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A Coronation Primer
Time to put some of my day job perspectives out there: it’s not every day/year/decade/half-century that we get to see a British coronation! I’m
Tag : Iconography
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Tertön Gyatsa Woodblock Print
click to enlargeRecognize anyone here? The photo is low resolution, for this I apologize. I saved it years ago from a website that doesn’t seem to
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You may not, not kiss the Icon
For Orthodox Christians, what does it mean to properly venerate an icon? Are there required physical actions of Orthodox when venerating an icon? Can
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Saviors on Weapon Boards Two Kinds of Social Ethos during Wartime
by Lidiya Lozova | ελληνικά | Русский Icon painting is rightly considered to be the visual expression of the Orthodox tradition. The
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Lecture: The Neptic Icon and Orthodox Tradition
I am delighted to announce that Professor Cornelia Tsakiridou, author of several exceptional books on the holy icon, will be giving a special lecture
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The Birth of a Cathedral; the Pinnacle of the Life’s Work of Grigore Popescu – Part 1
The monastery church of the Holy Apostles and the Dormition of the Mother of God in Râmeţ – painted by Grigore Popescu The divine depths of the
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Christendom’s Anthropological Baseline
The claim that a human being is nothing more than a highly evolved animal, known collectively by the genus-species designation Homo sapiens,
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The White Old Man Sūtra - Part Two
To start at the beginning, click here.So here is my fast attempt to elaborate on the meanings of every last detail in this surprisingly complex
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The White Old Man Sūtra - Part One
South Korea, July 2022From Lhasa to PhiladelphiaThe White Old Man Sūtra and the Long Life Tableau on the Back of Tibetan Currency Notes.This
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The Painter’s Manual of Dionysios of Fourna and the Byzantine Church of the Monastery of Saint Gregorios
Over the centuries it had been noticeable that the iconography of Byzantine churches was consistent in content and style. It was most likely that the
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Bulgakov on the Holy Guardian Angels
In this type of icon the guardian angel is shown holding and protecting the soul in his careOctober 2 is the feast of the Holy Guardian Angels,
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Orthodox Arts Festival 2022 Opening on September 17
This year’s ORTHODOX ARTS FESTIVAL 2022 will take place online from September 17th to October 17th of 2022. The Festival is considered to be
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Review of “Festal Icons: History and Meaning” by Aidan Hart
Festal Icons: History and Meaning, by Aidan Hart. Gracewing Publishing, 2022. 456 pages. 320 color illustrations. £45.00 (hardcover). In Aidan
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Recent Fresco Iconography in Belgium
The rector, Fr. Dominique Verbeke, and his counsel, asked me to present a proposal on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the
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Book Recommendation: Festal Icons by Aidan Hart
Festal Icons by Aidan Hart is a beautifully produced book, richly illustrated and well thought-out. It contains descriptions of the 12 Great Feasts