IRMOS project – it is artistic anthropological project, the means and fulfillment of which is irmos. That is orthodox spiritual practice, which is being realized in contemporary social-cultural space and embodied in contemporary artistic forms. The aim of the project is renewal of the word, healing of the personal territory of service and creativity, new practical cognition of law, canon – through the clearing of the motive of singing the irmos.

 from Greek
heirmos
– aconnection,
a link, a song

Irmological singing,
monody – a traditional
Christian spiritual
practice of singing
in Ukraine

The project implies: the research of sacred songs from ancient manuscripts and old printings, the laboratory of irmos, holiday services based on ancient sacred songs, concerts, performances and CDs.

Directors of the project - Sergiy Kovalevych, Natalka Polovynka
Project participants - Olena Kostyuk, Nazar Romanyuk, Ulyana Horbachevska, Jurij Josyfovych, Natalka Polovynka and priest Luka.

Realized projects in the frames of Irmos – alive tradition of ancient sacred songs of Ukraine:
- Performance “Kako vospoem…” (How will we sing…),
- project “Pilgrimage to the Shroud”,
- holiday night services in The Archistratigus Michael Church,
- international laboratory of irmos “Spas”,
- international project “Sobor” – sacred songs of Byzantine and Latin tradition (together with Schola Teatru Wegajty (Poland)),
- THEOTOKOS – concerts of ancient sacred songs in deserted churches along Polish-Ukrainian frontier (together with Schola Teatru Wegajty (Poland),
- participation in international festivals: „Ukraina Viva” (Poland), Giving Voice Festival (Aberystwyth,  Wales, 2003), Festival Ukraine-Poland-Europa (2003), festival 360' Sources - Sound – Sonority (Bielefeld, Germany, 2005), Singing of fast before Christmas (Poland), Festival of ancient music “Piesn Naszych Korzeni” (Yaroslaw, Poland), Festival of spiritual music (Warsaw, Poland), Festival "Galicia" (Narol, Poland), „Soloway” (Lviv, Ukraine), „Art Berezillia” (Kyiv, Ukraine), „Golden lion” (Lviv, Ukraine), Festival of ancient music (Lviv, 2007, 2008), festival Openings (Wroclaw, Poland, 2008). 

Actual projects in frames of Irmos:
- Concerts “Rejoice”, which consist of ancient sacred songs to Theotocos from manuscript and old printings of Ukraine of 17-19 centuries.
- Workshops of Irmos: masterclasses seminars.

Products:
- CD “Irmos”, 2003,
- film “Sobor”, dir. S.Kovalevych. 2008

See conditions for concert of Irmoses