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The featured holy icon was painted in the first half – mid-15th century in the Church of St. George, Novgorod. As you see in the picture, it contains four different scenes, each bearing a religious symbolism important for the correct interpretation of the sacred image. In the icon, there are scenes of the Resurrection of Lazarus, the Holy Trinity, Candlemas, and Saint John the Evangelist Dictating to Prochorus. It is not often that you see works with such a combination of miniature icons at the same time.

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Absolutely stunning Hymn of the Cherubim by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. 

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Holy Wisdom is a traditional topos in Russian Orthodox iconography. The icon you see in the picture is of “Novgorod type,” meaning that it is attributed to the icon of Holy Wisdom in the Cathedral of St. Sophia in Novgorod (16th century). With time, the composition and symbolism of such icons went into the focus of many iconographers and scholars, which led to the establishment of “Sophiology,” a school of thought known for its controversial notions.

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Children praying

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Alexander Nevsky praying

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Posted @withregram • @orthodox.kentuckian “Perhaps what makes St. Mary of Egypt’s story such a beautiful icon of true repentance is that she was genuinely humble before God. She was not sorrowful for her sin out of a sense of wounded pride, obsessive self-centered guilt, or fear of what others thought of her. Instead, she said earnestly to the Theotokos ‘Be my faithful witness before your Son that I will never again defile my body by the impurity of fornication, but as soon as I have seen the Tree of the Cross I will renounce the world and its temptations and will go wherever you will lead me.’ And she did precisely that, abandoning all that she had known for the long and difficult journey that led to the healing of her soul. Her focus was completely on doing whatever it took to reorient her life toward God, to purify her desires so that she would find true fulfillment in Him. Today the Orthodox Church calls us all to follow her example of repentance, regardless of the details of how we have sinned in thought, word, and deed. St. Mary of Egypt reminds us to accept humbly the truth about our failings as we confess our sins, call for the Lord’s mercy, and do what is necessary to find healing. Her example reminds us not to be paralyzed by prideful obsessions that block us from being freed from slavery to our passions... The Savior did not reject her and He will not reject us when we come to Him as she did. Instead of assuming that she was ‘damaged goods’ for whom there was no hope, she humbly died to self by taking up her cross. Indeed, her repentance began in the context of venerating the Holy Cross at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The rest of her journey required profound faith, sacrifice, and courage. To undo with God’s help the harm that she had done to herself through years of debauchery must have been incredibly difficult. But sustained by the Lord’s mercy and the intercessions of the Theotokos, that is precisely what she did over the remaining decades of her life.” —Fr. Phillip LeMasters • • • #orthodoxy #russianorthodoxy #rocor #oca #faith #christianity #christian #hope #love #mercy #prayer #icons #devotion #liturgy #chotki #church #pray #greek #ch https://www.instagram.com/p/B-mt0UGHinY/?igshid=g4zz9r13pqku

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