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  • SPIRITUAL SONGS according to THE CARPATHO-RUTHENIAN TRADITIONSPIRITUAL SONGS according to THE CARPATHO-RUTHENIAN TRADITION
    The Ruthenian people under the Carpathian Mountains, besides their own liturgical chant (cf. Byzantine Leaflet Series, No. 23, 1981), developed another kind of religious singing, known as the Spiritual Songs. These devotional songs, by their simplicity and musical freshness, captivated the hearts of the people and were kept alive throughout the centuries mostly by oral tradition. Today they are considered a treasured part of our Ruthenian spiritual heritage.