For those who were inspired by Conquering Time’s creative mission (described in detail here and here ), you may be interested to know that there is a new performance of “Two Paths Diverged at the Wood”, a creative retelling of the life of the Good Thief, being presented on Sunday February 17 at the Maliotis Cultural Center at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theolgy in Brookline, MA. The Holy Cross Choir will be...
In part one of this article, I tried to establish the importance (and difficulty) of introducing the liturgical art forms into a secular space, in order to help those outside the Church to have a genuine experience of that otherworldliness that allows for the communion of the human and the Divine. Conquering Time’s apparent success with the first performance of The Gift was soon to be challenged by a factor we hadn’t needed to...
“Christianity has a great calling, which many do not ever realize. This purpose can be defined as the creation of a Christian culture.” – Ivan Ilyin Of all the great callings that Christians are reminded of on a daily basis, the creation of culture is not among the most mentioned. I would even hazard a guess that many Orthodox would find Ilyin’s quote mildly frightening, even smacking of some ancient, unpronounceable heresy. And indeed,...
