AGES Initiatives

Άξιος to our friend and colleague, Master Chanter and Αρχών Μουσικοδιδάσκαλος Georgios Theodoridis!

“From the Six-Psalms to the Great Doxology, we journey through the entirety of salvation history during Matins, encountering both the persons and events of that history, while celebrating and proclaiming God’s mercy and revealing of Himself to mankind. When we omit this service, we impoverish ourselves liturgically and spiritually. How tragic that so many of us only hear the Paschal canon once a year! We deny ourselves the poetic retelling of the dialogue between the Mother of God and the Archangel Gabriel at the Annunciation or instruction concerning the place of Our Lord’s Transfiguration on Mount Tabor in the economy of our salvation. What other service of the daily cycle offers such edification and teaching[?]”

Find daily Matins/Orthros according to GOA practice on the Digital Chant Stand!

Let us Complete our Morning Prayer unto the Lord - The Diocese of the West Let us Complete our Morning Prayer unto the Lord By: Fr. Edward Henderson of St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox

Many years to His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael on his name day! Εις πολλά έτη!

Christ is risen! Congratulations to Dr. Michael Colburn, one of the collaborators without whom AGES could not exist! https://www.ocmc.org/ocmc-mission-specialist-michael-colburn-receives-doctorate-develops-new-translation-tools?fbclid=IwAR1MDaBEO5n2cQfdCaSDge4C4GEhh7e7irLOWZb6t6yg2-pABM4PRvEC1to

OCMC Mission Specialist Michael Colburn Receives Doctorate; Develops New Translation Tools Following in the tradition of Saints Cyril and Methodius, whose translations brought the Christian faith to the Slavic peoples, OCMC Mission Specialist Dr. Michael Colburn successfully defended his recent doctoral dissertation on the development and use of manuals for the translation of...

Christ is risen! The latest episode of the Byzantine chant podcast our Executive Director contributes to is now out. Enjoy!

A Conversation with Photini Downie Robinson, Part 2 - A Sacrifice of Praise | Ancient Faith Ministries Photini Downie Robinson is the left cantor on staff at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Portland, OR, a professional singer with Ca****la Romana, and the teacher behind the Yphos Voice Studio. In the second of a two-part conversation, Amy, Richard, and Photini continue to discuss her journey...

Christ is risen! It was an honor for us to have the opportunity to collaborate with Ca****la Romana and Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University to help plan and participate in this panel discussion of distinguished friends and colleagues — so much to discuss and we barely scratched the surface. We look forward to more!

Language in American Orthodox Music: Liturgical and Pastoral Perspectives Co-sponsored with Ca****la Romana.It has often been asserted that it is the tradition of the Orthodox Church to worship in the local language. Yet the histor...

Christ is risen! The latest episode of the Byzantine chant podcast our Executive Director contributes to is now out. Enjoy!

A Conversation with Photini Downie Robinson, Part I - A Sacrifice of Praise | Ancient Faith Ministries Photini Downie Robinson is the left cantor on staff at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Portland, OR, a professional singer with Ca****la Romana, and the teacher behind the Yphos Voice Studio. In the first of a two-part conversation, Amy and Richard talk to Photini about her experience learn...

Christ is risen! In response to your feedback, we have added links to Artoklasia and the Memorial service under the Liturgy heading on the Sacraments and Services page. They will also continue to be accessible under Vespers and Sacraments, respectively.