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Underneath the glow of candles lit before icons of the Pantokrator and the Theotokos and the sweet scent of incense a current runs in Gr...

Fr. Blake has a few interesting observations about the connection between the Ascension of our Lord and the Assumption/Dormition of Hi...

source: toledofavs.com The modern trend with regards to the Transfiguration of our Redeemer is to emphasize His glory and divinity, whi...

Most talks I have heard about icons, such as this one , emphasize that icons are not realistic nor are they meant to be. Instead they depic...

source: eikonografos.com Today, in both the Byzantine and older Roman rites, is the feast of St Catherine of Mt. Sinai  the virgin mart...

source: orthodoxwiki.org For those of us on the Gregorian calendar this past Sunday was the Sunday of the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumen...

First, a very short biography of today's Saint for contextual purposes—you can find the rest with Mr. Google. John was born in the mi...