[ducissatenebrarum]

“Scene from the Apocalypse,” by Frances Danby, 1829. Oil on canvas.

[7pleiades7]

Eve après la chute (Eve After the Fall) (1863) by Alexandre Cabanel (French, 1823 – 1889), oil on canvas, 75 cm (29.5 in) x 96 cm (37.7 in), Private Collection

[varitsela]

[varitsela]

[wilcze-lyko]

[sonandheirofnothinginparticular]

[whiteorchardspirit]

[littlespiritpaw]

Crone-stele

[orthodoxadventure]

My soul! Remember your heavenly dignity and do not be disturbed by corruptible, worthless things.

My Life in Christ by Saint John of Kronstadt

[mossymaidn]

[eymurn]

"People have beautiful things to say about you, but you must die first." - Fyodor Dostoevsky

[levskialtarpiece]

Works by Andrei Rublev in the Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir

[wisdom-hunter]

Saint Michael, detail (Crivelli, 1476)

[noxgothique]

Haus ohne Tür und ohne Fenster - 1922 - Friedrich Feher

[2ward]

christ of the trenches

[perriaeyjeve]

[skelelegs]

elk have such beautiful bone webs