October 26, 2021 Returning from the Dead — a Christian Perspective Modern medicine has made great advancements in critical care. Doctors have learned to resuscitate more people with damage to their vital organs. On the…
October 21, 2021 Matryoshka Dolls: It’s Not the Form, but the Meaning. History, Tradition and Modernity Matryoshka is an unusual wooden toy loved by many. Besides being a symbol of Russian culture, it also has certain spiritual symbolism. What is…
October 19, 2021 Blessed Olga of Alaska, Patron Saint of Midwives and Healer of the Abused and Broken Recently, our catalogue received an order for two hand-painted icons of Olga of Alaska. When we accepted the order, we did not know much…
October 17, 2021 Updated Version of the Catalogue: Causes and New Features We have recently updated our Catalog of Products from St Elisabeth Convent. We became inspired by this idea almost a year ago, but it…
September 30, 2021 A Few Things that You May Not Know About Vigil Lamps Explore hanging vigil lamps in the catalog >> Vigil (Oil) Lamps (from the Greek – λάμπα) are small vessels with burning oil, hung in…
September 23, 2021 History and Features of the Sanctuary Cross Various symbolic images of the cross existed and were used by many nations long before the advent of Christianity. But after the Passion and…
September 21, 2021 Caveot Costas: a Fool-for-Christ Expelled from Mount Athos The hermit monks of Mount Athos – called Caveots in Greek – do not reside in any of its monasteries, sketes, or freestanding cells….
September 16, 2021 Glorification of the Saints in the Early Christian Churches In the Russian Orthodox Church, canonisation is a form of confirmation of the sanctity of its members in the sacrament of glorification. Glorification is…
September 9, 2021 Oldest Christian Сhurch and Controversial Fresco We imagine the church as a free-standing building with domes, a forechurch, an altar and multiple icons. But have the Christian churches always looked…
September 2, 2021 Another Saint from the Romanov Family. St Anastasia of Kiev “Sorrows are the hidden mercy of God” – wrote St Tikhon of Zadonsk. Reading the life of St Anastasia we can see this quite…
August 31, 2021 The Church of the Holy Sepulchre and New Jerusalem – Pieces of the Holy Land in Russia In the 17th century, Patriarch Nikon (+1681) resolved to build outside Moscow the New Jerusalem Monastery of the Resurrection resembling the places of Christian…
August 26, 2021 Venerable Manefa of Gomel. God’s Power is Made Perfect in Weakness Venerable Manefa of Gomel is a late 20th century saint who, as we have already written , healed others, while herself enduring terrible pain….
