The wonderworking Bogolyubskaya icon of the Mother of God can be rightly considered one of the oldest Russian icons. It was painted about fifty...

The post The Long Suffering Icon first appeared on The Catalog of Good Deeds.

Many people who saw Belarusian icons have the impression of their being warm, kind, and homely. Belarusian icon painters approached even tragic stories in...

The post Belarusian Icon first appeared on The Catalog of Good Deeds.

This Sunday, the Church celebrates the memory of All Saints. I personally used to believe for a long time that saints weren’t unlike fairytale...

The post Lives of Saints: the Evolution of the Genre first appeared on The Catalog of Good Deeds.

According to some estimates, the number of venerated icons of the Blessed Virgin Mary is about seven hundred, many of them wonderworking – that...

The post Unknown Fact about a Known Icon first appeared on The Catalog of Good Deeds.

Pentecost is a feast that encompasses all creation. After the Liturgy, there is a Vespers at which the genuflect prayers are recited. They are...

The post The Cosmic Meaning of Icon first appeared on The Catalog of Good Deeds.

We had a discussion with friends over tea the other day about how interesting it is to be alive. This interest – not quite...

The post Inexhaustible Interest in Life: Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Queen Helena first appeared on The Catalog of Good Deeds.

The holiday of the Ascension was established in the Church calendar around the 4th century. The great Fathers of the Church – St. Gregory...

The post Iconography of the Ascension first appeared on The Catalog of Good Deeds.

It was on the fortieth day after His Resurrection that Christ appeared to His disciples in Jerusalem for the last time. He gave them...

The post The Holy Objects of the Mount of Olives first appeared on The Catalog of Good Deeds.

The origins of Georgian ecclesiastical art are associated with Europe and Asia due to its geographical location. The Assyrian Fathers brought with them the...

The post Medieval Icon Painting of Georgia first appeared on The Catalog of Good Deeds.

It happened in the sixth century. A group of Syrian monks came to Georgia for missionary purposes. Georgia had been an Orthodox country for...

The post One of the Thirteen: St. David of Garejeli first appeared on The Catalog of Good Deeds.