March 3, 2013



Parascheva of the Balkans

Saint Parascheva of the Balkans was an ascetic female saint of the 11th...

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Luke the Evangelist

Luke the Evangelist is one of the Four Evangelists or authors of canonical Gospels...

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Saint Stephen

Saint Stephen the protomartyr of Christianity, was a deacon in the early church...

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Archangel Gabriel

Gabriel is an archangel who serves as a messenger to humans from God...

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Saint Elijah

Elijah was a prophet and a wonder-worker in the northern kingdom of Israel...

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February 27, 2013

Jesus Christ*




History

Jesus also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity, whom the teachings of most Christian denominations hold to be the Son of God. Christians hold Jesus to be the awaited Messiah of the Old Testament and refer to him as Jesus Christ or simply as Christ a name that is also used secularly.
Virtually all contemporary scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed. While the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historicity of gospel narratives and their theological assertions of his divinity, most scholars agree that Jesus was a Jewish teacher from Galilee in Roman Judea, was baptized by John the Baptist, and was crucified in Jerusalem on the orders of the Roman Prefect, Pontius Pilate.
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Archangel Michael




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Michael is an archangel in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic teachings.
In the New Testament Michael leads God's armies against Satan's forces in the Book of Revelation, where during the war in heaven he defeats Satan. In the Epistle of Jude Michael is specifically referred to as an "archangel". Christian sanctuaries to Michael appeared in the 4th century, when he was first seen as a healing angel, and then over time as a protector and the leader of the army of God against the forces of evil. By the 6th century, devotions to Archangel Michael were widespread both in the Eastern and Western Churches. Over time, teachings on Michael began to vary among Christian denominations. The Eastern Orthodox accord Michael the title "Archistrategos", or "Supreme Commander of the Heavenly Hosts." The Eastern Orthodox pray to their guardian angels and above all to Michael and Gabriel.
The Eastern Orthodox have always had strong devotions to angels, and the trend continues to date with the term "Bodiless Powers" applied to them. A number of feasts dedicated to Archangel Michael are celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox throughout the year.
Archangel Michael is mentioned in a number of Eastern Orthodox hymns and prayer, and his icons are widely used within Eastern Orthodox churches.
In many Eastern Orthodox icons, Christ is accompanied by a number of angels, Michael being a predominant figure among them.

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Stephen Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia





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Beli aneo je deo kompozicije Mironosice na Hristovom grobu iz crkve Vaznesenja Hristovog manastira Mileeve i spada u najpoznatije freske Srbije ali se ubraja i u velike domete evropskog slikarstva. Smatra se jednim od najlepih radova srpske i evropske umetnosti srednjeg veka.
Na slici je prikazan Arhanel Gavrilo obuen u beo hiton koji sedi na kamenu i mironosicama rukom pokazuje mesto Hristovog vaskrsnua, odnosno njegov prazan grob. Raen je slobodnim, irokim potezima i odlikuje se monumentalnou i visokom plastikom u modeliranju. Freska se nalazi na junom zidu zapadnog traveja i nastala u 13. veku kao rad nepoznatih autora Grka, kolovanih u Carigradu, Nikeji i Solunu. U 16. veku je preko nje naslikana druga freska pa je Beli aneo bio sakriven sve do 20. veka kada je ova crkva restaurirana i gornja slika uklonjena.

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Saint Elijah




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Elijah was a famous prophet and a wonder-worker in the northern kingdom of Israel. In Christianity, the New Testament describes how both Jesus and John the Baptist are compared with Elijah, and on some occasions, thought by some to be manifestations of Elijah, and Elijah appears with Moses during the Transfiguration of Jesus.

Elijah is also a figure in various folkloric traditions. In Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania, he is known as "Elijah the Thunderer" and in folklore is held responsible for summer storms, hail, rain, thunder..

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Sv. Trojica

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Beli aneo je deo kompozicije Mironosice na Hristovom grobu iz crkve Vaznesenja Hristovog manastira Mileeve i spada u najpoznatije freske Srbije ali se ubraja i u velike domete evropskog slikarstva. Smatra se jednim od najlepih radova srpske i evropske umetnosti srednjeg veka.
Na slici je prikazan Arhanel Gavrilo obuen u beo hiton koji sedi na kamenu i mironosicama rukom pokazuje mesto Hristovog vaskrsnua, odnosno njegov prazan grob. Raen je slobodnim, irokim potezima i odlikuje se monumentalnou i visokom plastikom u modeliranju.

