“Rejoice, O Star, that reveals the Sun,” formula from the Akathistos to the Mother of God, admirably summarizes both Orthodox theology and popular piety with which the Church surrounds the Blessed Virgin Mary, whom we can call the “Mother of God.” The Orthodox liturgy was able to maintain the balance between, on the one hand, the memory of the Incarnation of Christ – the fundamental mystery on which the divine motherhood of Mary rests – and, on the other hand, the piety of Christians who recognize in Mary both a sister and a real mother. The organic proximity between the mystery of Mary and that of her Son is manifest in the course of the liturgical feasts that are the subject of this CD - The Nativity of the Mother of God and The Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple - and was highlighted in the selection of chants that have been recorded.The hymnody of the two feasts is followed by six chants that belong to the oldest hymnographical tradition of the Byzantine Divine Liturgy.Bell-ringing marks the beginning and the end of the CD, as well as the transition between the two feasts. Since the construction of the Byzantine church of Chevetogne, the monastery had a bell stand with four bells. In 2010, thanks to the construction of a new building which linked the monastery to the church, a proper belfry tower was erected to host seven new bells that were cast in Moscow.