To all our friends and subscribers, PaTRAM™ wishes you and your loved ones a very happy and healthy New Year and may God bless you all!

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As part of our efforts for this year’s planned Serbia concert tour and CD recording of Rachmaninoff’s “All-Night Vigil”, PaTRAM Institute™ gave all our generous donors, supporters, and friends the opportunity to submit their commemoration slips for prayers to be said for loved ones in Serbian churches during our event.

Unfortunately, like many events during the pandemic, PaTRAM was forced to cancel the Serbia event due to COVID restrictions and for the safety of our singers. This left us with many commemoration slips that our supporters had submitted.

PaTRAM refused to let our promise go unfulfilled! The PaTRAM team made a promise to our donors, and we MUST come through with that promise, whatever it takes.

St. Aleksandr Nevsky Church, Belgrade, Serbia

Thank God we had some extremely helpful and supportive friends in Serbia who were willing to assist us in fulfilling our promise by delivering the names of your loved ones, both living and reposed, to the St. Alexander Nevsky church in Belgrade.

Thanks to the efforts of our good friend, Father Aleksandr Sekulic, your loved ones were commemorated in Serbian churches, as promised. We thank God for people like Father Aleksandr and especially for our generous and supportive donors, without whom we could not continue the mission of PaTRAM.

PaTRAM will soon be announcing the 2022 Rachmaninoff Tour and CD Recording of the “All-Night Vigil” that supersedes the Serbia event. So, please subscribe to our mailing list and/or follow us on social media.

THANK YOU, as always, for your support and generosity.

There seems to be a review coming to us every week for this CD!

PaTRAM Institute™ is extremely pleased with yet another review for their newest CD, “More Honourable than the Cherubim”. This week’s review comes from James Manhiem, of AllMusic, a well-known classical music review site.

Mr. Manheim, who has never reviewed a PaTRAM CD, writes:  “The music will doubtless be of special significance to adherents of the Orthodox faith. However, it is also of interest to general listeners, who may simply want to sample this magnificent tradition, and, beyond that…” We urge our listeners to read the full review for complete context.

We urge our listeners to consider supporting PaTRAM Institute by purchasing a digital download, physical CD or enjoy streaming this album and all PaTRAM music at most mainstream outlets.

PaTRAM would also LOVE to hear from our listeners and supporters. If your CD purchase is on Amazon please don’t forget to post a review there, too! We would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you again for your support.

The 2019 PaTRAM Institute Recording Project began with the intention to record the sacred works of Alexander Gretchaninoff, one of the great Russian composers of the twentieth century. However, as the project was in development, we received the wonderful news that His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral), First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, had granted his special permission and blessing to allow the 725-year-old Wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign to travel with the PaTRAM Male Choir to our recording location in distant Saratov, Russia.

The timing of the recording also coincided with the Feast of the Dormition of the Holy Lady Theotokos. It was then we realized that many providential signs were pointing us to a different musical focus. Accordingly, and in honor of this event, the repertoire was changed to an array of masterpieces by various composers glorifying the Holy Virgin Mary.

Our journey to prepare an album presenting Russian Orthodox choral music in its highest possible form, uniting deep spirituality, love for the rich traditions of Orthodox Christian singing and an uncompromising standard of musical professionalism began two years ago. Our aspiration was to create a new masterpiece – with a deeply rich sound, precision in ensemble unity, and above all, a deep identification with and expression of the sacred texts. Receiving divine inspiration from the Wonderworking Kursk Root icon we were committed to bringing the very best of ourselves in singing the music of the Church to the Glory of God.

TODAY we are delighted to bring you our labor of LOVE and FAITH, the new PaTRAM Institute Male Choir CD, “More Honourable than the Cherubim”. Our Grammy Award nominated 56-member male choir from 5 countries with an unprecedented section of 9 octavists (!), under the direction of Maestro Vladimir Gorbik, worked with the multi-Grammy winning team at Soundmirror to make the album a reality. The beautiful and serene St. Nicholas Monastery in Saratov, Russia provided the ideal setting for the recording. PaTRAM Institute Co-Founders, Alexis and Katya Lukianov, served as the Executive Producers. Multi-Grammy winning, classical recording label, Chandos Records, is handling the release and distribution.

We invite you to own this musical treasure or listen on all the major music platforms:

The CD is available at all the major download and streaming services.

It is our sincere hope that you enjoy this new offering!

Please visit the making of “More Honourable than the Cherubim” to learn more about the making of the album, download the booklet and find information about participating in all things PaTRAM.

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Beautiful sacred music is the perfect genre to listen to any time. Let the music of PaTRAM bring peace and inspiration to reduce the stress of your day. Join listeners from over 50 countries and enjoy the music from our albums on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and all your favorite music sites. Subscribe to PaTRAM’s YouTube channel to see special concerts and even get sneak peeks into our soon-to-be-released, landmark album entitled “More Honorable than the Cherubim”, which was recorded in Saratov, Russia and features the PaTRAM international Male Choir with an unprecedented 9 octavists!

Keep up with all things PaTRAM on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. PaTRAM is moving ahead with exciting plans for a concert tour and CD recording of Rachmaninoff’s “All-Night Vigil” in Serbia in October 2021! We will be praying for all our supporters and friends. Be sure to send in your payer slips for commemoration at the holiest churches in Serbia. Check our Social Media for updates and information and learn how YOU can participate in this important project.

Have you visited our website recently? We are continually updating information, uploading new photos and will soon bring you music from our highly anticipated, upcoming album. We cannot wait to share this music with you!

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