Aber mit der Heimat
geht man immer herum,
durch die Welt,
dort und dort
Peter Handke
No one could describe
the Word of the Father;
but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos,
He consented to be described, and restored the fallen image to its former beauty.
We confess and proclaim our salvation in word and image.
Kontakion of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
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We have the whole performance of this staged version of Messiah on our Sky box, and it goes on whenever we are doing something else rather than watching it. I admit I do find it rather strange, but I daresay it is very profound and it is probable that I just don’t get it! It was filmed in Vienna, I believe, and the countertenor is Bejun Mehta, who sounds rather lovely.