February 11, 2020 Why Do Some Saints Have Square Halos? Indeed, we can see such images of saints, mainly of the Byzantine period, on the walls of ancient temples. Standing or kneeling figures with…
February 11, 2020 “I Was Offended and Decided to Leave the Temple Without Getting Baptized” – The Story of An Artist Who Painted More Than Fifty Paintings About St. Xenia of Petersburg One day, my life started to remind me of a broken record. One more spin, and it’s the same. It’s like you exist in…
February 10, 2020 15 Drawings of the Life of Saint Xenia of Petersburg Drawings by Alexander Prostev. Source: https://foma.ru/15-kartin-iz-zhizni-svyatoy-ksenii-peterburgskoy.html
January 29, 2020 A New Documentary about Elder Joseph the Hesychast A documentary on one of the greatest saints of the 20th century will soon be released. In the video interview below, five-time Emmy award…
January 20, 2020 Why Do Icons Feature the Sun, Moon and Stars? The tradition of depicting stars and constellations in Christian art goes back to ancient times. We see their red flashes on the mysterious white…
January 11, 2020 Seeking Perfection in the World of Art: The Artistic Path of Father Sophrony ‘Prayer is infinite creation, the supreme art.’ “O CHRIST our GOD, Desire of our hearts, Diffuse the light of Thy truth over us That…
November 24, 2019 Purple Parchment Manuscripts. Unique Examples of Book Art Black on white. We are so accustomed to this phrase that it is quite unusual to see some text written on a different surface….
November 6, 2019 Music Is the Best Gift of Heaven for Mankind Wandering In the Dark Every year, in the Church of Joy of All Who Sorrow on Bolshaya Ordynka, before and on the day of the namesake feast, the…
September 20, 2019 The House of the Mother of God in Loreto Today, the Holy House in Loreto (or as it is called by the Italians, Santa Casa) is one of the most revered shrines associated…
August 8, 2019 Byzantine Treasures of Mount Athos to Be Digitized An important and invaluable collection of manuscripts, codes and printed documents that have been stored for centuries in the Holy Mountain of Athos and…
February 25, 2019 The Image and Meaning of Fire in Orthodox Tradition I heard a sermon at a Liturgy in the Boarding Home. The priest likened human souls to vigil lamps filled with oil and waiting…
January 21, 2019 How Can We Glorify God with One Mouth and One Heart? The fathers of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, which took place in Moscow in 1917-1918, asserted that the task of “singing…
