PSALM
The Choir of SS Peter & Paul Church, Meriden, CT (OCA)
Choir of SS Peter & Paul Church Choir of SS Peter & Paul Church
The Choir sings the Matins of Holy Saturday under the direction of Vladimir Morosan. (L to R: Lisa Lowe, Helen Kasperovich, Anne Rusch, Paul Leonowich, David Zavednak, Tim Tassmer; not in the picture -- Theodora Datzko, Dina Halvorsen, Tania Morosan, Nellie Silocka, Natasha Tassmer, Harry Kushpinsky) The women of SS Peter & Paul Choir sing Stasis 3 of the Lamentations (Praises) of Great and Holy Saturday. (L to R: Theodora Datzko, Dina Halvorsen, Tania Morosan, Nellie Silocka, Lisa Lowe, Helen Kasperovich, Anne Rusch)
Choir of SS Peter & Paul Church Choir of SS Peter & Paul Church
The Lamentations together with Psalm 118 [119] are sung antiphonally by the men's and women's voices, standing on both sides of the sepulcher of Christ. Here Deacon Sergius Halvorsen leads the men's group. (Clockwise, from top: Tim Tassmer, Dan Morosan, Vladimir Morosan, Paul Leonowich, David Zavednak, and Deacon Sergius.) Another view of the choir, showing the iconostasis and the sepulcher. The priest is Fr. Timothy Lowe. The subdeacon is John Barrone.