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The Story of the Byzantine Crucifix. http://www.monasteryicons.com/product/Story-of-the-San-Damiano-Crucifix/did-you-know

I'm not quite sure what this means but I found it very interesting. Can someone with knowledge about orthodox beliefs explain this a bit?

The Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church have a long history and many shared doctrines and traditions. However, both churches have significant differences with each other and even greater differences with evangelical churches. History of the Roman Catholic church and Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox were originally one church, claiming the “apostolic

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After five years or so in the Orthodox Church, I’ve seen a lot of friends and acquaintances come home to the apostolic faith. And...

Elder Sophrony on What We Should Know Approaching the Jesus Prayer. Find out about it in our monastery blog. We have been writing about Christianity, church history, church products and crafts, the lives of the great ascetics, etc.

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Here's a look at the pious custom of red eggs in the Orthodox Church for you and your families to enjoy. Where did the tradition come from anyway? It seems there are a few possible answers to this question...of which I prefer to believe in the miracle that God worked through His handmaiden, Saint Mary Magdalene (whom by the way is often wrongly attributed as the prostitute who anointed Jesus' feet and wiped them with her hair - Here is an Orthodox Wiki for a well cited clarification). Other…

It’s true that the words “sister” and “nun” are used interchangeably to describe women religious in the Catholic church, but there are several differences in the lifestyle, ministry and vows of nuns vs. apostolic women religious.

I have just learned of a most unusual iconographer from Ukraine whose medium is primarily glass beads. Her name is Angelika Artemenko, 26 years old. Despite her unconventional technique, she works …