Free Christmas Concert on Saturday, December 3 at Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church will host its Annual Christmas Concert on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 7:00 PM. The Choir of Holy Trinity Orthodox Church will perform choral music of the Orthodox Church and traditional carols from both East and West. This is the first concert to be held since 2019 because of the pandemic. The parish began offering this concert to the local South Shore community in 2008. It will be livestreamed on Facebook as well; see the parish page at https://www.facebook.com/htocem.

Vespers (evening prayer) will be held at 6:00 PM before the concert; all are welcome to worship with us. A Lenten reception will follow the concert. The concert and reception are both free of charge.

Dr. Nicholas Reeves, Holy Trinity’s Director of Music, commented: “After a two-year hiatus, the Parish choir of Holy Trinity is returning with its annual Christmas concert. We are beginning the season of preparation for the Nativity by singing familiar carols and hymns from both the Western and Eastern Christian traditions. With the COVID lockdowns behind us, please join us by participating in our musical offering.”

Directions to Holy Trinity Church can be found in the “Directions” section of the parish website, www.htocem.org. For any additional questions, please e-mail us at [email protected] or call the pastor, Father Martin Kraus, at 516-483-3649. Flyers in electronic format for distribution can also be requested at [email protected].

About Holy Trinity Church:

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, founded in 1924, was the first Orthodox Christian parish established in the Nassau/Suffolk area. Holy Trinity Church is a parish of the autocephalous Orthodox Church in America. Originally founded by Russian and Eastern European immigrants, the parish now encompasses Orthodox Christians of all traditional Orthodox ethnicities as well as many converts. All services are conducted in English. Holy Trinity Church proclaims the Gospel to all people on Long Island and has been engaged in many local and international philanthropic projects.

About Dr. Nicholas Reeves:

Dr. Nicholas Reeves has been Director of Music at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church since 2003 and is currently Professor of Music at Adelphi University. He managed the Arvo Pärt Project in 2014, a unique collaboration between the acclaimed Estonian composer and St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, including a highly-acclaimed performance at Carnegie Hall. Dr. Reeves has also produced concerts both privately and in conjunction with St. Vladimir’s, where he was a professor of liturgical music from 2011 to 2015. He has studied at the Brevard Music Center and holds degrees in composition from Westminster Choir College and Manhattan School of Music, where he received a doctorate (DMA) in classical composition as a student of the renowned composer Richard Danielpour.