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In the theology and piety of the Orthodox Church, a special place of honor is given to the Mother of God the Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, who is reverenced by the Orthodox as being more honorable than the Cherubim and more glorious, beyond compare than the Seraphim. As Orthodox we style her as the most exalted among God's creatures. As with the Holy Icons, the veneration due Mary is expressed in quite different words in the Greek writing of the Fathers than due God. The Virgin Mary is honored because she is the Theotokos the Mother of God not of his divinity, but of His humility, yet of God in that Jesus Christ was in the theology of the Church, both God and Man, at one and the same time, in the Incarnation. Therefore the honor given Mary is due to her relationship to Christ. This honor rather than taken away from that due God, makes us more aware of God's Majesty. It is precisely on account of the Son (Himself God) that she is venerated. We also speak of the Theotokas as being Ever-Virgin, chosen by God the Father to be the mother of his son.
Blessed Virgin Mother and Child Korsum
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In the theology and piety of the Orthodox Church, a special place of honor is given to the Mother of God the Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, who is reverenced by the Orthodox as being more honorable than the Cherubim and more glorious, beyond compare than the Seraphim. As Orthodox we style her as the most exalted among God's creatures. As with the Holy Icons, the veneration due Mary is expressed in quite different words in the Greek writing of the Fathers than due God. The Virgin Mary is honored because she is the Theotokos the Mother of God not of his divinity, but of His humility, yet of God in that Jesus Christ was in the theology of the Church, both God and Man, at one and the same time, in the Incarnation. Therefore the honor given Mary is due to her relationship to Christ. This honor rather than taken away from that due God, makes us more aware of God's Majesty. It is precisely on account of the Son (Himself God) that she is venerated. We also speak of the Theotokas as being Ever-Virgin, chosen by God the Father to be the mother of his son.
Blessed Virgin Mother and Child Igor
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In the theology and piety of the Orthodox Church, a special place of honor is given to the Mother of God the Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, who is reverenced by the Orthodox as being more honorable than the Cherubim and more glorious, beyond compare than the Seraphim. As Orthodox we style her as the most exalted among God's creatures. As with the Holy Icons, the veneration due Mary is expressed in quite different words in the Greek writing of the Fathers than due God. The Virgin Mary is honored because she is the Theotokos the Mother of God not of his divinity, but of His humility, yet of God in that Jesus Christ was in the theology of the Church, both God and Man, at one and the same time, in the Incarnation. Therefore the honor given Mary is due to her relationship to Christ. This honor rather than taken away from that due God, makes us more aware of God's Majesty. It is precisely on account of the Son (Himself God) that she is venerated. We also speak of the Theotokas as being Ever-Virgin, chosen by God the Father to be the mother of his son.
Blessed Virgin Mother and Child Kazan
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The Trinity is the foundational doctrine of God in the Christian Faith. The Scripture teaches the essential truths which lead to the doctrine. The doctrine of the Trinity explains how the following incompatible statements are true: There is only one God/ The Father is God/ Jesus is God/ The Holy Spirit is God// Jesus is not the Spirit/ The Father is not the Spirit/ The Trinty tells us that there are three Persons in one Divine Nature. The names Father, Son and Holy Spirit are nomes of persons. God can serve as either a name for the Father or a name for thel Divine Nature. The Old Testament refers to God's Word, his Spirit and wisdom and have been interpreted as adumbrations of the doctrine of the Trinity. The New Testement does not use the word Trinity nor explicitly teach it but provides the material on which the doctrine of the Trinity is based. The old testement identifies the Lord as the only Savoir and the New Testement identifies Jesus Christ as God and Savoir.
The Trinity
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John the Baptist was the son of Zachary, a priest, and Elizabeth, a kinswoman. The Angel Gabriel told Zachary that his wife would bear a child named John. St. John preached against the evils of the times and called men to penance and baptism. He attracted large crowds and when Christ came to him John regognized Him as the Messiah and baptized Him saying"It is I who needs baptism from you". St John inspired many followers to follow Christ.
St. John
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Saint Nicholas (greek for Agios Nikoloas" victory of the people") is the common name for Nicholas of Myra, a Christian saint and Bishop of Myra in Antalya province, Turkey, at the time it was a Greek speaking Roman province. Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercessions, he is also known a St. Nicholas the wonderworker. He had a reputation for secret gift giving and is now commonly identfied with Santa Claus. Nicholas was never officially canonised, his reputation simply evolved among the faithful, as was the custom in his time. In 1087, his relics were stolen to Bari in Southern italy. For this reason he is also known as St. Nicholas of Bari. The historical Saint Nicholas is remembered and revered among Orthodox and Catholic Christians.
St.Nicholas
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St. Anthony was born in Portugal, although most of his work was in Italy. He originally joined the Augustin order, but he became a Franciscan when he was 26, due to the death of 5 Franciscan photomartys whose mutilated bodies were brought back for burial. St Anthony also wished to be a martyr just like them. He is called the "Hammer of Heretico" because of his simple and sometimes miraculous manner of teaching the Catholic faith. His success was simply to repeat the "Holy name of Mary" when speaking to heretics. St. Anthony often attracted huge crowds, and was sensationally successful. St Anthony was miraculously visited by the Infant Jesus and is commonly referred to today as the "finder of lost articles".
