Offering hymns from the gulag
There was no way Thanksgiving could be ânormalâ this year. This was certainly true wherever Orthodox Christians gathered for what is becoming a Thanksgiving tradition in America: sharing a litany of poetic Russian prayers created during hellish persecution by the Bolsheviks. Under coronavirus protocols, many sang the âGlory to God in All Thingsâ prayers in outdoor services or in candle-lit sanctuaries containing fewer worshippers than usual. There was no way to ignore the pain of 2020. Early in the service, a priest chants from the English translation: âThou hast brou...
Source: reflector.com