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Elder Thaddeus Strabulovich of Vitovnica
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| readeralexey | Дата: Среда, 25.03.2026, 20:35 | Сообщение # 1 |
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| When the chanting is as beautiful as this, we are freed from all our cares and our interest for earthly things and we ascend into eternity with the Lord, His angels, and the saints, where our true Fatherland and our Kingdom is.
Elder Thaddeus (Strabulovich) of Vitovnica
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| milapolyudova | Дата: Суббота, 28.03.2026, 23:07 | Сообщение # 2 |
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| This quote from Elder Thaddeus (Strabulovich) of Vitovnica gets at something miraculous about liturgical worship. When the chanting is beautiful, really beautiful, you’re being drawn into something eternal. The worries and distractions that normally fill your head just fall away, and for a moment you’re not thinking about what’s next on your to-do list. It reminds me of King David bringing the Ark to Jerusalem. He wasn’t thinking about royal dignity or what people would say. He danced before the Lord “with all his might” (2 Samuel 6:14). His wife Michal was embarrassed for him, but David didn’t care. He said, “I will celebrate before the Lord” (2 Samuel 6:21). That’s what happens when you’re truly in God’s presence. You stop worrying about how you look or what you’re losing and just respond in joy.
Elder Thaddeus is saying something similar. The kind of worship he’s talking about isn’t just pleasant; it’s transformative. It gives us a taste of what we’re actually made for. For a moment, heaven doesn’t feel distant, and we remember that this world—with all its noise and worries—isn’t our final home:
"...we ascend into eternity with the Lord, His angels, and the saints, where our true Fatherland and our Kingdom is."
Цитата You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
(Psalm 16:11)
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| mariaruzhitskaya11 | Дата: Вторник, 31.03.2026, 09:43 | Сообщение # 3 |
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| When the chanting is as beautiful as this, we are freed from all our cares and our interest for earthly things and we ascend into eternity with the Lord, His angels, and the saints, where our true Fatherland and our Kingdom is.
(Elder Thaddeus (Strabulovich) of Vitovnica)
Church singing is an interesting musical phenomenon. Among all musical genres, church chanting undoubtedly stands out and is something special because it is created not for man’s sake, but for God’s — specifically to lift our thoughts toward God and His angels, and to enable deeper, more earnest prayer. Church singing helps to create the unique, stunning beauty of the Divine Liturgy. However, I would like to say that in our time, the understanding of singing at the Liturgy often shifts in the wrong direction, as it seems to me.
As I’ve already said, we sing during services to glorify God and to create a prayerful atmosphere for the faithful. But sadly, people often forget this. There is a concept known as "obikhod" singing — these are the chants used during services, which are not very complex; they can be sung by choir members without a formal musical education, they are traditional and known to almost everyone. But many people find it boring to sing music that is not the most complex (even though it is no less beautiful, because it also glorifies God) and is so familiar. As a result, many original sacred compositions are being created today notable for their novelty and complexity. And while these are very beautiful and undoubtedly also glorify God, such chants often fail to fulfill one of their main functions: they do not help the worshippers to pray. I have often heard people say: "I cannot pray to this kind of music; it is so original, beautiful, and unusual that I forget about prayer and just listen to the singing." This is not quite right and is rather sad. We come to church primarily to pray, we can listen to music at a concert. So I think it is very important to maintain a balance. Any music that glorifies God is beautiful, but in church, the music must create a prayerful atmosphere, not distract from it.
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| mariafokina99 | Дата: Вторник, 28.04.2026, 22:19 | Сообщение # 4 |
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| In this quote, Elder Thaddeus describes how church chanting affects people during worship. Beautiful harmonious singing really creates a specific atmosphere in the church and makes you forget about earthly problems, fears and wishes at once. Singing awakens emotions, it can touch hidden parts of the soul. It is an important part of worship, but at the same time, it can distract you. Sometimes, it can be so wonderful that people forget about prayer and begin to dream. So, I think people should remember that the church is not a place for listening to music. We can appreciate chanting because it glorifies God, but we shouldn't pay too much attention to it and follow the service.
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| dkirlenkova03 | Дата: Четверг, 28.05.2026, 13:05 | Сообщение # 5 |
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| This phrase by Elder Thaddeus (Strabulovich) of Vitovnica very precisely expresses an understanding of worship not merely as a beautiful ritual, but as a temporary participation in Heavenly reality. When the Elder says that beautiful singing frees us from worries and lifts us toward God, he means that church singing has the power, for a time, to draw a person out of the captivity of everyday busyness and return them to what truly matters - the remembrance of eternity.
The beauty of the singing becomes, as it were, abridge between the earthly and the heavenly: the earthly is important, but it must not obscure the eternal. He connects the beauty of singing with a state of the soul in which a person begins to experience peace, stillness, and joy in God.
The main idea is not that music is merely "pleasant", but that the true beauty of church singing helps a person remember who they are and where they are going. In this sense, singing in the church is not meant to adorn the the Liturgy, but to turn the human heart and soul toward God.
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| boriskorsun3 | Дата: Вторник, 16.06.2026, 00:39 | Сообщение # 6 |
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| I completely agree with this quote, because it perfectly reflects the very feelings in the temple when you are incredibly imbued with the singing of the choir. The elder describes the influence of the wonderful singing of the choir in the temple, helping a person to penetrate deeper into the spiritual meaning of worship and tune in to communion with God. The most important thing is that singing acts not just as music, but as a special form of prayer expressed through sounds. From personal experience, I would like to add that at some point I was so delighted with the singing of the choir that I decided to become a part of it myself. They put me in the choir right away, but they weren't allowed to sing because of the very loud bass. However, after a couple of months, I was able to sing along with everyone some prayers in simple voices.
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