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Footprint of Christ's right foot on the Mount of Olives and the left one in Al-Aqsa Mosque
On the Mount of Olives, from which Jesus Christ ascended, a stone slab bearing the imprint of Christ's right foot remains. The relic is called the "Little Footprint" ("Stopochka"). The part of the stone with the imprint of Jesus's left foot was
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Of all the churches in Constantinople, the one that impressed me most was the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, part of the Chora Monastery complex
Of all the churches in Constantinople, the one that impressed me most was the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, part of the Chora Monastery complex. In present-day Istanbul it is the best-preserved Byzantine church; the current building dates from the 11th century and stands on the
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Crucifix from the church of San Domenico in Arezzo, wood, tempera and gold
Crucifix from the church of San Domenico in Arezzo, wood, tempera and gold. The work of Giotto's teacher, known under the pseudonym of Cimabue, dated to roughly 1268-1271
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Paschal troparion on the Resurrection of Christ in Church Slavonic and Russian
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and to those in the graves granting life!
Faith · Science
Orthodox Easter dates from 4 April to 8 May and years it coincides with Catholic Easter
On 5 May, as in 2024, Easter fell in 1850, 1861, 1907, 1918, 1929, 2002 and 2013. The next time Easter will be celebrated on 5 May is in 2097. The latest Orthodox Easter will be celebrated in 2078, on 8 May. The previous time such a date occurred was
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Tikhon, the first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia since the restoration of the patriarchate in 1917, at the Easter moleben by the Nikolsky Gate, 5 May 1918
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Preparing a Curd Paskha by Nineteenth-Century Recipes
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Easter greeting in the Near Caves and the reply of the departed saints
A Paschal Miracle Is Entered in the Chronicle of the Kyiv Caves Lavra under the Year 1463. “One of the brethren” entered the Near Caves, where the bodies of the departed saints lie at rest, and cried out: “Holy fathers and brethren, today is a great day for us: Christ
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Greetings on the approaching feast of Easter
Dyeing Eggs on Mount Athos. Wishing everyone a happy approaching bright feast of Easter, without exaggeration the chief feast of the year!
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Three Caravaggio Paintings of Saint Matthew in the Contarelli Chapel in Rome
The Church of Saint Louis of the French in Rome, between the Pantheon and Piazza Navona, became famous thanks to three masterpieces by Caravaggio, painted in 1599-1602 for the interior of the Contarelli Chapel. The canvases depict scenes from the life of Saint Matthew: the Calling, the Inspiration (the
Faith · Art · Madrid · Museums · Rome
Two El Greco sketches for a Madrid polyptych in Palazzo Barberini, Rome
To see an El Greco in the flesh is a great stroke of luck. Of the slightly more than a hundred surviving works by El Greco in the world, Russia holds, for example, just five, and Italy eleven, of which Rome has only two, both in the Palazzo Barberini. These