Category Theotokos

In Arabic “Μενουνγε”: What Christ Really Said

«Μενουνγε_مينونجي»  ما قاله المسيح حقاً – و لماذا تغفله معظم الترجمات في إنجيل لوقا، رفعت امرأة من بين الجموع صوتها وهتفت مُسبِّحةً والدة الإله: «هَنِيئًا لِلبَطنِ الَّذِي حَمَلَكَ، وَلِلثَّديَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ أرْضَعَاكَ!» (لوقا ١١: ٢٧). و ردُّ ربنا معروفٌ جيداً، لكن ترجمته…

Annunciation!

By Priest Aleksandar Radunovic With fear of God, with faith and love, let us draw near to the Mystery of Mysteries—the Mystery of the eternal Message revealed in time, when Timelessness bows down into time, when the Unsearchable One humbles…

Betrayal of the Faith = Loss in Every Way: A Reflection on Orthodoxy and the Fall of Byzantium

Throughout history, the resilience and endurance of the Orthodox faithful have been tested by numerous challenges. Among the most profound of these tests is the tragic fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. This cataclysmic event did not occur in…

STAVROTHEOTOKION

Mother of God

by Vladimir Moss       Today we celebrate a rare and deeply meaningful coincidence of two great feasts: the Annunciation of Mary, the Most Holy Mother of God (Theotokos), and the Holy Cross (Stavros) of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus…

The Holy Cincture or Sash of the Mother of God

The Placing of the Venerable Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos in a church of Constantinople’s Chalcoprateia district took place during the reign of the emperor Theodosius the Younger. Before this, the holy relic entrusted to the Apostle Thomas by…

Icon of the Mother of God of “The Myrtle Tree”

Icon of the Mother of God of “The Myrtle Tree” Commemorated on September 24 The Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Of the Myrtle Tree” (Myrtidiotissa) is in the monastery church of Myrtides on the Greek island of Kythera. It derives…