Memorial Day Pilgrimage Festival Choir

Join us for the St. Tikhon’s Memorial Day Pilgrimage on May 24-27, 2024

St. Tikhon’s Monastery warmly invites you to come sing with our Festival Choir for the annual Memorial Day Day Pilgrimage!

Singers will enjoy two days of rehearsals conducted by Benedict Sheehan, Anastasia Kappanadze, and this year’s Music Residents, culminating in the celebration of the Memorial Day Hierarchical Liturgy on Monday, May 27th.

You are invited to attend the many Pilgrimage services held throughout the weekend, as well as a concert performance by the Sylvan Trio on Sunday evening celebrating the grand opening of our new Arts Center (iconography and wood working studio). You can find details about the Trio’s performance and tickets, here. It’s going to be a wonderful weekend!

Download the full pilgrimage & choir schedule HERE.

The weekend’s choir rehearsal schedule:

• Saturday May 25

  • 1-3pm Festival Choir Rehearsal

• Sunday May 26

  • 1-4pm Festival Choir Rehearsal

• Monday May 27

  • 8:30-9:45am Liturgy Warm-up

  • 10am-12:30pm Memorial Day Liturgy

Music repertoire will be sent out to registrants upon registering. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the pieces before our rehearsals Memorial Day Weekend.

All rehearsals will be held in the St. Tikhon’s Monastery Music Center. Monday’s Pilgrimage Liturgy will be held under the Pilgrimage Liturgy tent in front of the All Saints Chapel located to the east of the Monastery Church.

Lodging and meals are not included. We recommended finding lodging at Hotel Anthracite, in Carbondale, Pa.

Please reach out with any questions you may have: music@stmarts.org.

We look forward to singing with you all!