
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It somewhat remains to be seen whether the sudden and radical introduction of polyphonic harmonization into Russian church music was a beneficial development or even whether it will even last. Znamenny, the authentic, canonical Russian monophonic chant, is seeing something of a revival in Russia, most especially in monasteries.
(Most folks aren't aware that Russian church music as it mainly stands these days is uncanonical.)
Bless me, Father.
I learned it was uncanonical when I took some courses from the U. of Joensuu. They didn't actually say it was uncanonical but when I read the history of Orthodox music it was pretty plain to see the innovation. There has been much innovation in the Church. Let's hope it doesn't get in the way of salvation.
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