Eternal Light of the Crypts,” by Alan Van’t Land. Full Quiver Publishing. (Pakenham, ON, Canada, 2021). 292 pp., $16.99.
The icon of the Feast of the Precious Cross tells the story of the finding of the Cross and of its Exaltation. Patriarch Macarius is standing in the pulpit elevating the Cross for all to see and ...
On major feast days, they would have an extended service of readings (scriptural, patristic, and from lives of the saints) in addition to chanting the psalms. This all would be done in the dark ...
The authors of a new book profiling 16 holy men and women who championed civil and human rights want readers to know: You can ...
The Virgin is clearly made manifest in the temple of God and foretells Christ to all ... of the Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos to the Temple) The birth and early life of the Virgin Mary is not ...
The oldest document in which we find the length and exercises of Advent mentioned with anything like clearness, is a passage in the second book ... saints of the old Law. They give the name of ...
The English idiom euphemistically expressed as “He doesn’t know his ears from his elbow” has a counterpart in Spanish: ...
Icon of All Saints. Our most godlike Fathers decreed that we should celebrate the present feast after the descent of the All-holy Spirit, as showing in a certain way that the coming of the All-holy ...
All Saints Day was originally called Feast of All Holy Martyrs and was celebrated on May 13. But in 837AD, Pope Gregory IV changed the name to Feast of All Saints and its date to November 1.
But it was not until 70 years ago that Pope Pius XII officially added this feast to the liturgical ... exalted above all choirs of angels and saints, and standing at the right hand of her only ...
The Baltimore Ravens (0-2) head to Big D to face the Dallas Cowboys (1-1) Sunday at AT&T Stadium, Kickoff is set for 4:25 p.m ...