Icon of the Holy Trinity

Liviu Dumitrescu
[caption id="attachment_1214" align="aligncenter" width="474"] Icon of the Holy Trinity[/caption] The Church has many different depictions of the Holy Trinity. But the icon which defines the very essence of Trinity Day is invariably the one which shows the Trinity in the form of three angels. The prototype for this icon was…
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Saint John Chrysostom

Liviu Dumitrescu
Painted icon Saint John Chrysostom John Chrysostom  Archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, and his ascetic sensibilities. The epithet Χρυσόστομος(Chrysostomos, anglicized…
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Saint Nicholas byzantine icon painted

Liviu Dumitrescu
Nicholas was born in Asia Minor (Greek Anatolia) in the Roman Empire, to a Greek family during the third century in the city of Patara (Lycia et Pamphylia), in present-day Turkey, which was a port on the Mediterranean Sea, and lived in Myra,Lycia (part of modern-day Demre, Turkey), at a time when the region was Greek in its heritage, culture, and outlook and politically part of the Roman diocese of…
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