Music for 19th AAC, FOCA Convention now available
Musical scores for the liturgical services that will be celebrated at the 92nd National Convention of the Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America [FOCA] and the 19th All-American Council [AAC] of the Orthodox Church in America are now available online.
The Convention is slated to take place at the Saint Louis Union Station Hotel July 20-23, 2018. The All-American Council opens on Monday, July 23 and runs through Friday, July 27.
According to Dr. David Drillock, Chair of the OCA’s Department of Liturgical Music and Translations, a rehearsal for the weekend services will be held at the hotel on Saturday, July 21, at 3:45 p.m. Additional rehearsals for services throughout the week will be announced at the AAC. All convention and AAC singers are encouraged to attend the rehearsals and sing in the choir at all services.
The 19th AAC services [Vespers on Monday and Tuesday; Wednesday Vigil; Hierarchical Divine Liturgy plus an Addendum; and Akathists on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday] are available for downloading on the AAC website and below.
- Vespers
- Matins
- Divine Liturgy
- Divine Liturgy Addendum
- Akathist to Saints Joachim and Anna
- Akathist to the Sitka Icon of the Mother of God
- Akathist to the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God
The FOCA convention’s Vespers and Divine Liturgy are available on the FOCA’s website and below.