Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...

Anthony Azekwoh, Osinachi and Imran Tilde’s artworks collectively declare, “We were here in every creation story and every ...

The Feast of the Assumption is a weeklong festival here ... bowed, and prayed to an icon of Mary on the wall that was claimed to have once wept tears of oil. Badr said she talks to Mary about ...

4) The Assumption This marian dogma was proclaimed ... sisters of her Son who still journey on earth" (LG). Mary is the "eschatological icon of the Church" (CCC 972), meaning the Church ...

The icon Axion estin is a representation of the ... and is now in three pieces. According to legend, Mary gave the girdle to St. Thomas at the moment of her Assumption. The relic was brought from ...

Dark El Greco clouds threatened overhead, stark against bright, clear horizons. Hail pelted the masses of people clogging the streets as they awaited the Good Friday procession. A look back at my ...

As of 2024, All About Mary is no longer being updated with new content ... There it was placed in a small wooden church named for the Assumption. The following morning, after the portrait was ...

Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can ...

Aside from the architecture, which recent visitors praised, the artwork is of particular note, which includes Titian's the "Assumption of the Virgin Mary" at the main altar. For a small fee ...