Students of the Russian Song course (RUSN305) studied the history of church singing in the Russian Orthodox music, which is directly related to the nation’s cultural and musical history. They studied the form and sequence of a typical Orthodox service and listened to Russian classical composers (such as Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov) who composed their most elegant and sophisticated music for the Orthodox liturgy. The culmination of this study was a visit to St. Sergius Russian Orthodox Cathedral on October 27, 2024, where our students witnessed a liturgical service.