Majestic grandeur! From the zephyr’s wing, Exhales the incense of the blooming spring, Soft purl the streams, the birds renew their notes, And through the air their mingled music floats.

1 I begin to sing of Demeter, the holy goddess with the beautiful hair. And her daughter [Persephone] too. The one with the delicate ankles, whom Hadês[1] seized. She was given away by Zeus, the ...

To help you get started, here’s a list of some of the most well-loved church wedding hymns. You can click to view the lyrics, and listen to a small extract of each.

“Easter, 1916” captures Yeats’s reaction to the Easter Rising in Ireland, which took place one hundred years ago today. It was first published in 1920 in his collection Michael Robartes and the Dancer ...

Sidney Bechet: When The Saints Go Marching In This celebrated feel-good song (with lyrics that take much of ... is from Johnny Cash’s 1962 album Hymns From The Heart. Arkansas-born Cash said ...

More than 100 worshippers climbed to the top of the Worcestershire Beacon for an Easter sunrise service ... gathered at 06:30 BST to sing hymns and hear bible readings. James Atkinson said ...

New Zealand hymn writer Shirley Erena Murray’s life and work is celebrated in a new biography by Anne Manchester: Peace is Her Song. You can hear hymns by Shirley Murray in this week’s programme. Read ...

This Christian favourite is a powerful hymn ... points to Easter where we remember Jesus' death and resurrection; when we celebrate the perfect exchange of a sinless life for our sinful ones. Such a ...

choosing the printed page over lyrics projected onto a screen. Dan Kreider, a composer, arranger, and music minister who designed the Sing! Hymnal, which Crossway is releasing in fall 2025 ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...

The Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, will implement a formal ban this week on the singing of certain contemporary hymns at Mass because of doctrinal inaccuracies in their lyrics as well as a ...

What’s the Android 14 Easter egg? In the world of software development, an Easter egg is a hidden feature. Generally, because it’s hidden, it is not essential for using the software.