Petition urges Kyiv authorities not to erect tree over festive period
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Thousands of Kyiv residents have signed a petition urging city authorities not to erect a giant tree during this year’s festive period, and instead to give money to the army and to people displaced by the war with Russia. The Kyiv tree, which in recent years has been set up in front of […]
Essay: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens a cultural heritage the two countries share, including Saint Sophia Cathedral
US-based religion scholar J EUGENE CLAY, in an article first published on The Conversation, says Kyiv’s Saint Sophia Cathedral, built under the reign of Grand Prince Yaroslav, whose father, Volodymyr, converted the region to Christianity, is among key cultural sites under threat in the country…
MUSIC: RECREATING THE SOUNDS OF AN ANCIENT GREEK CHURCH – IN LA
ZARA ABRAMS reports that a recent recital on the campus of Saint Sophia Cathedral, was the first time ‘acoustic photocopies’ were used to recreate the experience of the Agia Sophia, one of the oldest churches in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, for a modern audience…