Word: hilarion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...final surrender. Her intonation was weak in the first and last at, especially in the last when her voice seemed to tire badly; her singing in the second act showed what she could do for a whole evening if she would peace herself properly. James Greene, as Hilarion, floated amiably through his part; his voice has a lyrical quality which served him well in singing but contributed to the insipidity of his acting...
...Cyril and Florian, Hilarion's sidekicks, Donald Fern and William Nethercut maintained uniform quality throughout demanding roles. In the second act, for instance, they sang five ensembles in a row without losing their freshness. Fern's comic touches also contributed to the general hilarity...
Bishop Rafael Alvarez Lara agreed to give the idea a trial in his See of Guadix, and Brothers Hilarion and Bernardo went to work. In the cemetery's dilapidated tool shed, they arranged two small cells and a tiny kitchen. All day long, they labor in the graveyard, clearing paths, repairing crumbling headstones, replacing rusty iron crosses and digging graves, an average of one a day. Each day they rise at 2 a.m. to walk in meditation through the cemetery to the tiny chapel, where they pray until...
...length beards, never smoke, drink wine or eat meat, and never leave their cemetery except for necessity. Postulants must serve a six-month trial period before becoming novices, and must remain novices for two years before being accepted as members of the community. "We are the mystic dead," explains Hilarion. "Not everyone can stand a lifetime of death in a cemetery...
...Though many have applied, only one man has so far been accepted as a postulant: Joaquín, a 38-year-old taxi driver from Granada. But Brother Hilarion is sure that he and Bernardo have started something that will spread through Spain, and perhaps farther...