Cappella Romana has a long-standing interest in the Byzantine Empire -- its cultural context and long arm of influence after the Turkish conquest in 1453. Indeed, one purpose of the 11-year-old vocal ...

The European Commission granted more than 3 million euros to a project developing AI tools to save centuries of Gregorian chant. The French Abbey of Sainte Madeleine du Barroux has opened its doors to ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A few steps from Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a small opening leads to an underground cistern where clerics have found the perfect place to practise chants ahead of ...

In the soft glow of light at Phu Loc Church, mournful, measured chants recount the suffering of Jesus Christ, reviving a centuries-old Lenten tradition that is drawing Vietnamese Catholics back to ...

Before the civil war in Syria destroyed ancient religious sites — and scattered some of the oldest Christian communities in the world — Jason Hamacher made several trips there, taking photos and ...

SALALAH, Oman - Against the backdrop of southern Oman's lush mountains, men in traditional attire chant ancient poems in an ancient language, fighting to keep alive a spoken tradition used by just two ...

When discussing the rongo-rongo script of Easter Island, Andrew Robinson states that the direction of reading is unusual, though not unique, with lines being read from alternating sides of the tablet ...

There have been recent efforts towards studying Jibbali, with Oman's Vision 2040 economic plan prioritising heritage preservation — - Against the backdrop of southern Oman's lush mountains, men in ...