Sacred Music of the Carpathian Mountains
Fairfax, VA – Eastern Christian Publications and Orientale Lumen TeleVision announce a concert tour named “Let the Heavens Rejoice: Sacred Music of the Carpathian Mountains” scheduled for September 15 through October 12, 2008 in 25 Byzantine Catholic parishes throughout the Northeastern and Midwestern US. This concert tour will be performed by the seminary choir from the Blessed Theodore Romzha Theological Academy in Uzhorod, Ukraine.
It will include selections in Church Slavonic from the Divine Liturgy, Vespers and Panachida service along with Marian, Eucharistic, Lenten, Paschal and Christmas Hymns. Most of the songs will be sung in the “plain chant” (prostopinije) style of music from the Carpathian Mountains, including many familiar melodies, but also some that may not have been heard before in the US.
The Council of Hierarchs of Byzantine Catholic Metropolia of Pittsburgh has given their blessing and support for this special project in a letter from Metropolitan Basil Schott in which he states: “the performances in our parishes will entertain and inspire all who attend.”
The concerts will be free and open to the public, but a free will donation of $10.00 (or more) per person will be suggested to cover the traveling expenses of the choir. Net proceeds from the concert tour will be sent directly to support the seminary in Uzhorod. Audio and video recordings of the choir will be available for purchase during the concerts.
A Divine Liturgy in Church Slavonic will also be scheduled at the Pittsburgh, Parma and Passaic Byzantine Catholic Cathedrals on the Sundays during the tour. Please see the schedule below for dates and locations of the concerts.
For further information, contact each parish for details for that location, call the concert tour office at 703-691-8862. You can also view the concert tour website www.SeminaryConcertTour.com or send an email to