A special collecton of images of Angels - all Byzantine frescos from Serbian Churches

A special collecton of images of Angels - all Byzantine frescos from Serbian Churches

Αειπαρθενα Πα ναγιας​ ας

Today I celebrate the feast of the Archangels in art

Originally God created all angels as benevolent celestial beings. Nevertheless they, like humans, were endowed with a free will and could choose either to obey or oppose God, to opt between good and evil. Some of the angels, headed by Lucifer, one of the closest to God, misused that freedom and rebelled against God. They were expelled from heaven and established their own kingdom — hell. Lucifer, which means bearer of light, was later renamed Satan, which means antagonist. He is also called…

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The Nativity of Christ

Greeting: Kala Christougena ("Merry Christmas") St. Nicholas Tradition: Hagios Nikolaos, the country's patron saint of sailors and fishermen. Highlighted Custom: Christopsomo, "Christ Bread" Happy St. Nicholas Day! Nicholas was the Bishop of Myra, an ancient city of Asia Minor (now in present-day Turkey), at the beginning of the fourth century. Bishop Nicholas attended the Council of Nicaea in AD 325 (Maybe you recite the "Nicene Creed" at your church? more information here) St. Nicholas and…

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