"An Orthodox Christmas" a musical presentation of Christmas Sacred Music of the orthodox churches with commentary by Robinson at The Attic, 36, Regal Building, CP > 6:30pm on 7th January 2013

Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Place : The Attic, 36, Regal Building, Connaught Place, New Delhi-110001 
Landmark : On Parliament Street close to 'The Shop' showroom & next to the 'Kwality' restaurant
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Event Description : “An Orthodox Christmas” – a musical presentation of Christmas Sacred Music of the orthodox churches with commentary by Robinson
For people across cultures, festivals are an important aspect of connecting with their roots and also with themselves. Christmas as we traditionally know is celebrated on the 25th of December across the world or so we think. 
In the modern era the first casualty of tradition has been the bazaar aspects of almost all festivals around the world. Traditional Christmas has been replaced by commerce. Hence it is interesting to know that there are large groups of people and countries in the world who celebrate their Christmas in January.
Until the sixteenth century, the civil calendar in use the world over was the Julian calendar, introduced by Julius Caesar in the year 46 B.C. Pope Gregory XIII of Rome, a student of astrology, dates and feasts noticed that the Julian calendar was marginally wrong and introduced the Gregorian calendar, still in use today and fixed 25 December as the date of the celebration of the Lord's nativity. However the Eastern Orthodox Churches continue to use the Julian and Coptic calendars which has 7th January as the date of Christmas (this will change to 8th January after the year 2100 AD.)
This presentation will focus on the music and historical tradition of the Orthodox church which is known under different denominations, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church, the Coptic Orthodox church and the Orthodox churches of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Cyprus
The musical presentation will look at various unique customs and food which are an integral part of the celebration.

Robinson is an alumnus of St. Stephen's college, Delhi, a Theologian, Meditation Practitioner and a Poet. He has an advanced certificate from Soon Bible Studies and papers on comparative religion. He is currently researching on the mystical and meditative aspects in various religious traditions. His book ‘Christianity; An Indian Theological Perspective’ awaits publication. He has a   published poetry collection. Reminiscences: The Poetry of Communion. Robinson also conducts walks on specific themes in Delhi like the old city Mehrauli, the Churches and Dargahs of Delhi. 

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