He attended an Orthodox liturgy on May 9, 1999, marking the first time a pope has ever attended an Orthodox service.

Adaïewsky wrote piano concertos, vocal music (including choral settings of the Russian Orthodox liturgy), and two operas.

Musical instruments are not allowed in Russian Orthodox liturgy.

Several literary works in Ethiopian Orthodox liturgy however point to Ethiopian control and tribute both during ancient Axumite times and during the latter Solomonic restoration.

Orthodox liturgies include prayers lamenting the inability to perform the Temple service and petitioning for its restoration, which Conservative synagogues generally omit.

The tunes in the overture are largely from the Russian Orthodox liturgy, based on a collection of old Russian Orthodox liturgical chants called the Obikhod.

For the third time in the history of the Orthodox Church three more hymns are enrolled into the Russian Orthodox liturgy.

Recent seasons have featured Mozart's Requiem and C minor Mass, settings by Gretchaninov and Tchaikovsky of the Russian Orthodox liturgy and cantatas by Britten.

The plot, which offers passages from the Russian Orthodox liturgy and a romanticized vision of the American West, as well as the plea for rapprochement, further unsettled many Kremlin hardliners.

It is a masterpiece of recycling: Arensky begins and ends the outer movements with themes based on the Russian Orthodox liturgy.