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Beli aneo je deo kompozicije Mironosice na Hristovom grobu iz crkve Vaznesenja Hristovog manastira Mileeve i spada u najpoznatije freske Srbije ali se ubraja i u velike domete evropskog slikarstva. Smatra se jednim od najlepih radova srpske i evropske umetnosti srednjeg veka.
Na slici je prikazan Arhanel Gavrilo obuen u beo hiton koji sedi na kamenu i mironosicama rukom pokazuje mesto Hristovog vaskrsnua, odnosno njegov prazan grob. Raen je slobodnim, irokim potezima i odlikuje se monumentalnou i visokom plastikom u modeliranju.

Freska se nalazi na junom zidu zapadnog traveja i nastala u 13. veku kao rad nepoznatih autora Grka, kolovanih u Carigradu, Nikeji i Solunu. U 16. veku je preko nje naslikana druga freska pa je Beli aneo bio sakriven sve do 20. veka kada je ova crkva restaurirana i gornja slika uklonjena.


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Blagovesti

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Beli aneo je deo kompozicije Mironosice na Hristovom grobu iz crkve Vaznesenja Hristovog manastira Mileeve i spada u najpoznatije freske Srbije ali se ubraja i u velike domete evropskog slikarstva. Smatra se jednim od najlepih radova srpske i evropske umetnosti srednjeg veka.
Na slici je prikazan Arhanel Gavrilo obuen u beo hiton koji sedi na kamenu i mironosicama rukom pokazuje mesto Hristovog vaskrsnua, odnosno njegov prazan grob. Raen je slobodnim, irokim potezima i odlikuje se monumentalnou i visokom plastikom u modeliranju.

Freska se nalazi na junom zidu zapadnog traveja i nastala u 13. veku kao rad nepoznatih autora Grka, kolovanih u Carigradu, Nikeji i Solunu. U 16. veku je preko nje naslikana druga freska pa je Beli aneo bio sakriven sve do 20. veka kada je ova crkva restaurirana i gornja slika uklonjena.

Nativity of Jesus





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The Nativity of Jesus, also The Nativity, refers to the accounts of the birth of Jesus, primarily based on the two accounts in the gospels of Luke and Matthew, and secondarily on someapocryphal texts. The word is anglicized from Latin De nativitate Iesu, a section title in the Vulgate.
The canonical gospels of Luke and Matthew describe Jesus being born in Bethlehem, in Judea, to a virgin mother. Luke features the Christmas story, in which Joseph and Mary, as part of a census, travel to Bethlehem, where Jesus is born and laid in a manger. Angels proclaim him a savior for all people, and shepherds come to adore him.
In Matthew, wise men follow a star to Bethlehem to bring gifts to Jesus, born the King of the Jews. King Herod massacres all the toddler boys in Bethlehem to kill Jesus, but the family flees to Egypt and later settles in Nazareth. Scholars debate whether these two accounts can be reconciled or not, and some view the narratives as non-historical. Some scholars view the discussion of historicity as secondary, given that gospels were primarily written as theological documents rather than chronological timelines. Other traditional Christian scholars maintain that the two accounts do not contradict each other, pointing to the similarities between them.

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Preobraženje Gospodnje

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Beli aneo je deo kompozicije Mironosice na Hristovom grobu iz crkve Vaznesenja Hristovog manastira Mileeve i spada u najpoznatije freske Srbije ali se ubraja i u velike domete evropskog slikarstva. Smatra se jednim od najlepih radova srpske i evropske umetnosti srednjeg veka.
Na slici je prikazan Arhanel Gavrilo obuen u beo hiton koji sedi na kamenu i mironosicama rukom pokazuje mesto Hristovog vaskrsnua, odnosno njegov prazan grob. Raen je slobodnim, irokim potezima i odlikuje se monumentalnou i visokom plastikom u modeliranju.

Freska se nalazi na junom zidu zapadnog traveja i nastala u 13. veku kao rad nepoznatih autora Grka, kolovanih u Carigradu, Nikeji i Solunu. U 16. veku je preko nje naslikana druga freska pa je Beli aneo bio sakriven sve do 20. veka kada je ova crkva restaurirana i gornja slika uklonjena.

