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| + | The '''Spirit of Orthodoxy Choir''' is a choir composed of Orthodox Christian singers in the New York - New Jersey - Pennsylvania area of the United States. It is committed to singing in the English language the great works of Orthodox music that glorifies God and expresses the Orthodox faith, thus opening the treasury of Orthodox music to the community. |
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| − | [[Category:OrthodoxWiki]] | + | ==History== |
| | + | The Spirit Of Orthodoxy Choir was established in 1997 under the direction of Aleksei Shipovalnikov. The choir consists of singers from various [[parish]]es and [[jurisdiction]]s who are dedicated to church singing and who desire to be witnesses to the faith through music. |
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| | + | These music selections represent three schools of Russian Church music and have been sufficiently translated into English. Some of the choir's repertoire has been unheard in the West. The Choir sings chiefly in English but also performs music in [[Church Slavonic]]. Their repertoire witnesses to the range and quality of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church. Their singing is a capella, without instrumentation. This is typical of the Orthodox Church, where the human voice and soul are invaluable in worship. |
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| − | The expanse of the [[mission]] placed by the [[Church of Russia]] slowly expanded from the distant outpost in Alaska to a [[diocese]] that covered Alaska and the eastern expanse of northern Siberia. This diocese then developed two vicariates that eventually became separate dioceses. This list of [[hierarch]]s presents those [[bishop]]s who provided the leadership in the development of this mission in North America until the mission was granted its autocephaly.
| + | ==Director== |
| | + | Aleksei V. Shipovalnikov was born in Rostov on the Don and studied composition, polyphony and conducting at the Gnesin Sate Conservatory and the Moscow Institute of Culture. His post-graduate studies included a master class with Leonard Bernstein in 1988. He served as Artistic Director and Manager of the Moscow State University Symphony Orchestra and Academic Choir and has conducted in the Soviet Union, West Germany and Poland. He established a reputation during the Communist era for innovative programming in spite of the political risks involved. In 1990 he moved to the United States, where he has served as Choir Director of [[Christ the Saviour Church (San Francisco, California)|Christ the Saviour Church, San Francisco]] and Music Director of Slavyanka Men's Slavic Chorus. He was Professor of Liturgical Music at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Seminary]], South Canaan, Pennsylvania. He is currently Music Director at [[Ss. Peter and Paul Church (Jersey City, New Jersey)|Ss. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, Jersey City, New Jersey]]. |
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| − | Starting as a vicariate in a distant diocese, the mission soon became part of the large missionary diocese that included Alaska and the northeastern part of Siberia where initially the seat of the ruling bishop was in Alaska but was moved to Siberia before Alaska was sold to the United States. After the sale of Alaska the vicariate in Alaska was reformed as an autonomous diocese with the bishop’s seat moved to California, outside the territory of Alaska. With the growth of the Orthodox population in the eastern part of North America, the name of the diocese was changed to include all North America and the ruling bishop’s seat was moved to New York. As the diocese grew auxiliary bishops were consecrated to cover the vast area and the cultural needs of the faithful. In the closing decades of the mission many of the auxiliary bishops began to function as autonomous dioceses.
| + | ==External Link== |
| | + | * [http://www.spiritoforthodoxy.com/ Official website] |
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| − | The information following lists the bishops that occupied the ruling and vicar bishop positions during the era of the mission. The first column denotes the [[See]] of the diocese or vicariate, The second column notes the sitting hierarch, and the last two columns note the years holding the office.
