[Skooz]

My favorite liturgy, however, is the Russian Orthodox liturgy, done in Church Slavonic, a relative of Russian.

Russian Orthodox liturgical music is the most astonishingly beautiful music on earth. I am not Orthodox (I attend an Assembly of God church), but I would gladly attend an Orthodox service from time to time just so I could hear that incredible music.

[MineralMan]

There's a Russian Orthodox church in Louisiana:

Holy Innocents Orthodox Church, 311 Hickory Ave., Harahan, Louisiana 70123, (504) 738-3502

Apparently they only do the traditional liturgy sometimes, but it might be worth contacting them about when you might be able to attend such a liturgy.

You're right about the music. It's wonderfully medieval in its structure. I attend once or twice a year, just for that and to hear Church Slavonic...a language even more obscure than Latin, now.

[jer33 3]

Russian Orthodox liturgical music is the most astonishingly beautiful music on earth. I am not Orthodox (I attend an Assembly of God church), but I would gladly attend an Orthodox service from time to time just so I could hear that incredible music.

I agree the music is beautiful. I attended an evening candlelight worship service in Moscow over Christmas.