Sons of Sirach
Fr. Herman MajkrzakI write on liturgy (Byzantine, Roman, Anglican—esthetics, theology, translation); spirituality, ecclesiology, language, culture, etc. My blog is eclectic in genre and subject—like the book of Ecclesiasticus in the Bible, whose author it's named after.
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Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor
Christ Enthroned, painted by Aidan Hart, Shresbury.
The Feast of the Ascension has a majesty all its own. As N.T. Wright argues in Surprised by Hope, it’s the OG Feast of Christ the King (not an exact quote). Music for this feast also has...
The Heart is a Deep Well
Sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Pascha, the Feast of the Woman of Samaria, on the texts:
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John 4:5–42 (“…the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”)
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Psalm 63:6 LXX: “A man shall...
To Sing of Easter’s Joy and Easter’s Fear
Fresco of Christ’s Harrowing of Hell, Protaton Church, Mt. Athos.
Everyone eventually releases a Christmas album. From Westminster Abbey to Mariah Carrie to Leonard Bernstein (yes) to Count Basie to the Smashing Pumpkins.
Easter is diffe...
The Triumphal Entry of the Bridegroom
Fresco at Dionysiou Monastery, Mt. Athos.
This sermon was given at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, Mishawaka, Indiana, on Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026.
“Let your gentleness be known unto all. The Lord is at hand.” (Phil. 4:5)
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The Cross of Artistic Excellence
Interior of St. Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv.
This lecture was given on October 24, 2025, at Assumption of the Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, as the keynote address at SingCon, an annual educational conference fo...
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I'm a Catholic priest of the Byzantine Rite (UGCC). Was raised in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, spent many years serving in the OCA, studied church music at Westminster Choir College, and theology at St. Tikhon’s Sem., St. Vladimir’s, and Notre Dame.
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