On 4 March 2005, the fourth Friday of Lent, an Orthodox vespers
service was held at Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral during the Veneration
of the Crown. Hieromonk Nestor, rector of the Russian parish under
the patriarchate of Moscow, presided over the ceremony. A group of
choristers directed by Protodeacon Alexandre Kedroff, cantor and
choirmaster of Saint-Alexandre-Nevski Cathedral in Paris, provided
vocal accompaniment. The choristers comprised members of the Kedroff
Vocal Ensemble and other singers recruited for the occasion. During
the ceremony, their voices filled Notre-Dame with stirring hymns from
the liturgical tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Kedroff and
his ensemble were invited to participate in the veneration ceremony at
Notre-Dame through the initiative of the clergy of the patriarchate of
Moscow.
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