Archangel Gabriel





History

In Abrahamic religions, Gabriel is an archangel who typically serves as a messenger to humans from God. In the Bible, Gabriel is mentioned in both the Old Testament and in the New. In the Old Testament, he appears to the prophet Daniel, delivering explanations of Daniel's visions. In the Gospel of Luke, Gabriel appears to the virgin Mary and to Zechariah, foretelling the births of Jesus and John the Baptist, respectively. In the Gospel of Luke, Gabriel is referred to as "an angel of the Lord". Gabriel is also called an archangel, following terminology developed in the Intertestamental period, especially the Book of Enoch.

In the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, the archangels Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel are considered saints.

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Feast of Saints Peter and Paul





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Saint Peter was an early Christian leader and one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, according to the New Testament and Christian tradition. Peter is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles and is venerated as a saint. His brother Andrew was also an apostle. Peter is venerated in multiple churches and is regarded as the Catholic Church's first pope. He is credited with establishing the church in Antioch and presiding for seven years as the leader of that city's Christian community, Either in person or via epistle, his words reached Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia Minor and Bithynia where they were received by scattered communities of believers: Jews, Hebrew Christians and gentiles. He then went to Rome where in the second year of Claudius, it is claimed, he overthrew Simon Magus and held theSacerdotal Chair for 25 years

Paul the Apostle is one of the most influential early Christian missionaries and leader of the first generation of Christians. Among the many other apostles and missionaries involved in the spread of the Christian faith, Paul is often considered to be one of the two most important people in the history of Christianity, and one of the greatest religious leaders of all time.Almost half of the books of the New Testament are credited to his authorship. He was responsible for spreading the gospel of Christianity through early Christian communities across the Roman Empire.

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Life of The Virgin Mary






History

According to religious tradition, Mary was an Israelite Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee and the mother of Jesus. Among her many other names and titles are the Virgin Mary or Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and Saint Mary in Western churches, Theotokos in Orthodox Christianity, and Maryam, mother of Isa in Islam.
The canonical gospels of Matthew and Luke describe Mary as a virgin. Traditionally, Christians believe that she conceived her son miraculously by the agency of the Holy Spirit. This took place when she was already betrothed to Saint Joseph and was awaiting the concluding rite of marriage, the formal home-taking ceremony. She married Joseph and accompanied him to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. In keeping with Jewish custom, the betrothal would have taken place when she was around 12, and the birth of Jesus about a year later.
The Orthodox believe that she was and remained a virgin before and after Christ's birth. The Theotokia are an essential part of the Divine Services in the Eastern Church and their positioning within the liturgical sequence effectively places the Theotokos in the most prominent place after Christ. Within the Orthodox tradition, the order of the saints begins with: The Theotokos, Angels, Prophets, Apostles, Fathers, Martyres, etc. giving the Virgin Mary precedence over the angels. She is also proclaimed as the "Lady of the Angels".

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Luke the Evangelist




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Luke the Evangelist is one of the Four Evangelists or authors of canonical Gospels of Jesus Christ. Luke was a native of the Hellenistic city of Antioch in Syria. The early church fathers ascribed to him authorship of both the Gospel according to Luke and the book of Acts of the Apostles, which originally conformed a single literary work. Such authorship was later reaffirmed by prominent figures in early Christianity such as Jerome and Eusebius, although within scholar circles, both secular and religious, discussions have been held due to the lack of evidence as to the real identity of the author of the works. In the New Testament, Luke is mentioned briefly a few times, and referred to as a doctor in the Pauline epistle to the Colossians, thus he is thought to have been both a physician and a disciple of Paul. Considered by early Christians as a saint, he is believed to have died a martyr, although accounts of the events do vary. He is venerated as Saint Luke the Evangelist within the Roman Catholic Church, and major denominations, as patron saint of artists, physicians, surgeons, students, butchers; his feast day is 18 October.
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Parascheva of the Balkans





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Saint Parascheva of the Balkans (also known as Petka, Parascheva of Belgrade) was an ascetic female saint of the 11th century. She was born in the town of Epivates (close to today's Istanbul) on the shore of the Sea of Marmara; her parents were wealthy landowners. The legend says that when she was 10 years old, Parascheva heard in a church the Lord's words: "Whoever wants to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." (Mark 8, 34). These words would determine her to give her rich clothes away to the poor and flee to Constantinople. Her parents, who did not support her decision to follow an ascetic, religious life, looked for her in various cities. Parascheva fled to Chalcedon, and afterwards lived at the church of the Most Holy Theotokos in Heraclea Pontica. She lived an austere life, experiencing visions of the Virgin Mary. Her voyages took her to Jerusalem, wishing to spend the rest of her life there. After seeing Jerusalem, she settled in convent in the river Jordanian desert. When she was 25, an angel appeared in her dreams, telling her to return to homeland. She returned to Constantinople, and then when she was 25, lived in the village of Katikratia, in the church of the Holy Apostles. She died at the age of 27.
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Jesus Christ




