There’s a perennial debate that arises at the end of every year when December and the beginning of Advent roll around. It’s one that leaves all of the people who have started humming carols under ...
At the beginning of the Christmas Eve service at Lititz Moravian Church, the congregation is cloaked in darkness as it begins to sing “Stille Nacht” — the German version of “Silent Night.” “It’s so ...
Popular British composer-conductor Sir John Rutter shares the seven Christmas carols that mean the most to him ...
“He who sings, pray twice,” St. Augustine, the famous 5th century bishop, once said. Since Christmas is a time for prayer and praise, it's no wonder that this special day (and all the days leading up ...
A candlelit Christmas tradition from King’s College, Cambridge returns with the iconic treble solo that opens “Once in Royal ...
Discover the significance of Christmas carols in Black churches, blending theology, emotion, and cultural texture. Explore the contributions of Black composers and arrangers.
Jan. 4—BOSWELL, Pa. — For generations, Polish people with little to call their own kept their culture alive through song. Their Christian "koledy" hymns filled their churches long after their homeland ...
The Holy Spirit is present throughout the Nativity story. So why is the third person of the Trinity absent from our Christmas carols?
“Sum sum sum sum sumbhavichallo, sumbhavichallo; Bethlehem goshalaya athu sumbhavichallo,”the carolers belted out with gusto.