Cultural Appropriation!

Let the Latins rediscover their iconographic traditions, some of which are shared with Byzantine Christianity.

Rachel Fulton Brown on Devotion to the Theotokos

Something Tolkien for Today's Feast

Blessed Feast of the Annunciation

Petros Gaitanos et al.

May God Save England!

CWR Dispatch: The Annunciation and the re-dedication of England to Our Lady by Joanna Bogle

This coming Sunday, March 29th, the Bishops of England and Wales are formally re-dedicating the country, through the faith of its people, to Mary, in a long-planned act for which people have been preparing for the past eighteen months.



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Divine Liturgy Has Been Celebrated Daily in Our Cathedral for 50 Years
Archpriest Peter Perekrestov
November 6, 2015, was the 50 th anniversary since the first Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Cathedral of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” in San Francisco, CA. Protopriest Peter Perekrestov, Senior Priest of the cathedral, granted an interview to Zhurnal Moskovskoj Patriarchii (Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate).

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Our cathedral is the only parish church in North America where evening services and Divine Liturgy are celebrated daily, uninterruptedly for the last 50 years.

Icons of the Theotokos

Icons of the Theotokos: In this series, Family Life Ministry hopes to delve into many of the countless icons of Our...

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, November 12, 2015

Joy of All Who Sorrow

The restored icon of Joy of All Who Sorrow at the Russian Cathedral of San Francisco.

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Thursday, November 5, 2015

The Dormition

Blessed Feast! (Dormition of the Virgin, late 10th-early 11th c ivory)

Posted by St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary on Saturday, August 15, 2015

Example of a carving...

On the Theotokos

The secret to the life in Christ, which the Theotokos experienced fully is, quite simply, to be with God, as He is with us.

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, August 9, 2015

Hymns for the Nativity of the Theotokos

A Motet for Our Lady of Guadalupe

"You are my Mother", a motet for Our Lady of Guadalupe composed by James MacMillan CBE as a gift to Fr Lawrence Lew OP on the occasion of his ordination to the sacred priesthood on 17


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