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| − | ==Early Years==
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| − | '''Diocese of Irkutsk'''
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| − | Vicariate of Kodiak [[Joasaph (Bolotov) of Kodiak |Joasaph (Bolotov)]] 1799-1799
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| − | '''Diocese of Kamachata, Kurile Islands, and the Aleutian Islands'''
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| − | See: New Archangel: [[Innocent of Alaska|Innocent (Veniaminov-Popov)]] 1840 - 1852
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| − | See: Yakutsk: Innocent (Veniaminov-Popov) 1852 - 1868
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| − | Vicariates: Two vicariates established 1858: New Archangel and Yakutsk
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| − | New Archangel: [[Peter (Ekaterinovsky) of Novoarkhangelsk|Peter (Ekatrinovsky)]] 1859 - 1867
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| − | Yakutsk: Peter (Ekatrinovsky) 1867 - 1882
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| − | Sitka/New Archangel: [[Paul (Popov) of Novoarkhangelsk|Paul (Popov)]] 1867 - 1870
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| − | '''Diocese of Aleutian Islands and Alaska'''
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| − | See: Sitka, formerly New Archangel, from 1870
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| − | See: San Francisco from 1872
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| − | * [[John (Mitropolsky) of the Aleutians |John (Mitropolsky)]] 1870 - 1876
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| − | * [[Nestor (Zass) of the Aleutian|Nestor (Zass)]] 1879 - 1882
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| − | * [[Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov) of the Aleutians |Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov)]] 1888 - 1891
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| − | * [[Nicholas (Ziorov) of Warsaw|Nicholas (Ziorov)]] 1891 - 1898
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| − | * [[Tikhon (Bellavin) of Moscow|Tikhon (Bellavin)]] 1898 - 1900
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| − | '''Diocese of Aleutian Islands and North America'''
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| − | Change in the name of the diocese in 1900
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| − | See: New York from 1905
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| − | '''New York''': Tikhon (Bellavin) 1900 - 1907
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| − | Vicariates: First Vicariates established 1903: Alaska and Brooklyn
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| − | Alaska: Innocent (Pustynsky) 1904 - 1909
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| − | Brooklyn: [[Raphael of Brooklyn|Raphael (Hawaweeny)]] 1904 - 1915
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| − | Alaska: [[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Brussels|Alexander ( Nemolovsky)]] 1909 - 1915
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| − | Canada: Alexander ( Nemolovsky) 1916 - 1919
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| − | '''New York''': [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]] 1907 - 1914
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| − | Alaska: Philip (Stavitsky) 1916 - 1917
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| − | '''New York''': [[Evdokim (Meschersky) of the Aleutians | Evdokim (Mischersky) 1915 - 1917
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| − | Pittsburgh: Stephen (Dzubay) 1916 - 1924
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| − | Brooklyn: Aftimios (Ofiesh) 1917 - 1933
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| − | '''New York''': Alexander ( Nemolovsky) 1919 - 1922
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| − | Canada: Adam (Philipovsky) 1922 - 1943?
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| − | '''New York''': Platon (Rozhdestvensky) 1922 - 1934
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| − | Chicago: [[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco| Theophilus (Pashkovsky)]] 1922 - 1931
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| − | Alaska: Amphilokhy (Vakulsky) 1923 - 1931?
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| − | Canada/Winnipeg: [[Arseny (Chavtsov) of Winnipeg| Arseny (Chavtsov)]] 1926 -1936
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| − | Montreal: Emmanuel (Abo-Hatab) 1927 - 1931
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| − | San Francisco: Alexis (Panteleev) 1927 - 1931
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| − | Detroit: Paul (Gavrilov) 1928 - 1933
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| − | San Francisco: Theophilus (Pashkovsky) 1931 - 1934
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| − | Alaska: Antoninos (Pokrovsky) 1931 - 1934
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| − | Brooklyn: Emmanuel (Abo-Hatab) 1931 - 19
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| − | Chicago: Paul (Gavrilov) 1933 - 1933
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| − | Chicago: [[Leonty (Turkevich) of Chicago| Leonty (Turkevich)]] 1933 - 1950
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| − | Pittsburgh: Benjamin (Basalyga) 1933 - 1946
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| − | Alaska: Alexis (Panteleev) 1934 - 1944
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| − | '''New York''': Theophilus (Pashkovsky) 1934 - 1950
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| − | Boston: [[Makary (Ilyinsky) of New York | Makary (Iliyinsky)]] 1935 - 1937
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| − | Brooklyn: Makary (Iliyinsky) 1937 - 1946
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| − | Alaska: John (Zlobin) 1945 - 1952
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| − | Tokyo: Benjamin (Basalyga) 1946 - 1952
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| − | Brooklyn: [[John (Shahovskoy) of San Francisco| John (Shahovskoy)]] 1947 - 1950
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| − | Pennsylvania: Nikon (de Greve) 1948 - 1959
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| − | Canada: Dimitry (Magan) 1948 -
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| − | Detroit/Cleveland: John (Garklavs) 1949 - 1957
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| − | '''New York''': Leonty (Turkevich) 1950 - 1965
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| − | San Francisco: John (Shahovskoy) 1950 -
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| − | Washington, DC Jonah (?) 1951 - ?
