Celebrated roll has own monument and appears on coat of arms
(4 May 2019) LEADIN:
A ring-shaped speciality Russian bread was so loved by Catherine the Great that she added it to the coat of arms of the city where she first tasted it.
To this day the city of Murom in western Russia celebrates its trademark bun, which has it own monument in the historical city.
Monks from the local monastery are the main specialist bakers crafting these rolls, which are inscribed with the city's name.
STORYLINE:
A bread roll so revered that it has its own monument in Murom, a city in western Russia.
Tourists travel to the area to taste the bread and take selfies with kalach memorabilia.
Kalach bread has been baked in Murom for centuries.
The baking process starts late at night, and bakers use a mould to form each roll into its trademark ring and twisted shape.
Apart from the usual recipe a good dose of love is needed when baking the perfect kalach.
Irina Zapretilova, a baker of the famed rolls, says she puts every effort into her baking.
We make dough with natural materials. We mix dough from flour, sugar, salt, yeast and margarine.
We then knead the dough. And we do it with our whole heart.
Most kalach rolls are crafted from within the walls of the Murom Transfiguration Monastery.
According to a nun in the area the only authentic kalach rolls are those baked by the monks from the monastery.
The proceeds from the sale of Kalach rolls are used for the upkeep of the religious community and buildings.
Kalach is baked in the monastery to maintain this monastery, to build new buildings and teach children and priests.
It is considered the main souvenir of the city and the real kalach is baked only inside the monastery, says nun, Tatyana.
The pretzel like rolls are not usually bought by the locals, as they are too expensive, says kalach vendor, Lyubov Kumanaeva.
It is in demand especially among visiting pilgrims. The local population can not always buy it because it is expensive.
One Kalach rolls costs around 1.20 US Dollars.
Folk ensembles use the traditional bread as part of their performances.
Natalya Monakhova, director of folk performances, says the rolls were so popular with royalty in Russia that it was added to Murom's coat of arms in 1781.
In the eighteenth century Catherine the Great who was visiting the city was greeted with delicious kalach
and she liked this famous bake so much that decided to put it on the coat of arms of the city. In addition Paul I (the Tsar of Russia between 1754-1801), when he visited Murom and tried kalach sent a few of them to St. Petersburg.
Kalach is given to honorary guests as a welcoming gesture and is presented as a parting gift to important people when they leave Murom.
During the summer months when there are many tourists in Murom around a thousand five hundred Kalach rolls are baked each day due popular demand.
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Life in a Russian Monastery
This video covers a visit to the Monastery of the Lord's Transfiguration, a blessing from the priest and some welcome hospitality, including brandy!! The priest had heard that Chris used to be a choir boy and also speaks French.
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Celebrated roll has own monument and appears on coat of arms
(4 May 2019) LEADIN:
A ring-shaped speciality Russian bread was so loved by Catherine the Great that she added it to the coat of arms of the city where she first tasted it.
To this day the city of Murom in western Russia celebrates its trademark bun, which has it own monument in the historical city.
Monks from the local monastery are the main specialist bakers crafting these rolls, which are inscribed with the city's name.
STORYLINE:
A bread roll so revered that it has its own monument in Murom, a city in western Russia.
Tourists travel to the area to taste the bread and take selfies with kalach memorabilia.
Kalach bread has been baked in Murom for centuries.
The baking process starts late at night, and bakers use a mould to form each roll into its trademark ring and twisted shape.
Apart from the usual recipe a good dose of love is needed when baking the perfect kalach.
Irina Zapretilova, a baker of the famed rolls, says she puts every effort into her baking.
We make dough with natural materials. We mix dough from flour, sugar, salt, yeast and margarine.
We then knead the dough. And we do it with our whole heart.
Most kalach rolls are crafted from within the walls of the Murom Transfiguration Monastery.
According to a nun in the area the only authentic kalach rolls are those baked by the monks from the monastery.
The proceeds from the sale of Kalach rolls are used for the upkeep of the religious community and buildings.
Kalach is baked in the monastery to maintain this monastery, to build new buildings and teach children and priests.
It is considered the main souvenir of the city and the real kalach is baked only inside the monastery, says nun, Tatyana.
The pretzel like rolls are not usually bought by the locals, as they are too expensive, says kalach vendor, Lyubov Kumanaeva.
It is in demand especially among visiting pilgrims. The local population can not always buy it because it is expensive.
One Kalach rolls costs around 1.20 US Dollars.
Folk ensembles use the traditional bread as part of their performances.
Natalya Monakhova, director of folk performances, says the rolls were so popular with royalty in Russia that it was added to Murom's coat of arms in 1781.
In the eighteenth century Catherine the Great who was visiting the city was greeted with delicious kalach
and she liked this famous bake so much that decided to put it on the coat of arms of the city. In addition Paul I (the Tsar of Russia between 1754-1801), when he visited Murom and tried kalach sent a few of them to St. Petersburg.
Kalach is given to honorary guests as a welcoming gesture and is presented as a parting gift to important people when they leave Murom.
During the summer months when there are many tourists in Murom around a thousand five hundred Kalach rolls are baked each day due popular demand.
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26th Annual Russian Orthodox Church Musicians’ Conference (English) (Russian)
The Media Department of the Western American Diocese has published a video report on the 26th Annual Russian Orthodox Church Musician’s Conference held in Los Angeles, CA, from the 4th to the 8th of October, 2017.
