August 9, 2017 An Iconographic Analysis of Scenes from Saint Panteleimon’s Life Born Pantoleon (Gr. “in all-things like a lion”), this pagan took the name Panteleimon (Gr. “All-Merciful”) upon being baptized. He belongs to a…
July 25, 2017 How the “The Three Hands” Icon Came to Be The story of the cut off hand The base of Icon of the Mother of God of “The Three Hands” is a traditional image…
July 20, 2017 How Not to Become an Accidental Iconoclast If we are careless or unaware of an image’s sanctity, then the image does not suddenly become unholy or “just a picture”: instead we…
July 12, 2017 Earliest Icons of Apostles Peter and Paul Here are a few photos of the earliest surviving Icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul. They’re from St. Tecla’s catacomb in Rome, and…
July 10, 2017 Expressing Time in Orthodox Iconography To be able to understand icons it is necessary to know how people of the Middle Ages perceived and understood the concept of time….
July 6, 2017 Short Facts about the Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir On July 6 1480, a highly venerated icon of the Other of God was brought from the ancient city of Vladimir to Moscow. Grand…
July 6, 2017 The Miracles of the Icon of the Mother of God of Puhtitsa There are a lot of sacred things in Puhtitsa Convent, but the icon of the Mother of God of Puhtitsa is especially dear to…
June 29, 2017 The Miracle of Kefallonia: The Snakes that Venerate Holy Icons In a tiny Greek village in the south of Kefallonia, a miracle occurs every year after the feast of the Transfiguration (Aug 6). Around…
June 23, 2017 The Miracles of the “Axion Estin” Icon of the Mother of God The Theotokos is considered by Orthodox Christians to be the Abbess of all the monasteries on Mount Athos. She oversees the welfare of the…
June 21, 2017 What Makes an Icon Holy? Perhaps most people reading this already know what “Icons” are within the Orthodox faith. Nevertheless, “Icon” is simply the Greek word for an image…
June 21, 2017 “Every Painted Icon as a New Step in My Life…” by Matushka Larissa Nezhbort The icon-painting studio of St. Elisabeth Convent recently finished painting the icon of Saints Joachim and Anna. Our parishioners really longed for this icon…
June 19, 2017 The History of the “Pimenovskaya” Icon of the Mother of God The iconographic type of the “Pimenovskaya” icon of the Mother of God is Odigitria. For the first time, the icon was mentioned in the…
