[Salvation]

**One of our priests who was down in the sanctuary told us later that the visiting dignitaries were very pleased by our musical offering!**

Congratulations.

Was it because it was ecumenical that the Baptist choir was there? Very strange.....and I can totally understand why the orthodox priests thought it very strange.

[AnAmericanMother]

Yes, it was an ecumenical service cooked up (as I understand it) by our Parochial Vicar and the Dean of the Orthodox Cathedral. I think they threw the Baptists in to get a Protestant group on board.

I enjoy that sort of music because I have lots of Southern Baptist relatives (and I even sing Sacred Harp myself - the white Southern Appalachian equivalent of black gospel music). But it's not within the usual ken of an Orthodox prayer service -- too modern, too boisterous, too LOUD.