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

Why do you think hymnody—new or old—might be capturing the interest ... And I think people want the sung theology of hymns; they are like sung gospel. Hymns have a way of bringing us back ...

In the late 19th Century a new style of hymnody known as “gospel” emerged ... centuries have seen an explosion of new hymn writers and approaches. Old texts have been refreshed by new tunes ...