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Jesus also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity, whom the teachings of most Christian denominations hold to be the Son of God. Christians hold Jesus to be the awaited Messiah of the Old Testament and refer to him as Jesus Christ or simply as Christ a name that is also used secularly.
Virtually all contemporary scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed. While the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historicity of gospel narratives and their theological assertions of his divinity, most scholars agree that Jesus was a Jewish teacher from Galilee in Roman Judea, was baptized by John the Baptist, and was crucified in Jerusalem on the orders of the Roman Prefect, Pontius Pilate.

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Saint Stephen




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Saint Stephen the protomartyr of Christianity, was a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem who was stoned to death by a mob following a dispute with members of a synagogue. His martyrdom was witnessed by Saul of Tarsus (later renamed Paul), a Pharisee who would later convert to Christianity and become an apostle.
Stephen is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Stephen's name is derived from the Greek language Stephanos, meaning "crown". Traditionally, Stephen is invested with a crown of martyrdom; he is often depicted in art with three stones and the martyrs' palm. In Eastern Christian iconography, he is shown as a young, beardless man with a tonsure, wearing a deacon's vestments, and often holding a miniature church building or a censer.
Rembrandt depicted his martyrdom in his work The Stoning of Saint Stephen.



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Mother of God





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According to religious tradition, Mary was an Israelite Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee and the mother of Jesus. Among her many other names and titles are the Virgin Mary or Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and Saint Mary in Western churches, Theotokos in Orthodox Christianity, and Maryam, mother of Isa in Islam.
The canonical gospels of Matthew and Luke describe Mary as a virgin. Traditionally, Christians believe that she conceived her son miraculously by the agency of the Holy Spirit. This took place when she was already betrothed to Saint Joseph and was awaiting the concluding rite of marriage, the formal home-taking ceremony. She married Joseph and accompanied him to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. In keeping with Jewish custom, the betrothal would have taken place when she was around 12, and the birth of Jesus about a year later.
The Orthodox believe that she was and remained a virgin before and after Christ's birth. The Theotokia are an essential part of the Divine Services in the Eastern Church and their positioning within the liturgical sequence effectively places the Theotokos in the most prominent place after Christ. Within the Orthodox tradition, the order of the saints begins with: The Theotokos, Angels, Prophets, Apostles, Fathers, Martyres, etc. giving the Virgin Mary precedence over the angels. She is also proclaimed as the "Lady of the Angels".

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February 25, 2013

Saint George





History

Saint George was a Greek who became an officer in the Roman army. His father was the Greek Gerondios from Cappadocia Asia Minor and his mother was the Greek Polychronia from the city Lyda. Lyda was a Greek city from the times of the conquest of Alexander the Great, now in Israel. He became an officer in the Roman army in the Guard of Diocletian. He is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography, Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic (Western and Eastern Rites), Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodoxchurches. He is immortalized in the tale of Saint George and the Dragon and is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. His memorial is celebrated on 23 April, and he is regarded as one of the most prominentmilitary saints.

St. George is most commonly depicted in early icons, mosaics and frescos wearing armour contemporary with the depiction, executed in gilding and silver colour, intended to identify him as a Roman soldier. After the Fall of Constantinople and the association of St George with the crusades, he is more often portrayed mounted upon a white horse.

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February 20, 2013

White Angel





History

White Angel is a detail of one of the most well-known frescoes in Serbian culture in the Mileševa monastery, Mironosnice na Hristovom grobu (Myrrhbearers on Christ's Grave), dated c. 1235 in Serbia during the reign of King Stephen Vladislav I of Serbia. Considered one of the most beautiful works of Serbian and European art from the High Middle Ages, this fresco is considered to be one of the great achievements in European painting. It depicts the arrival of the myrrhbearers at the tomb of Christ on Sunday morning, after the events of the Crucifixion. Sitting on the stone is the Angel Gabriel, all dressed in white chiton, whose myrrh-bearing arm shows the place of Christ's resurrection, and his empty tomb.

A picture of the White Angel of Mileševa was sent as a message in the first satellite broadcast signal from Europe to America after the Cuban Missile Crisis, as a symbol of peace and civilization. Later, the same signal, containing the White Angel, was transmitted to space in an attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial life forms.

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