ORTHODIXIE : INTERVIEW: Bishop Hilarion, Composer

re: "ROME, MARCH 5, 2007 - Music in church should be an avenue to deeper prayer, not a distraction, says a Russian Orthodox bishop and composer. / His Grace Hilarion Alfeyev, Bishop of Vienna and Austria, is the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church to the European Community. /His latest composition, "The Passion According to Matthew," will be premiered in Moscow on March 27 and then performed in Rome on March 29. /In an interview with ZENIT news agency, Bishop Hilarion discusses his latest composition, the central role of music in the Orthodox liturgy, Christian unity, and some thoughts on Pope Benedict XVI..."...