Beautiful pictures of Mary for the month of May

Icons, that is images of holy persons, were an important part of the Byzantine Christian Church from...

Υπήρξαν μοναχοί της ιεράς μονής Βατοπαιδίου. Το 1820 απεστάλησαν οι ιερομόναχοι Νεόφυτος και Αμβρόσιος, ο Ιεροδιάκονος Παρθένιος και οι μοναχοί Διονύσιος και Δωρόθεος και αργότερα ο Μακάριος στην Κρήτη, κατόπιν προσκλήσεως, με τίμια λείψανα, προκειμένου να εκδιωχθεί η φοβερή ασθένεια…

"Nowadays people often feel sadness, despair, lethargy, laziness, apathy, and all things satanic. They are downcast, discontent and melancholy. They disregard their families, spend vast sums on psychoanalysts and take anti-depressants. People explain this as 'insecurity.' Our religion believes that these states derive from satanic temptation. Pain is a psychological power which God implanted in us with a view to doing us good and leading us to love, joy, and prayer. Instead of this, the…

The Temple Gallery was founded by Richard Temple in 1959 as a centre for the study, restoration and exhibition of ancient Russian icons

Иконы письма Игнатия Еремеевича Чистякова

Even when it’s uncomplicated, pregnancy is no walk in the park. And childbirth? Childbirth is miraculous and rewarding, and totally worth it, but it’s also a little bit terrifying. Luckily for us, we have about the most hardcore patron saint imaginable, and she’s more than up to the challenge. Meet St. Margaret of Antioch, known Read More…

Even when it’s uncomplicated, pregnancy is no walk in the park. And childbirth? Childbirth is miraculous and rewarding, and totally worth it, but it’s also a little bit terrifying. Luckily for us, we have about the most hardcore patron saint imaginable, and she’s more than up to the challenge. Meet St. Margaret of Antioch, known Read More…

Чудотворна икона Богородица Кикоска из Мушутишта је копија чудотворне иконе Богородице из манастира Кикос на Кипру, коју је насликао Свети Лука у I веку.