John's Travel Blog
Insights on traveling in Georgia, Armenia, and Turkey
Kriste aghdga (Christ is Risen) is an important Easter hymn in the Georgian Orthodox tradition. Many musical variants of the … Read More
In this series of posts, I document an extraordinary trip to 10 churches in the Shida Kartli region. In this … Read More
In this series of posts, I document an extraordinary trip to 10 churches in the Shida Kartli region. To see … Read More
In this series of posts, I document an extraordinary trip to 10 churches in the Shida Kartli region. To see … Read More
On Tuesday, May 2nd, a folk concert was held in the Grand Hall of the Tbilisi Conservatory as part of … Read More
This past Thursday, a group of some 80 singers participated in a “Flash Mob” of folk singers. From amongst the … Read More
After singing the Paschal all-night vigil at Bana Monastery, and trapeza in the morning, I started back towards Tbilisi with … Read More
Easter is here! I had the fortune to celebrate the feast with the small brotherhood of monks at the Bana … Read More
Kriste aghdga (Christ is Risen) is an important Easter hymn in the Georgian Orthodox tradition.It is sung when the … Read More
This is Post 3 (of 3) on the very special chant, shen khar venakhi (You are the vineyard).Post 1 contains … Read More
Post 1: Shen khar venakhi – a Beloved Chant (1/3) Post 2: Shen khar venakhi – the East Georgian variants … Read More
For the feast of the Annunciation, we sang the troparion “Today is the Crown,” the heirmos “Worthily Gabriel Announced” and … Read More
Post 1: Shen khar venakhi – a Beloved Chant (1/3) Post 2: Shen khar venakhi – the East Georgian … Read More
Sometimes in Georgia, it’s hard to get any work done. The culture demands a more nuanced, flexible approach to life … Read More
Yesterday, I had the fortune to sing liturgical chants with the Anchishati Choir, in the Anchiskhati Church in Tbilisi. … Read More
Today is Forgiveness Sunday at the Kashweti Church of St. George, a major church in downtown Tbilisi that … Read More