The Akathist Hymn, which is chanted on the first five successive Fridays of Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is dedicated ...

Chris Tomlin reflects on rediscovering and reimagining the earliest known Christian hymn and shares how the ancient song ...

THE FIRST HYMN tells the story of how the most ancient hymn ever discovered returns as Christ’s followers sing it once again.

There was a time when hymns were used primarily to drive home the message that came from the pulpit. But then came the praise songs. Matt Redman's song "Our God" is the most popular piece of music in ...

Maria Solis is at home with the sprawling, diversity of Catholic liturgical music in the United States. Growing up bilingual in Texas, she saw the eclectic cultural influences of music at Mass, and, ...

Hymn writing should be a spiritual practice for everyday saints, not just for worship professionals. Anyone who has grown up in or around the church is likely familiar with “hymn stories”—the stories ...

Historian teams up with Chris Tomlin and Hillsong’s Ben Fielding to adapt rare music dating back to the third century. Historian John Dickson knows that “early” Christian music usually refers to ...

The Vatican has just introduced the official hymn of the Holy Year Of Mercy. The title is drawn from John 6:36, Misericordes sicut Pater (English: Be Merciful, As Your Father Is), by English composer ...

A special worship service in the University Chapel, led by the dean and the associate dean of religious life and the chapel, that features festive music of the season! With music by Kenneth Grayson, ...

(RNS) — More than 800 people, mostly members of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, voted during the competition that featured brackets similar to the springtime NCAA basketball ...

A hymn dedicated to the ancient city of Babylon has been discovered after 2,100 years. Sung to the god Marduk, patron deity of the great city, the poem describes Babylon's flowing rivers, jewelled ...