Christian iconography

A classical Greco-Roman rhetorical tradition survives in Christian iconography

O most holy Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing,I adore you, I love you and will a lively sorrow for my sins.I offer you this poor heart of mine.Make me humble, patient, pure, and wholly obe…

Today every Orthodox Christian wears a cross. It is not just the sign, which demonstrates our faith and religion, but it is the symbol ...

History Of The Virgin Mary's Fast The Fast of Virgin Mary, began by the famous story of Thomas the Apostle. After his return from a missionary in india, he asked the Apostles about Virgin Mary. They told him that she had died. He asked them to show him where they buried her. They went with him to the grave, but they found the tomb empty. Thomas the Apostle recounted that during his return, he saw the angels carrying the body of the Virgin Mary and that he took blessing of her holy body. In…

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Spiritual vision is considered, and not without reason, as a fundamental element of this phenomenon that we call the icon. Let us take a closer look at what this vision consists of, so as to avoid confusion and misunderstandings. I would start with a series of quotations from the well-known work of…

We often find in iconography and in stained glass windows in churches, of saints and Jesus using certain hand gestures. There is two in particular that are used a lot. Both of these have a particul…

Learn about the history and name day information of Saint George the Trophy-Bearer, one of the saints of the Orthodox Christian Church.