November 15, 2016 5146 2 The Meaning of Objects Held by Saints in Orthodox Icons Iconography can be an extremely concise way of communicating the Faith. Therefore, what the Saints hold in their hands in portrait icons help in…
November 11, 2016 138 0 The Icon of the Mother of God “Ozeryanskaya” Not far from Kharkov, in the Transfiguration Monastery of Kuryazhanka, there is a miraculous image of the Mother of God called “Ozeryanskaya”. According to…
November 7, 2016 171 0 The Icon of the Mother of God “The Joy of All Who Sorrow” The Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” is a Theotokos image without a single compositional pattern which is encountered in many versions….
November 4, 2016 68 0 The Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan: The Liberation from an Invasion According to tradition, the icon of the Mother of God of Kazan arrived to Russia from Constantinople in the 13th century. After the Tatars…
November 1, 2016 1055 0 The Life, Travels and Martyrdom of Apostle Luke Background of St. Luke The holy Evangelist Luke was born in the Syrian city of Antioch. His parents were not members of the…
November 1, 2016 128 0 The Orthodox Priest: An Icon of Christ In this holy season you could have a child ask you, “why was Jesus born as a boy? Why couldn’t St. Mary have had…