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The Beheading of St John the Baptist

Described in the Books of Matthew and Mark, the beheading of St John the Baptist is commemorated by the Russian Church on 29 August/11 September. Orthodox Christians observe a strict fast and sing hy...

Our Lady of the Burning Bush

The subject of Our Lady of the Burning Bush is based on the Old Testament prophecy of the incarnation of Christ. Such theologians as St Gregory of Nyssa and Theodoret of Cyrrhus regarded Moses’s visi...

St George and the Dragon

St George of Cappadocia was a soldier of high birth who was put to death at Nicomedia near Constantinople on 23 April 303. According to the apocryphal Acts of St George, he held the rank of tribune i...

The Congregation of the Mother of God

The Congregation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated by the Orthodox Church on the day after Christmas (26 December/8 January). The iconography is based on the words of an Orthodox hymn sung dur...

Elijah in the Wilderness (The Raven Feeding Elijah)

This subject is taken from I Kings (17:1–6) and tells the story of how Elijah was fed in the wilderness by a raven sent by God. In the traditional iconography, the prophet sits on a stone with a staf...

The Fiery Ascent of Elijah

Elijah (Hebrew: Yahweh is my God ) was a prophet in the Old Testament. When he was born, his father had a vision of handsome visitors greeting the infant, swaddled with fire and fed by the flames. Th...

The Intercession of the Holy Virgin

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 Saviour Not Made By Human Hands

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...

Old Testament Trinity

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

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...

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