Christ’s victory over death.
For millions of Christians across the world this weekend, Easter isn’t just about the Easter bunny and chocolate eggs. Traditionally,Continue Reading
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The Mysterious Mary Magdalene.
Mary Magdalene is to simply put it an enigma. She is one of the more fascinating characters or persons fromContinue Reading
Celebrating Christ: Where was Jesus born?
The Christian gospels of Luke and Matthew have long described how Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem inContinue Reading
The Nativity of Jesus in Byzantine art.
There is no doubt that the Christ Pantocrator, Marian art and the passion of Christ are some of the mostContinue Reading
Careful what you wish for from the Reliquary Statue of St.Foy
St.Foy, also known as St.Faith, was martyred in 303 CE during the last great persecutions of Christians in the townContinue Reading
Masterclass in Byzantine Mosaics (Part 1)
Who would have thought that a tiny small square piece of stone, glass or pottery called tesserae would have suchContinue Reading
The Maccabees, a long-lost tomb and that curious Byzantine mosaic cross that adorns it.
Over the past few days I have been reading reports about what could quite possibly be the rediscovery of theContinue Reading
A short history of Byzantium: No. 19 Julian the Apostate.
By the end of Constantine’s reign, there were an estimated twenty-four million Christians living in the Roman Empire. These numbersContinue Reading
Celebrating St. Nicholas: the Story of the Three Condemned Innocents.
The reign of Constantine The Great was not always stable. Borders had to be protected, laws enforced and if unrestContinue Reading
The Monastery of Saint Catherine.
Lying on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, the beautiful St. Catherine’s monastery today is still one of the oldest workingContinue Reading
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