The Rad Trad

A nasty cold retired me from my day job and any productive blogging this past week, but it did give me ample time to resume my reading o...

The day began with traditional Vespers. The antiphons during the psalms alternated between the Annunciation and Holy Friday. After the J...

"The Almighty and merciful God, Whose nature is goodness, Whose will is power, and Whose work is mercy, did, at the very beginning...

Here are today's chants for the Akathist to the Mother of God, the hymn sung in Byzantine parishes on Fridays of Lent to celebrate the ...

The Byzantine tradition dedicates the first four Fridays of Great Lent to anticipating the Annunciation of the Nativity of Christ to the Mo...