December 7, 2016 100 0 The Holy Great Martyr and Most Wise Catherine of Alexandria Catherine was the daughter of Cestus, a wealthy patrician of Alexandria, the capital of Egypt and metropolis of the arts and sciences. She was…
December 6, 2016 195 0 St. Alexander Nevsky: On the Outside Struggle, on the Inside Serenity St. Alexander Nevsky (1263)—in schema Alexis—grand prince of Vladimir. Helene Iswolsky speaks of his ‘heroic valor, exemplary life, and devotion to his faith’ (Christ…
December 5, 2016 49 0 Establishing Contact with the Original Image An icon is a window to another world. For example, when you are at home you look in the window and thus you are…
December 1, 2016 953 0 The Tetramorph in Christian Art and Its Meaning Though more likely to appear in the Western art, any experience of Christian iconography will present us at one time or another with the…