You're probably familiar with classic hymns like “Silent Night” and “The First Noel,” but you may not know the history behind some of these centuries-old songs. For instance, the popular ...

Some eight centuries after St. Francis of Assisi composed "Creatures of the Canticle," the manuscript is making its first ...

Rejoice, birth-giver of the aromatic balm of the King of all. Rejoice, O Bride unwedded, the world's salvation." The Akathist Hymn is a profound, devotional poem, which sings the praises of the Holy ...

The creation of the new hymnbook involved a rigorous selection process, according to a church statement, with a committee ...

Visit the homepage for more information. The International Marian Research Institute has often been asked for familiar hymns for a May devotion to Mary or a May Crowning. These hymns are appropriate ...

This was a new verse added to the 75-year-old classic hymn "How Great Thou Art ... It's a broken world, but we can sing faith and hope over that. More music: Luke Combs, Tracy Chapman, to ...

The 18th-century song is among nine new additions to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ global “Hymns—For Home ... wife of the faith’s founder, Joseph Smith, included in ...

"All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small…" The classic hymn by Cecil Frances Alexander has endured the test of time, 200 years after her birth. But few know of the part ...

It may be that after attending church, a popular hymn inadvertently inspired Nick Cave's classic song 'Into My Arms', as they sound very similar.

At Sing!, these beloved hymns of the faith from different eras of church history are part of the same cultural project. They support the modern hymn movement by providing both a model and a ...

He says the Queen spoke to him about the strong faith of her grandfather and the hymns her father, George VI, would sing to her at bedtime when she was a child. "The moments I'll cherish most ...