NOLA.com

Hear ancient Byzantine chant during Greek Fest at Holy Trinity Cathedral in New Orleans

From outside the doors of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, the baritone voice of John Michael Boyer can be heard. Inside the church, Boyer is standing just to the right of the church’s icon ...
National Catholic Register

UNESCO Recognizes Byzantine Chant as Part of World’s Treasured Heritage

NEW YORK — On the feast of the Transfiguration in 1994, then-seminarian Elias Rafaj made the journey to visit the monastic village of Ormylia in Greece, home to the largest women’s monastery in the ...
SFGate

John Boyer sang before he spoke. Not much has changed -- at 28, he's helping to keep alive a rare form of chant that few can master.

As a teenager, John Boyer landed a featured part as the song-and-dance man Billy Faraday in the movie "Mr. Holland's Opus." Boyer showed exceptional talent in music, but he also enjoyed competing in ...
Greek Reporter

How the Fourth Crusade Against Constantinople Changed History

The Fourth Crusade left three terrible legacies: a deepening religious split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic ...