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This subject is taken from the Life of St Andrew the Fool, who lived in the late ninth and early tenth centuries. Andrew had a vision of the Mother of God while praying with his disciple Epiphanios i...
The apocryphal gospels tell the legend of King Abgar of Edessa, who wrote to Jesus asking to be cured of a serious disease. Christ called for water, washed His face and wiped it on a cloth. A perfect...
This subject is taken from the Old Testament story of the hospitality of Abraham. Abraham was the first of the Hebrew patriarchs and a figure revered by the three great monotheistic religions. One da...
The Dormition or Assumption of the Virgin is described in the apocryphal writings and expositions of St John the Theologian, Bishop John of Soluneia, St Andrew of Crete, Patriarch Herman of Constanti...
The subject is linked to one of the most important Christian festivals – Pentecost or Whitsuntide. Pentecost falls on the fiftieth day after Easter and celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit on th...
The four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles tell how Christ was taken up into heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection: “Until the day in which He was taken up, after that He through the H...
The story of doubting Thomas is described in the Gospel of John: “But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, ‘We ha...
The Book of Luke relates how two disciples were going to a village called Emmaus, when they were joined by Christ: “And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was f...
Entering the Lord’s tomb on the third day, the Myrrhbearers saw an angel dressed in a white robe: “And the angel answered and said unto the women, ‘Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, who was...
On the third day after the Crucifixion, Mary Magdalene, Salome and Mary the mother of James brought spices to the tomb, in order to anoint Jesus’ body in accordance with Hebrew tradition: “In the end...