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Cana Sunday is the entrance to Lent, but the first day of Lent is Ash Monday. It commemorates the first sign performed by the Lord, as passed on by St John: On […]

Jacob of Sarug on The Creation of Adam and the Resurrection of the Dead, trans. and introduced, Edward G. Mathews Jr. Gorgias Press This memra by St Jacob of Sarug […]

Once more, I am profoundly impressed by how much detail, and how much thought has gone into this icon. Fr Badwi states of it: “The Righteous and the Just are […]

The Value of Praying the Divine Office From time to time people ask me about some form of prayer in difficult circumstances: they sometimes want a sort of “super prayer.” […]

St Anthony the Great is believed to have lived for 105 years, from 251 to 356, dying on 17 January, the day when we celebrate his feast. He was born […]

The Feast of the Epiphany falls on 6 January, and inaugurates a Season which runs until the three weeks of commemoration of the departed, the immediate prelude to Lent. The […]

The Christmas Icon was produced after the manner of the Rabboula manuscripts. Fr Badwi writes: “The Blessed Virgin is seated with her hand on her chin, thinking and meditating on […]

One of the most controversial figures in early Church history is St Ignatius of Antioch. He is impossible to define: he was a prophet and had an esoteric, even mystical […]

The Genealogy Sunday Icon Today is “Genealogy Sunday,” the day on which the response to the Qadishat aloho changes from it.ra.7am 3a.lyn (have mercy on us), to m.shee.7o de.tee.led men […]

Concerning the icon for today’s feast, Fr Badwi first of all prepared a frame based on the ancient Syrian icons in the British Library and the Vaticanus Library. Inside that […]