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A setting written in Paris after the events of the Revolution and the Civil War. It is sung by the choir of the parish of the Mother of God "Joy of all who Sorrow" in Minsk, Byelorussia under the direction of Olga Yanum.
The sequence of photographs is obvious to any practising Orthodox Christian, for they are the events of both our complete lives in the Church (starting with baptism and going through burial) and our participation in the Divine Liturgy (confession, communion, and veneration of the holy things). The images come from many sources in the homeland and in the US, but, the largest group is from St John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Mayfield, PA. It is my tribute to courageous people who stood up to an innovationist bishop and won. "Esli ne ya, ne ty, to kto?" ("If not me and you, then, who?")
The sequence of photographs is obvious to any practising Orthodox Christian, for they are the events of both our complete lives in the Church (starting with baptism and going through burial) and our participation in the Divine Liturgy (confession, communion, and veneration of the holy things). The images come from many sources in the homeland and in the US, but, the largest group is from St John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Mayfield, PA. It is my tribute to courageous people who stood up to an innovationist bishop and won. "Esli ne ya, ne ty, to kto?" ("If not me and you, then, who?")
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