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Why did they enlarge the ends of the crosses in early time from the time of Constantine, since we see coins with such cross? Thanks in advance. Amazing colorful mosaics at the basilica of Almyrida, ...
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Are there ancient writers that mentions halos / nimbus - from 1-8 century? How was the halo adopted in the church? And what is its historicity? I read from some sources that in the beginning it was ...
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One of the objections to the Catholic and Orthodox churches is that they use statues/icons as part of worship. (These objects are within churches, believers tend to have a few, etc) John Calvin - ...
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Context The Assyrian Church of the East is the last remaining branch of the Churches of the East (historically known as Nestorians, though they themselves reject that epithet). The Churches of the ...
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Susanna 1:32 states that part of her piety was covering her face, and that the elders wanted to uncover her. Why is she not depicted that way in Iconography? (At least in the iconography I can find)
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Has any Church Father compared the priest, deacon, and subdeacon in a Solemn High Mass to the Three Divine Persons of the Trinity? Solemn High Mass with the priest, deacon, and subdeacon at the altar:
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And do you have any examples of frescoes of Christ with a beard?
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Why is it common in many Orthodox icons that Jesus Christ and the saints are represented making mudras? For example: Christ the Pantocrator icon by Jovan the Zograf
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I am trying to determine what language the letters around Christ's head in the Mandylion Icon are written in and what they are equivalent to in English. I think in the Icon above, they are ancient ...
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I am orthodox christian and on my walls I have icons of Jesus and Saints. But theese days I thought of the stature Christ the Redeemer from Brazil, Rio de Janeiro and I remembered some words from a ...
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There are much simpler ways to frame this question, but for dramatic effect, consider the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb which was finished in 1432 and the Qunisext Council. In the roughly 700 years ...
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No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. (John 1:18) QUESTION: Is there anything in Catholic doctrine which prohibits or ...
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Is there any archeological or written evidence for image veneration in the first few centuries especially in the ante Nicene period outside the Rome? Related - What was the ante-Nicene Fathers' ...
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Hello I would like help to identify this icon photograph. It is Greek Orthodox icon with a man holding a cross.
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I have seen icons of St. Christopher (Αγιος Χριστοφορος) with a Dog-Head and wanting to know officially if somewhere the Orthodox they see this as canon. It's something that has come up multiple times ...
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