Tag: Classical
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03 Works, Today, March 23rd, is Monk-martyr Nikon’s Day, With Footnotes – #81
Monk-martyr Nikon, and 199 disciples, in Sicily (251), was born in Neapolis (Naples) to a pagan father and a Christian mother, and became an officer in the Roman army. Though he was not baptised, his mother had secretly instructed him in the Christian faith. Once, in a battle, his company was completely surrounded by the…
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05 Works, Today, March 22nd, is Saint Drosis’ Day, With Footnotes – #80
St. Drosis, the daughter of the Emperor Trajan (98–117 AD). In 99 AD Trajan revived a decree prohibiting secret gatherings which was in truth a ruse to prohibit Christian rituals. Many Christians were martyred for disobeying this law. As a visible deterrent for other Christians these martyrs were kept unburied. Five nuns, Aglaida, Apolliniaria, Daria,…
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04 Works, Today, March 18th, is King Edward the Martyr’s Day, With Footnotes – #76
Edward the Martyr (c. 962 – 18 March 978) was King of England from 975 until he was murdered in 978. Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar the Peaceful but was not his father’s acknowledged heir. On Edgar’s death, the leadership of England was contested, with some supporting Edward’s claim to be king and others…
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02 Works, Today, March 15th, is St. Agapius’s Day, With Footnotes – #73
Agapius was a Christian martyr killed at Caesarea in AD 306. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. His martyrdom is recorded by Eusebius of Caesarea in his work The Martyrs of Palestine. Agapius was arrested in AD 304. He remained in prison for two years and was…
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06 Works, Today, March 14th, is Saint Matilda’s Day, With Footnotes – #72
Matilda was the daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark. She was also known as Mechtildis and Maud. She was raised by her grandmother, the Abbess of Eufurt convent. Matilda married Henry the Fowler, son of Duke Otto of Saxony, in the year 909. He succeeded his father as Duke in the…
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Kim Byungkwan, The Descent I 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 36
The Descent from the Cross, or Deposition of Christ, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels’ accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his crucifixion. In Byzantine art the topic became popular in the 9th century, and in the West from the 10th century. The…
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07 Works, Today, March 11th, is Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem’s Day, With Footnotes – #69
St Sophronios, patriarch of Jerusalem (b. 638) was born in Damascus to an eminent family, and was well educated in his youth. Discontented with the wisdom of the world, he entered monastic life in the monastery of St Theodosius, where he became the lifelong friend and disciple of John Moschos. Together they visited the monasteries…
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03 Works, Today, March 9th, is The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia’s Day, With Footnotes – #67
The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia, were a group of Roman soldiers in the Legio XII Fulminata (Armed with Lightning), under one general, taken captive in the time of Licinius, in 320, victims of the persecutions of Licinius, who after 316, persecuted the Christians of the East. They were stripped naked and cast onto a frozen lake at Sebastia…
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06 Works, Today, March 8th, is Saint Theophylaktos’ Day, With Footnotes – #66
Saint Theophylactus lived at Constantinople in the eighth century during the time of the Iconoclast heresy. After the death of the iconoclast emperor Leo IV the Khazar (775-780), Emperor Constantine VI (780-797) ascended the throne. At the same time, the holy Patriarch Paul (August 30), not having the strength to continue guiding the flock in…
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Jean Lambert-Rucki, Descent from the Cross 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – #39
The Descent from the Cross, or Deposition of Christ, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels’ accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his crucifixion. In Byzantine art the topic became popular in the 9th century, and in the West from the 10th century. The Descent…
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05 Works, Today, March 7th, is Martyr Theodore’s Day, With Footnotes – #65
The Holy Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit was a soldier in the city of Alasium of the Pontine district. They commanded him to offer sacrifice to idols. Saint Theodore firmly confessed his faith in Christ the Savior in a loud voice. The commander gave him several days to think it over, during which time Saint…
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03 Works, Today, March 6th, is Holy Saint Colette’s Day, With Footnotes – #64
Saint Colette was born Nicolette Boellet, but called Colette, and lived during the great Church schism when there were two men claiming to be Pope: one in Rome and one in Avignon. She was orphaned at age 17, and promptly gave her inheritance to the poor of the region, , and with the help of her…
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05 Works, Today, March 5th, is Holy Martyr Conon of Isauria’s Day, With Footnotes – #63
The Holy Martyr Conon of Isauria was born in Bethany, a village near the Asia Minor city of Isauria, whose inhabitants had accepted Christianity from the Apostle Paul. From his youth, Saint Conon was accorded the special protection of the Michael the Archange, who appeared to him and assisted him in many difficult circumstances in…
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04 Works, Today, March 3rd, is Holy Martyr Euthalia’s Day, With Footnotes – #61
The Holy Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus, and Basiliscus, who were from Amasia, were fellow soldiers and kinsmen of Saint Theodore the Tyro. They were betrayed to the Governor Asclepiodotus as Christians, during the reign of Diocletian (284-305). , they were imprisoned, and were not condemned for a long time because of the courage of the imperial…
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04 Works, Today, March 1st, is Saint Eudokia’s Day, With Footnotes – #60
Eudokia was a Samarian woman who lived in Heliopolis of Phoenicia (present day Baalbek, Lebanon). Eudokia was very beautiful, and garnered her wealth by attracting wealthy lovers. She learned about Christianity from a monk by the name of Germanus. According to legend, Eudokia asked him if she, too, could be saved from Judgment. Germanos instructed her…
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07 Works, Today, February 28/29th, is John Cassian’s Day, With Footnotes – #59
John Cassian (c. AD 360 – c. 435) was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern churches for his mystical writings. Cassian is noted for his role in bringing the ideas and practices of Christian monasticism to the early medieval West. Cassian was born around 360, most likely in the region of Scythia…
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Roy De Maistre, Our Lady of Walsingham 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Modern Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 39
Our Lady of Walsingham is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated by Roman Catholics and Anglicans associated with the Marian apparitions to Richeldis de Faverches, a pious English noblewoman, in 1061 in the village of Walsingham in Norfolk, England. Lady Richeldis had a building structure named “The Holy House” built in Walsingham which later…
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Vincent Sellaer, Susanna and Elders 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – #133
A fair Hebrew wife named Susanna was falsely accused by lecherous voyeurs. As she bathes in her garden, having sent her attendants away, two lustful elders secretly observe the lovely Susanna. When she makes her way back to her house, they accost her, threatening to claim that she was meeting a young man in the…
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05 Works, Today, February 25th, is Saint Tarasios’ Day, With Footnotes – 55
Saint Tarasios (c. 730 – 25 February 806) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 25 December 784 until his death on 25 February 806. Tarasios was born and raised in the city of Constantinople. He was related to important families, and embarked on a career in the secular administration and had attained the rank of senator,…
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07 Works, Today, February 23rd, is Saint Hieromartyr Polycarp’s Day, With Footnotes – 53
Hieromartyr Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (167) was born at Ephesus around the year 70. St Irenaeus of Lyons, his disciple, says that St Polycarp was ‘a disciple of the Apostles and acquainted with those who had seen the Lord.’ His parents died as martyrs, and he was given into the care of a devout lady named…
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