Rublev’s Trinity Transferred to Church for Pentecost
From Pravmir: In anticipation of Pentecost, St. Andrei Rublev’s celebrated “Trinity” icon was transferred from its place in the permanent exhibition halls of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow to…
View ArticleChurch Painting of Chiajna Parish Consecrated by the Patriarch of Romania
Saint Hierarch Nicholas has been honored with a painting at a parish in Chiajna, Romania. What a glorious work of art! Thanks to Basilica.ro for the story.
View ArticleChurch art theft impoverishing Albanian culture
What a shameful and disgusting state of affairs in Albania! The Albanian Orthodox Church is losing its treasures thanks to thieves tearing out everything from icons to whole frescoes. Not…
View ArticleAncient Mosaic Depicting Samson Uncovered in a Galilee Synagogue
A very interesting story from Israel, where an archaeological dig shows the Huqoq Synagogue in Galilee shows an icon of Samson done in great detail. Though the worship of graven…
View ArticleAn Orthodox Response To John Calvin On Icons: Icons and Idolatry
It is a tiresome exercise explaining icons to Calvinists who, while boasting of their knowledge of the Church Fathers, haven’t bothered to read said Church Fathers. Fr Gabe Martini gives…
View ArticleThe Nativity Sermon of St. John Chrysostom
The Preachers Institute posted the sermon of one of Christianity’s greatest homilists, St John Chrysostom. In a day where we have to rely on lightweight intellectual fluff or outright heresy…
View ArticleIcons – A Test Documentary
A few weeks ago, I turned in a class project, where I had to make a documentary. Here it is.
View ArticleBiblical Defense of Icons — The Soul of the East
By: Jay Dyer The standard charge of classical Protestantism is that the Orthodoxy is “idolatrous” because of the tradition of reverencing icons, images, relics and shrines. If Orthodoxy thought these...
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