November 8, 2023 277 0 The Birth of New Iconography: A Tale of One Icon For over two decades, the icon-painting studio of St. Elisabeth Convent has been a crucible of creativity, forging original icons and pioneering new dimensions…
August 3, 2022 130 0 The Return of Mosaics to Russia: a Grand Undertaking of the Russian Scientist Lomonosov Mikhail Lomonosov was an outstanding scientist whose discoveries contributed to the progress of his homeland Russia and the world. Many of his achievements were…
April 8, 2022 904 0 Exploring the Variety of the Icons of the Annunciation The narrative of Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos has been present in Christian iconography since the times of early Christianity, starting from the…
April 2, 2022 489 2 Miraculous Icons of the Mother of God and Their Numerous Appearances in the Belarusian Lands The Orthodox world knows many different images of the Mother of God. Each of them has certain distinctive features and history of origin. Despite…
March 14, 2022 341 0 Iconoclasm and its Victims. What Happens when the Church Becomes Drawn into Politics? What made Byzantine Christians take up arms against one another in the stronghold of the Orthodox world of the eighth – early ninth centuries? …
March 3, 2022 1270 5 7 Little-known Iconographic Elements and Symbols Even the most inconspicuous or habitual objects on Orthodox icons have a spiritual meaning. Even the smallest details, like folds of clothes, can bear…
February 25, 2022 235 0 «Seek Us Who Are Perishing, O Holy Lady» Seek us who are perishing, Holy Virgin, punish us not for our sin, but for love of mankind: deliver us from hell, sickness and…
January 26, 2022 353 0 Some of the Rarest Materials and Methods of Creating Sacred Images Today when we see carved icons made of wood or ivory, as well as obsidian or stone icons, we consider them unusual. But if…
January 6, 2022 626 0 Iconography of the Saviour’s Childhood Christmas time immerses us in the atmosphere of the Saviour’s birth and the first days of His earthly life. At the same time it…
December 29, 2021 4105 5 The Image of God the Father in Orthodox Iconography The fact that God the Father is traditionally not depicted on icons is theologically justified. However, there are a number of known depictions of…
