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The St. Mary’s Choir - How Sweet the sound.

Easter Services this year was a blissful and memorable one for me.
I had the good fortune attending services in the St. Mary’s Parish Church,
Ripon Street, Kolkata.
The Sunday prayer service was truly inspiring .The Choir of St. Mary’s
Church made the worship more meaningful and fulfilling than ever.
The singing was simply soul-lifting.
Every hymn was perfectly presented. Every hymn was inspiring.
It is like a feeling which overtakes you like when you attend a live show
of your favorite band.
You feel drawn to join the singers in praise of the Lord.
I have heard many choirs before in different places, I have yet come across
a choir as good the St. Mary’s Choir.
At the end of the service, a sense of gratitude overcame me…..I whispered a
thank you to God for giving the opportunity to feast on such beautiful music.


The choir has been there since the beginning of the church.
Year after year, talented people like Michael Monier and Charles Sasoon
and friends have faithfully come together for sessions of practice where hymns
and selected, created and recreated , till they become perfect for the final
presentation in the church.
The members of the choir sing because they love singing for the Lord.
There are not after fame or money. They have often been asked to perform
and have been offered handsome emoluments, they have been asked to
record their song commercially, but they have gracefully declined such offers.
“We do it for God and that is ! ” says Michael Monier.
That Sunday the choir presented some of the most beautiful hymns such as
“Handel’s Alleluia Chorus”, a hymn rendered on the tune of Elvis Presley’s
“Can’t help fallen in love with you,” and many others.
People coming to this church for the first time, go back home spiritually charged
carrying in their hearts a part of the hymn.