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“We never meant to offend you!” “Think nothing of it: the arrows went clean through”
Detail of a figure of Saint Sebastian by the Italian Renaissance painter Mariotto Albertinelli, 1509-10.
Faith · Observations · Mores · Humour
Advice to mothers to stop ironing their grown sons' shirts so that they dare to marry
On World Family Day Pope Francis Spoke of Young People in No Hurry to Marry:. “We see so many young people who lack the courage to marry... Mothers often come to me and say: do something, talk to my son, he isn't getting married, and he is 37!
Faith · People
David of Thessalonica and the 13 days separating Greek and Russian church calendars
On 26 June the Greek Orthodox Church honours the memory of the hermit Saint David of Thessalonica. Of his ninety years, the venerable saint spent seventy in fasting, prayer and asceticism in a hut beneath an almond tree. Even in his lifetime he was recognised as a wonder-worker: he
Faith · Mores
Elder Paisios tells of an Athonite monk who struggled with alcohol addiction all his life
There was a monk on Athos who drank constantly, and it caused conflicts with pilgrims. After his death, one of the faithful told Elder Paisios that he was glad of the death of the drinking novice. Father Paisios replied that he had learned of the venerable man's death
Faith · Art · Madrid · Museums
Nicholas of Tolentino in a Painting by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz in the Prado Museum
Nicholas of Tolentino, 1601, Juan Pantoja de la Cruz. Collection of the Prado Museum. The Catholic saint Nicholas of Tolentino (1245-1305) was an Augustinian monk, renowned for his asceticism, and is depicted in the black Augustinian habit with a star on his breast. The bird standing on the dish
Faith · Art · Museums
Alexey Korzukhin's 1876 painting “Before Confession” in the Tver Gallery
Before Confession. Alexey Ivanovich Korzukhin, 1876, Tver Regional Picture Gallery. Korzukhin was one of the celebrated group of 14 rebellious top pupils of the Academy of Arts who refused to take part in the Academy's competition for the Grand Gold Medal, which would have given them six years
Faith · Art · Museums · Observations · Paris
One fine cruise morning I am reading, in the ship's saloon, the latest issue of the Louvre's magazine Grande Galerie, whose cover shows a splendid detail from the portrait of one of the greatest mystics of the Church, Saint Bonaventure, by the Spanish pai
One fine cruise morning I am reading, in the ship's saloon, the latest issue of the Louvre's magazine Grande Galerie, whose cover shows a splendid detail from the portrait of one of the greatest mystics of the Church, Saint Bonaventure, by the Spanish painter Zurbarán, from
NB! · Faith · Pop Culture · Humour
Few people know it, but the smallest pocket on a pair of jeans is actually intended for a very small icon, and the slightly larger pocket for an icon of medium size
NB! · Faith · Society · Humour
When you learn that the United States has declared itself the Lord's envoy on Earth
Faith · Observations
The descent of the Holy Spirit and understanding among speakers of different languages
I watched Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia's Trinity address and was struck by two thoughts: first, that all church communities are in essence a single community of prayer. And second, that "in founding the Church through the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, the Lord allows
Faith · Observations · Science
The Cistercian Numeral System of the 13th Century Writes Numbers up to 9999 with a Single Sign
Never mind whether you remember your Roman numerals: today we learn medieval ciphers. Or, more precisely, the Cistercian system of numeration, devised by learned monks in the thirteenth century. The Cistercian system of counting allows any number up to 9999 to be written with a single sign. Take a look