April 6, 2020 12665 5 An Old Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign Has Started to Exude Myrrh in the Diocese of Tula An 18th-century icon of the Mother of God of the Sign has started to exude myrrh in a ruined Church of St. Michael the Archangel…
February 17, 2020 559 0 The Divnogorskaya Sicilian Icon of the Mother of God Stops Deadly Epidemic The Divnogorskaya Sicilian Icon of the Mother of God was named after the place of its original location and its glorification in the Holy…
February 10, 2020 371 0 The Icon of the Mother of God Assuage My Sorrows This image got its name after the lines from the following sticheron dedicated to the Mother of God, “Assuage the sickness of my greatly…
January 7, 2020 325 0 Mother of God Of the Three Joys During the time of Peter I (beginning of the 18th century), one painter was sent to study in Italy. Upon returning to Russia, he…
December 4, 2019 149 0 Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh on Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple There are feasts in which the power lies in the event being remembered; it is the event itself that is important, significant, and decisive…
December 3, 2019 354 0 Mary, the Ever-Virgin? Recently, a friend e-mailed me and asked if Orthodox Christians believe that Mary was “perpetually a virgin.” The short answer is, yes! The long…
September 20, 2019 229 0 The House of the Mother of God in Loreto Today, the Holy House in Loreto (or as it is called by the Italians, Santa Casa) is one of the most revered shrines associated…
September 20, 2019 418 0 Who’s Afraid of the Most Holy Virgin Mary? The veneration of the Virgin Mary has long been point of contention among Christians. Although it May be difficult to delineate a uniform position…
September 19, 2019 3238 0 The Virgin Mary’s “Sister,” Mary the Wife of Cleopas Question: “Did the Virgin Mary have a sister? Wasn’t She the only child of St. Joachim and St. Ann? However, in the Gospel of…
September 7, 2019 352 0 Theotokos: the Bridge by Which God Descended So, the Lord Jesus gives us this possibility to unite with God and return to the primary purpose which God ordained for man. Therefore…