May 18, 2013
Dec 26 1997, OVBS (Orthodox Vacation Bible School) that was first time I made a sketch of a saint. I didn’t knew much about him, just saw his paintings with the famous setting of him riding a white horse and slaying the dragon. Later did i know that my baptism name was also named after ...
Read MoreKottayam Seminary Crucifix In Orthodoxy the cross has always been a symbol of great victory and power, as it was through the Christ’s voluntary sacrifice on the cross that death was overcome and salvation became possible for us. Crosses and crucifixes, therefore, are extremely common and widely ...
Read MoreAcheiropoieta of latomos St. Theodora was the Christian daughter of Maximian (286-305), co-emperor with Diocletian (284-305). She was baptized a Christian by the Bishop of Thessaloniki, St. Alexander (commemorated May 28th), who was later a participant in the First Ecumenical Council. Taking on ...
Read MoreHistory of Old Seminary described by Fr Dr Jacob Kurian httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeVAMOYgWDA&feature=relmfu
Read MoreContinuation of “Face of Christ” series (Holy Mandylion or Holy Napkin) http://mgocsmdiaspora.org/blog/2012/10/12/face-of-christ-series-holy-mandylion-or-holy-napkin/ Abgar put the Holy Napkin in a gold frame adorned with pearls, and placed it in a niche over the city gates. On the ...
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The First Icon (Holy Mandylion) The first icon, the MANDYLION or The Holy Napkin, sometimes called “Made without hands” is said not only to have been an authentic likeness of Christ, but one which Christ Himself willingly produced. It was thus often cited both as proof of the ...
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Christ the Redeemer is an icon discovered by accident in a dilapidated woodshed near Zvenigorod in 1918. With several other icons stored nearby, it was attributed as the work of great Andrei Rublev, painted for one of Zvenigorod cathedrals in the 1420s. It is exhibited in the ...
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St George Orthodox Church When the British Raj ended in India, as per an act passed by the British Parliament, all British government churches were placed under the jurisdiction of a committee called Indian Church Trustees. The Anglican Church in India was a part of the Church of ...
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Christ (the Anointed One), the Savior, Our Lord, the Son of God, the Teacher, the Master “Icon” means simply “image.” The term here refers to sacred images, specifically those developed in the Orthodox Christian tradition. These traditional images have historically been revered as equivalent ...
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“Face of Christ” In this series of articles I will be covering some of the Legendary stories of how we got the face of Christ. Its one of the most complex doubt we deal with. How we got his face? Why Jesus is shown with a beard and long hairs? Bible don’t tell us about... Read More
