Category: Christmas

George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” — the complete Journey recordings

by Journey | Dec 25, 2023 | African American, Christmas, Harlem, Music | 0 |

This exclusive broadcast of the Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir & Chamber Orchestra honors the men & women killed or injured in the Metro North derailment in 2013.

Handel’s Messiah, Part 2, 30. Behold, the sorrow! by The Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir and Chamber Orchestra

by Journey | Dec 22, 2023 | African American, Christmas, Harlem, Music | 0 |

“Behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto his sorrow.” Lamentations 1:12

Handel’s Messiah. Part 1, 1. Sinfonia by The Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir and Chamber Orchestra

by Journey | Dec 21, 2023 | African American, Christmas, Harlem, Music | 0 |

Every day to Christmas Day, we will play 12 parts as introduced by Reverend Calvin Butts.

The three wise women of Christmas — OP-ED

by Tony Carnes | Dec 20, 2023 | Bible NYC, Bible NYC Exhibit, Christmas, Op-ed | 0 |

With Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna, the gospel message moves forward.

J.C. Penney — A CHRISTMAS BURIAL, THEN HOPELESSNESS

by Tony Carnes | Dec 19, 2023 | Biographies, Bowery retrospecive, Christmas, Evangelical Protestants, Faith-based business, Faith-based social services, Personalities N - Z, Upper East Side | 0 |

He was one of our city’s most storied businessmen. At the time of his death in 1971, the JC Penney stores were pulling in over $18 billion of business. But in 1910, he almost committed suicide.

Handel’s Messiah. Part 1, 11. A Light out of Darkness by The Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir & Chamber Orchestra

by Tony Carnes | Dec 21, 2022 | African American, Christmas, Harlem, Music | 0 |

“They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shined.” Isaiah 9:2

Christmas Morning Bells on the Upper West Side by Oscar Hijuelos

by Tony Carnes | Dec 16, 2022 | Christmas, Op-ed, Upper West Side, West Harlem | 0 |

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, wrote on faith on the Upper West Side and West Harlem during the 1950s and 1960s.

Mr. Bean leads carols for The Salvation Army Band

by Journey | Dec 12, 2022 | Christmas, Humor | 0 |

And now for some holiday humor.

Mr. Bean’s Interactive Nativity Display

by Journey | Dec 2, 2022 | Christmas, Humor | 0 |

While shopping, Mr. Bean re-enacts the birth of Jesus

Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” at the Merchant’s House, Manhattan. tickets

by Journey | Nov 2, 2022 | Christmas, Retro Flashes | 0 |

In December 1867, Charles Dickens arrived in New York City for a month of sold-out performances of...

Brooklyn’s Mrs. Claus by Curbed

by Journey | Dec 25, 2021 | Art & Faith, Brooklyn, Christmas, Dyker Heights | 0 |

Brooklyn’s Dyker Heights is NYC’s biggest Christmas display & other religion stories from around the world

‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’: Advent’s Spookiest Carol?

by Journey | Dec 7, 2021 | Catholics, Christmas, Music | 0 |

Illustration by A Journey through NYC religions An interesting podcast by Robert “Roc”...

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