On 4 March 2005, the fourth Friday of Lent, an Orthodox vespers service was held at Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral during the Veneration of the Crown. Hieromonk Nestor, rector of the Russian parish under the patriarchate of Moscow, presided over the ceremony. A group of choristers directed by Protodeacon Alexandre Kedroff, cantor and choirmaster of Saint-Alexandre-Nevski Cathedral in Paris, provided vocal accompaniment. The choristers comprised members of the Kedroff Vocal Ensemble and other singers recruited for the occasion. During the ceremony, their voices filled Notre-Dame with stirring hymns from the liturgical tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Kedroff and his ensemble were invited to participate in the veneration ceremony at Notre-Dame through the initiative of the clergy of the patriarchate of Moscow.
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Tom Reeves wrote: >On 4 March 2005, the fourth Friday of Lent, an Orthodox vespers >service was held at Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral during the Veneration >of the Crown. Hieromonk Nestor, rector of the Russian parish under >the patriarchate of Moscow, presided over the ceremony. A group of >choristers directed by Protodeacon Alexandre Kedroff, cantor and >choirmaster of Saint-Alexandre-Nevski Cathedral in Paris, provided >vocal accompaniment. The choristers comprised members of the Kedroff >Vocal Ensemble and other singers recruited for the occasion. During >the ceremony, their voices filled Notre-Dame with stirring hymns from >the liturgical tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Kedroff and >his ensemble were invited to participate in the veneration ceremony at >Notre-Dame through the initiative of the clergy of the patriarchate of >Moscow.
>Paris Insights – An Anthology brings you this story and many others >about churches and cathedrals in Paris. Please visit the Discover >Paris! web site – www.discoverparis.net/premium.html – for more >details.
Veneration of the what? Don't you mean the Veneration of the Holy and Lifegiving Cross of our Lord?
**This is not true and was corrected by the press the day after the report appeared.
"Tom Reeves" <i...@discoverparis.net> wrote in message
news:540970fc-cd8f-4d0d-bcf4-3a434e63e908@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... On 4 March 2005, the fourth Friday of Lent, an Orthodox vespers service was held at Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral during the Veneration of the Crown. Hieromonk Nestor, rector of the Russian parish under the patriarchate of Moscow, presided over the ceremony. A group of choristers directed by Protodeacon Alexandre Kedroff, cantor and choirmaster of Saint-Alexandre-Nevski Cathedral in Paris, provided vocal accompaniment. The choristers comprised members of the Kedroff Vocal Ensemble and other singers recruited for the occasion. During the ceremony, their voices filled Notre-Dame with stirring hymns from the liturgical tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Kedroff and his ensemble were invited to participate in the veneration ceremony at Notre-Dame through the initiative of the clergy of the patriarchate of Moscow.
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> **This is not true and was corrected by the press the day after the report > appeared.
> "Tom Reeves" <i...@discoverparis.net> wrote in message
> news:540970fc-cd8f-4d0d-bcf4-3a434e63e908@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... > On 4 March 2005, the fourth Friday of Lent, an Orthodox vespers > service was held at Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral during the Veneration > of the Crown. Hieromonk Nestor, rector of the Russian parish under > the patriarchate of Moscow, presided over the ceremony. A group of > choristers directed by Protodeacon Alexandre Kedroff, cantor and > choirmaster of Saint-Alexandre-Nevski Cathedral in Paris, provided > vocal accompaniment. The choristers comprised members of the Kedroff > Vocal Ensemble and other singers recruited for the occasion. During > the ceremony, their voices filled Notre-Dame with stirring hymns from > the liturgical tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Kedroff and > his ensemble were invited to participate in the veneration ceremony at > Notre-Dame through the initiative of the clergy of the patriarchate of > Moscow.
> Paris Insights – An Anthology brings you this story and many others > about churches and cathedrals in Paris. Please visit the Discover > Paris! web site –www.discoverparis.net/premium.html– for more > details.
***Sorry, I got this event mixed up with another earlier this year. After doing a little research, this 2005 event in Paris was a choral presentation not a formal vespers service. It's not unlike the Russian choral presentation of music composed by a ROC archbishop that was presented in the U.S. over the past winter. The main presentation was in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., with a second presentation in the protestant chapel at Harvard University. No big deal.
Al
"Tom Reeves" <i...@discoverparis.net> wrote in message
> **This is not true and was corrected by the press the day after the report > appeared.
> "Tom Reeves" <i...@discoverparis.net> wrote in message
> news:540970fc-cd8f-4d0d-bcf4-3a434e63e908@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... > On 4 March 2005, the fourth Friday of Lent, an Orthodox vespers > service was held at Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral during the Veneration > of the Crown. Hieromonk Nestor, rector of the Russian parish under > the patriarchate of Moscow, presided over the ceremony. A group of > choristers directed by Protodeacon Alexandre Kedroff, cantor and > choirmaster of Saint-Alexandre-Nevski Cathedral in Paris, provided > vocal accompaniment. The choristers comprised members of the Kedroff > Vocal Ensemble and other singers recruited for the occasion. During > the ceremony, their voices filled Notre-Dame with stirring hymns from > the liturgical tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Kedroff and > his ensemble were invited to participate in the veneration ceremony at > Notre-Dame through the initiative of the clergy of the patriarchate of > Moscow.
> Paris Insights – An Anthology brings you this story and many others > about churches and cathedrals in Paris. Please visit the Discover > Paris! web site –www.discoverparis.net/premium.html– for more > details.
> Tom Reeves wrote: > >On 4 March 2005, the fourth Friday of Lent, an Orthodox vespers > >service was held at Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral during the Veneration > >of the Crown. Hieromonk Nestor, rector of the Russian parish under > >the patriarchate of Moscow, presided over the ceremony. A group of > >choristers directed by Protodeacon Alexandre Kedroff, cantor and > >choirmaster of Saint-Alexandre-Nevski Cathedral in Paris, provided > >vocal accompaniment. The choristers comprised members of the Kedroff > >Vocal Ensemble and other singers recruited for the occasion. During > >the ceremony, their voices filled Notre-Dame with stirring hymns from > >the liturgical tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Kedroff and > >his ensemble were invited to participate in the veneration ceremony at > >Notre-Dame through the initiative of the clergy of the patriarchate of > >Moscow.
> >Paris Insights – An Anthology brings you this story and many others > >about churches and cathedrals in Paris. Please visit the Discover > >Paris! web site –www.discoverparis.net/premium.html– for more > >details.
> Veneration of the what? Don't you mean the Veneration of the Holy and > Lifegiving Cross of our Lord?
