In the Apostolic Church and up till at least the Fourth Century, the people did much of the singing. At the conclusion, use your return arrow above to get back to the Post. I just think this is a particularly good explanation. The video could just as easily be about Russian or Serbian or Romanian or some other Orthodox music. It refers to Byzantine chant – which may seem strange to non-Orthodox, and maybe even to some Orthodox, as it did to me at the beginning, but now I love it. Here is a video about the significance of Orthodox Church music. I wanted to cry out “Ichabod!”, “the glory has departed!” But I didn’t. Once I attended a contemporary “Bible church” service where the pastor delivered a superb sermon about the holiness of God – only to be followed by a sentimental “twang twang twang” guitar song. Maybe I shouldn’t add this, but I think it’s worth saying.
God is awesome. Music expresses the mystery, the wonder, the holy fear, the joy of being in his presence. It never occurred to anyone to just stand before God or the gods and talk as to an ordinary person. So far as we know, no ancient religion had “simple said services”.
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Where does it say that in the Bible?) Orthodox worship was naturally simplified when services were held secretly during persecution, but as soon as Christians were free again they returned to normal. (The notion that the early Christians had simple free-form services is made up out of “whole cloth”. Orthodox Byzantine chant must have developed out of Hebrew chant. “We spoke for a second and the way he complimented my singing – he didn’t see me as Cantor Azi Schwartz, just as a human being.The Apostles were Jewish, and that’s how they grew up worshipping, so naturally that’s how early Christians worshiped. “He struck me as a person of great humility,” said Schwartz. Schwartz credited the pope for serving as the catalyst for an opportunity to foster greater unity between religious leaders and shared his thoughts on his brief exchange with Pope Francis. Being there at the 9/11 memorial and speaking to family members and survivors and hearing their stories was very powerful.” “Having a bunch of religious leaders standing there in one room for two hours, all looking for WiFi and chargers for our iPhones, that was a very human moment. “The idea of religious leaders getting together, that we all felt we were there for the same purpose was special,” said Schwartz. The opportunity to take part in the interfaith service brought with it many memorable moments. It is a great sense of pride and victory and also a great sense of humility.”
“It is always there, whether it is at Yad Vashem or the Capitol or the Knesset or the UN,” said Schwartz. Every time I say a Maley, I think about my family, about where I come from.”Īs the grandson of four Holocaust survivors, Schwartz observed that being able to publicly perform as a cantor always stirs up a wide array of feelings. It was a big responsibility and a big honor to me. “It was a moment of fear and being humbled and trembling before G-d. “It was two days after Yom Kippur and the feeling was the same, a heavy bag sitting on my shoulders emotionally,” said Schwartz. Singing as a cantor at the widely watched memorial service, and representing the Jewish community, was a moving experience for Schwartz. The gift of music clearly runs in the family: Schwartz is the son of a musicologist and the grandson of a chazan. The 34 year old father of three has worked as the chazan in the Palm Beach Synagogue and the Park East Synagogue and as the assistant cantor at the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem. He served as a soloist in the Israeli Defense Forces Rabbinical Troupe and studied music at the Mannes School of Music in New York, the Tel Aviv Cantorial Institute and the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance. Schwartz, who grew up in Alon Shevut, is a graduate of Yeshivat Har Etzion. Watch below Cantor Schwartz at 9/11 Memorial Service With Pope Francis.
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“Eventually they selected a memorial prayer plus a prayer for peace, Oseh Shalom,” said Schwartz. Schwartz described the interfaith memorial service as a well organized and orchestrated production and said that both he and the synagogue’s rabbi, Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, spoke at length with the bishop who coordinated the service about what prayer would be most appropriate for the occasion. “At the end, he came to the bima and offered words of comfort and strength.”
“It was a normal Friday night service with Cardinal Dolan sitting in the back,” Schwartz told VIN News.
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