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These 21 male vocalists of the 600-year-old Choir of the Sretensky Monastery put on a show that any sacred choir would envy.
In the world of music, there are few offerings that can compete with the raw beauty of sacred music. A liturgical music style meant to help the faithful better glorify God, sacred music is designed to reflect the majesty of the divine, with each song a hymn lifting prayers to the Lord in the language of the angels.
Today we’ll be examining the sounds of the cherubim, the powerful order of angels biblically described as the attendants of God. (Don’t confuse these glorious singers of endless praise with the plump putti or “baby angels” often decorating the heavenly realm in Renaissance paintings.)
Continued below.
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In the world of music, there are few offerings that can compete with the raw beauty of sacred music. A liturgical music style meant to help the faithful better glorify God, sacred music is designed to reflect the majesty of the divine, with each song a hymn lifting prayers to the Lord in the language of the angels.
Today we’ll be examining the sounds of the cherubim, the powerful order of angels biblically described as the attendants of God. (Don’t confuse these glorious singers of endless praise with the plump putti or “baby angels” often decorating the heavenly realm in Renaissance paintings.)
Continued below.
Sacred triumph: Is this how the biblical cherubim sound?
These 21 male vocalists of the 600-year-old Choir of the Sretensky Monastery put on a show that any sacred choir would envy.
aleteia.org
