Tue 23 Aug
|Exeter Cathedral
Irmos for Ukraine - Exeter Cathedral
A prayer for peace. A concert of ancient spiritual songs in support of Ukraine. An unmissable chance to be bathed in the sounds of Ukraine's rich cultural heritage and express your solidarity for the people of Ukraine.
Time & Location
23 Aug 2022, 19:30 – 21:00
Exeter Cathedral, Cathedral Close, Exeter EX1 1EZ, UK
About the event
IRMOS FOR UKRAINE
A concert of ancient spiritual and traditional songs of Ukraine
My land is a Song. Always and today, it is full of the will to live! Because life always wins over death. We will win together with you! - Nataliia Polovynka
Irmos is a prayer that sits at the heart of ancient Ukrainian spiritual singing. The word, from Greek, means: “link, tie, connection”. During this special evening, these spiritual chants from the early Christian liturgy will be performed in conjunction with traditional Ukrainian songs. We will send the cry of earth up to heaven where it will meet the holy gift that descends from heaven to earth, offering the hope of healing for all human beings and the whole world with them.
Following the onset of the Russian invasion in Ukraine on 24 February 2022, artistic director of Word and Voice Theatre Centre Nataliia Polovynka travelled to…