did they rebuild the church? i went to spirit camp on spruce island a few years back, and we went passed the church. so i was wondering if it was rebuilt again or something?
I am an idiot, the song is How cn I Keep from singing the title track, I was talking on the phone and not paying attention! Forgive me! It is an old Quaker tune and you are right, lovely.
Bells in Orthodoxy are almost always dead hung (cannot swing). When Muslim armies overran Christian lands in the medieval period, they outlawed the ringing of bells. Christians took to beating complex rhythms on wooden planks (semantron) cut to different lengths and hung from ropes. After they were free and able to use bells again, they transferred these traditional rhythms onto bells. It is very hard to ring rhythms on swinging bells.
As to your comment on "swingy bells sounding more alive" that is okay I guess, however, Orthodox Churches don't traditionally have those types of bell towers, they have the kind we built and one or two ringers will ring a particular "song" from the bells for that church. It is all part of the fabric of Orthodoxy and it is beautiful.
That is interesting. I am all for symbols and icons but only as touchstones that lead us to the Life beyond them.
Chiangmai007 2 years ago
Nice Vid.. i really want to go there. This all reminds me of St. Herman of Alaska :)
VivaPink 4 years ago
yea it does, i go to the russian orthodox w/ my gramma
jussme06 4 years ago
The mission trip prior to ours put new siding and built the deck and replaced the dome, etc. Looks great huh?
pravoslavna 4 years ago
did they rebuild the church? i went to spirit camp on spruce island a few years back, and we went passed the church. so i was wondering if it was rebuilt again or something?
jussme06 4 years ago
I am an idiot, the song is How cn I Keep from singing the title track, I was talking on the phone and not paying attention! Forgive me! It is an old Quaker tune and you are right, lovely.
pravoslavna 4 years ago
The music is from St. Innocent's Academy in Kodiak Alaska and the second song is Give me your Hand from their "How Can I Keep from Singing" CD
They have a Coffee Shop called Monk's Rock in Kodiak, I don't know if it is online, but the academy has a website...
pravoslavna 4 years ago
Great video, I love the music as well. Who wrote/performed that second song? It was so beautiful.
avramidisv 4 years ago
Bells in Orthodoxy are almost always dead hung (cannot swing). When Muslim armies overran Christian lands in the medieval period, they outlawed the ringing of bells. Christians took to beating complex rhythms on wooden planks (semantron) cut to different lengths and hung from ropes. After they were free and able to use bells again, they transferred these traditional rhythms onto bells. It is very hard to ring rhythms on swinging bells.
Audinos 4 years ago
Pray for us holy St Herman.
crowebroke 4 years ago
Beautiful singing. That looks like a lot of hard work :)
JohnBach 4 years ago
Nice vid...and beautifle song...God Bless You!
Efglen 4 years ago
CHRIST IS RISEN, dear Alaskan brothers!
h3dg3 4 years ago
i think that you should have built a tower to acommidate a swining bell, i think that swining bells sound more alive
01FRENCHY12 5 years ago
As to your comment on "swingy bells sounding more alive" that is okay I guess, however, Orthodox Churches don't traditionally have those types of bell towers, they have the kind we built and one or two ringers will ring a particular "song" from the bells for that church. It is all part of the fabric of Orthodoxy and it is beautiful.
pravoslavna 5 years ago
thanks i did not know that
01FRENCHY12 5 years ago