The film features scenes from the Divine Services at the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral and examples of the choirs performance, excerpts from lectures by His Grace Bishop Theodosy, Priest Dmitry Bolgarsky and Protodeacon Vadim Gan, as well as brief interviews with organizers and participants of the conference.
Choir conductors during the Divine Services shown in this film are Reader Vladimir Krassovsky, Reader George Skok, Andrei Roudenko and Peter Fekula. Two the hymns performed on the video are “A mercy of peace” (on the Destruction of Moscow) harmonized by Michail S. Konstantinov and “Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace” by nun Juliania (Denisova).
Many thanks to the sponsors of this conference including the Fund For Assistance to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
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This video is a brief overview of - the city of #NovgorodSeversky, #Ukraine, fortress, monastery and museum, The Tale of Igor's Campaign.
#The #town was first chronicled in 1044. From 1098 it was the capital of the Siverian Principality, which served as a buffer zone against incursions of the Cumans (Polovtsy) and other steppe peoples. One of the numerous campaigns of local princes against the Cumans produced the great monument of early East Slavic literature, the #Tale of #Igor's #Campaign.
After the town's destruction by Mongols in 1239, it passed to the princes of Bryansk and then to the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. It was ruled by Dymitr Korybut (Kaributas), son of Algirdas. Muscovy obtained the area following the Battle of Vedrosha in 1503, but lost it to Poland after the Time of Troubles. The town finally passed to Russia as a result of the Russo-Polish War (1654-1667). During the Cossack epoch, the town received the status of sotenny (literally, 'relating to a hundred') and later polkovoi (regimental) town; these were military and administrative divisions in the Cossack army and country. Also Novhorod-Siverskyi became a cultural center of Left-Bank Ukraine. It was made the capital of a separate namestnichestvo in 1782–97. Thereafter its importance steadily declined.
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The Tale of Igor's Campaign (Old East Slavic: Слово о плъкоу Игоревѣ, Slovo o plŭku Igorevě) is an anonymous epic poem written in the Old East Slavic language. The title is occasionally translated as The Song of Igor's Campaign, The Lay of Igor's Campaign, The Lay of the Host of Igor, and The Lay of the Warfare Waged by Igor.
The poem gives an account of a failed raid of Igor Svyatoslavich (d. 1202) against the Polovtsians of the Don River region. While some have disputed the authenticity of the poem, the current scholarly consensus is that the poem is authentic and dates to the medieval period (late 12th century).
The Tale of Igor's Campaign was adapted by Alexander Borodin as an opera and became one of the great classics of Russian theatre. Entitled Prince Igor, it was first performed in 1890.
According to the Primary Chronicle, before the 11th century the principality was ruled by local tribal elders and voivodes from Kiev who were appointed by the Grand Prince to collect tribute from the local population, manage judicial trials, and defend the land from external enemies. In the years 1024–1036 the principality of Chernigov was passed under the administration of son of the Vladimir the Great, Mstislav of Chernigov, who came there from Tmutorokan. Together with Yaroslav the Wise, Mstislav ruled the Kievan Rus' establishing Chernigov as one of the most important administration centers in Rus'. Upon the death of Mstislav, Chernigov was incorporated into the realm of Kiev.
After Yaroslav the Wise the principality of Chernigov was passed to one of his sons, Grand Prince Sviatoslav, who initiated the Chernigov branch of the Rurikids. During the civil war of the Yaroslavichi, Chernigov was contested between sons of Svyatoslav and Vsevolod. By the decision of the Liubech Congress in 1097, the sons of Sviatoslav, Oleg, Davyd, and their descendants, secured the principality. After that the principality obtained a certain degree of autonomy and was primarily secured after the Oleg's descendants.
The Principality was later split into three main apanage principalities: Chernigov, Novgorod-Seversk, and Murom-Ryazan, while Tmutarakan, due to its remoteness, often became contested and eventually was overtaken. Murom and later the Ryazan principality drifted away from the influence of Chernigov and after some time was contested by the Principality of Vladimir. Nonetheless the influence of Chernigov princes remained large and they retained the title of Kiev Grand Prince for some time. Chernigov was one of the largest economic and cultural centers of Kievan Rus.
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Russian Orthodox cross | Wikipedia audio article
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Russian Orthodox cross or Orthodox cross, is a variation of the Christian cross known from the 6th century in the Byzantine Empire. The cross has three horizontal crossbeams and the lower one is slanted. Nowadays it is a symbol of the Russian Orthodox Church and a distinctive feature of the cultural landscape of Russia. Other names: Byzantine, Russian, Slavonic or Suppedaneum cross.
It was introduced in the 6th century before the break between Catholic and Orthodox churches. It was used in Byzantine frescoes, arts and crafts. In 1551 during the canonical isolation of the Russian Orthodox Church the Grand Prince of Moscow Ivan the Terrible for the first time in history started to use this cross on the domes of churches. In addition from this time it started to be depicted on Russian state coat of arms and military banners. In the second half of 19th century this cross was promoted by the government of Russian Empire in the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania as a part of Russification politics.
The Russian Orthodox cross of the Russian origin has only two horizontal crossbeams and the lower one is slanted. Some Russian sources distinguish the Russian Orthodox cross and the Orthodox cross. In Unicode the symbol (☦) is denoted as Orthodox cross. The same USVA headstone emblem is called Russian Orthodox cross.