47-49. The Incarnate God: The Feasts of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, Catherine Aslanoff, editor and Paul Meyendorff, translator (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1995). Icon of the ...

The Icon of the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos shows her on her deathbed surrounded by the Apostles. Christ is standing in the center looking at His mother. He is holding a small child ...

For example, the icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos includes the death of Mary, the ascension of her soul by Christ and angels into Heaven, the grieving of the apostles at her deathbed and ...

The icon of the Annunciation is one that presents the joy of ... 1995). The Life of the Virgin Mary, The Theotokos, written and compiled by Holy Apostles Convent (Buena Vista, CO: 1989). The ...

Netflix's "Mary" movie is No. 1 on the streaming service, reinforcing the interest in the Mother of God. But what does it ...

the icon of femininity. In the rosary, Mary’s value is shaped around her motherhood: “Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.” If I am indeed in awe of Mary as the ...

Hallick, Mary Paloumpis. The Story of Icons. Brookline, Massachusetts ... Parravicini's work which represents Roman Catholic scholarship in the study of iconography of the Theotokos. The book includes ...

Among the lesser Marian feasts are the Protection of the Virgin, October 1; the Synaxis of the Theotokos, December 26; the Conception of Mary, December 8, and others. The icons of the Theotokos are ...

And our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, who bestowed glory on His immaculate Mother Mary Theotokos, will also bestow glory on those who glorify her. (from On the Dormition of Mary, p. 67) State of the ...

Therefore, the death of the Theotokos was also life-bearing ... the fulness of all things good and beautiful, the tablet and living icon of every good and all uprightness, since thou alone hast been ...