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The sound was so powerful that it seemed to be about to explode the ceiling, when the 22-member Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir gave a preview performance Wednesday. It was a glimpse into what they ...

The heady spirit of Mother Russia was alive at Avery Fisher Hall last Tuesday as crowds of expatriate Russians and Ukrainians, including a picturesque contingent of black-robed clergy, formed a ...

For the first time in five years, the Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir returns to the United States for a monthlong, nine-city tour that begins with a performance at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre ...

KATHY LALLY The Washington Post. MOSCOW - The Sretensky Monastery was founded more than 600 years ago in honor of Moscow's miraculous deliverance from invasion by Tamerlane. The Bolsheviks closed it ...