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Dr. Melva Wilson Costen, a leading voice in church worship and song, died Friday at the age of 90. Her funeral services will be held Saturday, September 16, at 1:00 pm EST at Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. In a news release from Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, a school where Costen had longstanding career and personal connections, her passing on Sep. 8 was announced and her influence around the globe memorialized.

Chad Fothergill is appointed chapel organist for Duke Chapel, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, where he has recently served as interim chapel organist. He will continue as the primary organist for Duke Divinity School.

The Coronation of King Charles III will take place in Westminster Abbey on Saturday, May 6, an event that will be watched by millions around the globe. In this video interview, Professor Teresa Berger speaks with two British faculty members at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music (ISM)—Professors James O’Donnell and Bryan Spinks—who share their unique insights about ancient and

The Institute for the Study of Eastern Christianity and the Institute for Christian Oriental Research (ICOR) held a commemorative event on Oct. 28 for a prominent scholar of Armenian studies whose personal library was donated to the Semitics/ICOR Library.

Episcopal Diocese of Long Island