Why it's a good choice: One of the most sung hymns at funerals, this is really a prayer to God to stay with him in death as He did with us in life. Henry Francis Lyte, Vicar of Brixham in Devon ...

The Akathist Hymn has proven so popular in the liturgical life of the Church that many other hymns have been written following its format. These include Akathists to Our Lord Jesus Christ, to the ...

In birth, you preserved your virginity; in death, you did not abandon the world, O Theotokos. As mother of life, you departed to the source of life, delivering our souls from death by your ...

Columbia's Decadent Nation lives in that latter ... The set closes with its title track, and planing, almost hymn-like ...

This hymn tells of the goodness of God in calling us to himself and in continuing to guide us through life. It is commonly set to the Welsh tune, “Hyfrodol”. One of England’s most patriotic ...

Prince William and Kate Middleton shared an emotional moment at the Festival of Remembrance on Saturday night - after a hymn from their ... gradual return to public life. It comes days after ...

It might seem strange they didn’t think of doing this new edition of the album last year, in time for its 50th anniversary, ...

"By the mid 60s occultism had become the latest fad, providing the rich, young and decadent with a new set of thrills" according to Gary Lachman’s history, Turn off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties ...

Sure I'd had other tasty desserts beforehand, but none as decadent and taste-defining as my first almond croissant. I could ...

If someone offered you some decadent chocolate for Valentine's Day ... "The forms of art as life seem exhausted; the stages of development have been run through. Institutions function painfully.

A wealthy landowner, "The Dauphin," enjoys a decadent life of hunting, drinking, and womanizing. He oversees his estate, the Laguna, with his barren wife, his one-armed manservant, and his ...