September 22, 2017 An Interview About the Miraculous Icon of St. Anna The Myrrh-Streaming Icon of St. Anna began to spontaneously “weep” myrrh on May 9, 2004 – Mother’s Day – in the Russian Orthodox Church…
September 22, 2017 Analyzing the Icon of the Conception of the Theotokos Icons of Ss Joachim and Anna embracing each other tenderly are decorously showing the Conception of the Theotokos, Mary – their only child. The…
September 14, 2017 How Do They Make Orthodox Icons for the Blind? An exhibition that takes place in the Museum of Icons is for people, no matter how they read the information – either with their…
August 30, 2017 The History of the Svensk-Pechersk Icon of the Mother of God The Svensk-Pechersk Icon of the Mother of God was written by the Monk Alypii of Pechersk (+ c. 1114, Comm. 17 August, under which…
August 29, 2017 Iconography and History of the Image Of Christ Not Made By Hands While Christ still walked the earth, word about the Word spread far and wide. A certain Syrian king called Abgar came to hear and…
August 28, 2017 The Icon of Hope: Iconographic Analysis of the Dormition of the Mother of God On August 15 (August 28), the Dormition of the Mother of God is celebrated by most Christians in the world. The Church year begins…
August 21, 2017 The Miracluous Appearance of the Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga The Tolga Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos appeared on August 8, 1314 to the Rostov hierarch Prochorus (Tryphon in schema). Going about his…
August 21, 2017 What Is on the Other Side of the Vladimir Icon? The Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God is one of the most famous and beloved icons in Orthodoxy and particularly within Russia. It…
August 19, 2017 Historical Iconography of the Feast of Transfiguration The Transfiguration is one of the Twelve Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, celebrated on the 6th of August. Described in the first three…
August 17, 2017 How the Icon of the Mother of God of Penza Saved the City from Invasion Czar Alexis of Russia (1645–1676) gave an icon of the Mother of God of Kazan as a founding blessing gift to the city of…
August 15, 2017 A Few Notes Concerning Color in Orthodox Iconography Vincent van Gogh said of the Mediterranean: “[It] has the colour of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green…