St. Anthony of Padua
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Pictures of St. George usually show him killing a dragon to rescue a beautiful lady. The dragon stands for wickedness. The lady stands for God's holy truth. St. George was a brave martyr who was victorious over the devil. He was a soldier in the army of Roman Emperor Diocletian and he was one of Diocletian's favorite soldiers, Now Diocletian was a pagan and a bitter enemy to the Christians. He put to death every Christian he could find. George was a brave Christian, a real soldier of Christ. Without fear, he went to the Emperor and sternly scolded him for being so cruel. Then he gave up his position in the Roman army. For this he was tortured in many terrible ways and finally beheaded.
St. George
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An angel is a pure spirit created by God. This name applied to certain spiritual beings or intelligence of heavenly residence, employed by God as the ministers of His will. Angel in English comes from the Greek word angelos which means messenger. Angels in the bible nearly always applies to heavenly beings. When we meet messengers doing supernatural things no doubt they are heavenly beings-God's messengers, working for Him and for the benefit of mankind. Our Lord spoke of Angels and seven orders are mentioned: Angels/ Powers/ Principalities/ Dominions/ Thrones/ Archangels/ and the Old Testament mentions Serephins and Cherubins. God bestowed upon Angels great wisdom, freedom and power and their many appearances in the New Testament are indications of the lead role assigned to them.
St. Angel
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Pantocrator is one of many titles ascribed to the Divine. The most common translation of Pantocrator is "Almighty or All Powerfull".Another, literal translation is "Ruler of All". Pantocrator, largely a Byzantine or Eastern orthodox theological conception is by that name largley unknown to Catholics and Protestants. The icon of the Christ Pantocrator is one of the most widely used religious images of Orthodox Christianity. Generally speaking, in Byzantine Church Art and Architecture, an icon of Christ Pantocrator occupies the space in the central dome of the chruch or on the ceiling of the church over the nave. In some variants, on each side of the halo are Greek letters IC and XC (Christ fingers,in this icon, depicts the pose that represents the letters IC, X and C, thereby making the Christogram ICXC (for "Jesus Christ")
Christ Pantocrator
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"As Jesus walked along, he saw a man blind from birth". His disciples asked him "who has sinned, this man or his parents that he is blind?" Jesus answered "Neither this man nor his parents have sinned. He was born blind so that God's work might be revealed in him. We must work the works of the "One" who sent me."When he said this he spat on the ground and made mud with his saliva and spread the mud on the man's eyes, saying to him "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam". Then the man went and washed and came back able to see.
Jesus Healing the Blind Man
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Pantocrator is one of many titles ascribed to the Divine. The most common translation of Pantocrator is "Almighty or All Powerfull".Another, literal translation is "Ruler of All". Pantocrator, largely a Byzantine or Eastern orthodox theological conception is by that name largley unknown to Catholics and Protestants. The icon of the Christ Pantocrator is one of the most widely used religious images of Orthodox Christianity. Generally speaking, in Byzantine Church Art and Architecture, an icon of Christ Pantocrator occupies the space in the central dome of the chruch or on the ceiling of the church over the nave. In some variants, on each side of the halo are Greek letters IC and XC (Christ fingers,in this icon, depicts the pose that represents the letters IC, X and C, thereby making the Christogram ICXC (for "Jesus Christ")
Christ Pantocrator
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The Baptism of Christ is a portral of Jesus being baptiszed by St. John de Baptist. St John pours water over his head. The extended arms of God, the golden rays, the dove with outstretched wings, and the cruciform nimbus show that Jesus is the son of God and part Trinity, Angels on the riverbank watch closely.
The Baptism of Christ
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Barbara lived in the 4th century and brought up as a heathen. A tyrannical father, Dioscorus, had kept her jealously secluded in a lonely tower which he had built for that purpose. Here, in her forced solitude, she gave herself to prayer and study and contrived to receive instruction and Baptism in secret by a Christian priest. Barbara resisted her father's wish that she marry. Then on one occasion, during her father's absence, Barbara had three windows inserted into a bathhouse her father was constructing, Her purpose was thereby to honor the Trinity. Dioscorus was enraged by her action and by her conversion. So he himself denounced her before the civil tribunal. She was horribly tortured and at last beheaded. Her own father, merciless to the last , acted as her executioner.
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By, tradition Joachim and Anne are considered to be the names of the parents of Mary, the mother of God. Any stories about Mary's parents come to us through legend and tradition. After years of childlessness, an angel appeared to tell Anne and Joachim that they would have a child. Anne promised to dedicate this child to God. The parents of Mary, nutured her, taught her, brought her up to be a worthy mother of God. It was their teaching that led her to respond to God's request with faith and it was their example of parrenting Mary followed as she brought up her own son, Jesus. It was their faith that laid the foundation of courage and strength within her. Anne is the patron saint of Christian Mothers and Women of labor.
Saints Anne and Joachim (Parents of Our Lady)
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Michael is an archangel, one of the principal angels in the Christion and Jewish tradition. He is viewed as the good Angel of Death as opposed to Samuel the evil Angel of Death. Michael was the field commander of the Army of God. In the book of Daniel, Michael appears as "one of the chief princes", who in Daniel's vision comes to the angel Gabriel's aid in his contest with the angel of Persia Dobiel and is also described there as the advocate of Isreal and "great prince who stands up for the children of the people". Michael together with St. George, become the patron saints of chivalry. Michael is also considered in many Christian circles as the patron saint of the warrior. Police officers and soldiers and paratroopers regard him as their patron saint. Orthodox refer to him as Archangel Michael.
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