[Magdalen] Christ is risen!

[Joseph Cirou]

We had an active Mennonite congregation in our ministerial association. The minister and his wife were from Manitoba. She was born in Ukraine and these Mennonites maintained the pysanky tradition. To my surprise she blessed her self in Byzantine fashion. She always stated that Mennonites and Catholics are closer than either realized. Both husband and wife were ordained ministers.

Joe Cirou 
-----Original Message-----
>From: "P. Dan Brittain" <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
>Sent: May 2, 2016 2:16 PM
>To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Christ is risen!
>
>On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
>wrote:
>
>> I believe the Billings Easter Anthem would be a perfectly appropriate
>> "kontsiert" at the Divine Liturgy. It is a bit exuberant, it could be a
>> companion piece to the Folk-Lore Galician Christos Voskres--the two are in
>> the same spirit. How about an Eastern Sacred Harp with the Mennonites
>> learning (or remembering) the Ukrainian item I just mentioned and some
>> Carpatho Rusyn Americans learning the Billings. The Eastern church has an a
>> capella tradition. It does not have to be all Slavic, or southern European!
>>
>
>Brings to mind something that happened in 1971 (I think). I was part of a
>group of 4 Sacred Harp Singers from Georgia that were singing at Terre des
>Homme in Montreal. One of the artists for the week was an American of
>Ukranian descent who painted the eggs (Psanky). Her son (with her for the
>week) was in seminary. He heard us and wanted us to sing one of the songs
>he was working on (a transfiguration hymn). Only 2 of us read "round"
>notes. I took the piece back to the hotel that evening and wrote it off
>into shapes and the group read it the first time.
>
>-- 
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