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| − | Pittsburgh: Benjamin (Basalyga) 1952 - 1963 Tokyo: [[Ireney (Bekish) of NewYork| Ireney (Bekish)]] 1953 - 1959
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| − | Alaska: Amvrossy (Merejko) 1955 - 1967
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| − | Chicago/Minneapolis: John (Garklavs) 1957 -
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| − | Tokyo: Nikon (de Greve) 1959 - 1963
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| − | Boston: Ireney (Bekish) 1960 - 1965
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| − | Washington, DC Kiprian (Borisevitch) 1961 - 1964
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| − | Kyoto: [[Vladimir (Nagorsky) of Tokyo| Vladimir (Nagorsky)]] 1962 - 1964
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| − | Montreal/Canada: [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal| Sylvester (Haruns)]] 1963 -
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| − | Philadelphia: Kiprian (Borisevitch) 1964 -
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| − | Tokyo: Vladimir (Nagorsky) 1964 -
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| − | '''New York''': Ireney (Bekish) 1965 -
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| − | Washington, DC Theodosius (Lazor) 1967 - 1967
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| − | Sitka/Alaska: Theodosius (Lazor) 1967 - 1972
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| − | Pittsburgh: Amvrossy (Merejko) 1967 -
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| − | Edmonton: Joasph (Antonuk) 1968 -
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| − | Berkeley: Dimitri (Royster) 1969 -
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| − | Tomos of [[Autocephaly]], signed April 10, 1970 by [[Patriarch]] [[Alexis of Moscow]], formally ending the mission and granting self-rule to the Russian North American diocese.
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The Spirit of Orthodoxy Choir is a choir composed of Orthodox Christian singers in the New York - New Jersey - Pennsylvania area of the United States. It is committed to singing in the English language the great works of Orthodox music that glorifies God and expresses the Orthodox faith, thus opening the treasury of Orthodox music to the community.
History
The Spirit Of Orthodoxy Choir was established in 1997 under the direction of Aleksei Shipovalnikov. The choir consists of singers from various parishes and jurisdictions who are dedicated to church singing and who desire to be witnesses to the faith through music.
These music selections represent three schools of Russian Church music and have been sufficiently translated into English. Some of the choir's repertoire has been unheard in the West. The Choir sings chiefly in English but also performs music in Church Slavonic. Their repertoire witnesses to the range and quality of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church. Their singing is a capella, without instrumentation. This is typical of the Orthodox Church, where the human voice and soul are invaluable in worship.
Director
Aleksei V. Shipovalnikov was born in Rostov on the Don and studied composition, polyphony and conducting at the Gnesin Sate Conservatory and the Moscow Institute of Culture. His post-graduate studies included a master class with Leonard Bernstein in 1988. He served as Artistic Director and Manager of the Moscow State University Symphony Orchestra and Academic Choir and has conducted in the Soviet Union, West Germany and Poland. He established a reputation during the Communist era for innovative programming in spite of the political risks involved. In 1990 he moved to the United States, where he has served as Choir Director of Christ the Saviour Church, San Francisco and Music Director of Slavyanka Men's Slavic Chorus. He was Professor of Liturgical Music at St. Tikhon's Seminary, South Canaan, Pennsylvania. He is currently Music Director at Ss. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, Jersey City, New Jersey.
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