Tag: mythology,
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05 works, Today, August 2nd, is Blessed Basil’s day, his story thru art #214
Blessed Basil the Fool-for-Christ is one of the most well-known fools-for-Christ from Moscow. Russians have always venerated fools-for-Christ — those who rejected outward decorum and pretended to be insane so as to hide their abilities and virtues, and condemned the world for lack of the said virtues. They were entitled to judge the world because of their…
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15 works, Today, August 1st, is Sts. Sophia, Faith, Hope and Love’s day, their story thru art #213
Saints Faith, Hope and Charity are a group of Christian martyred saints, venerated together with their mother, Sophia Sophia, whose name means wisdom, lived in Rome. She was a Christian, and in accordance with her name, she lived wisely. While living in honorable wedlock, bore three daughters, whom she named after the three great virtues.…
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06 works, Today, July 29th, is Saint Lazarus’ day, his story thru art #210
Lazarus of Bethany, also known as Saint Lazarus, is the subject of a prominent sign of Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus restores him to life four days after his death. The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions offer varying accounts of the later events of his life. The raising of Lazarus…
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12 works, Today, July 28th, is Saint Eustace’s day, his story thru art #209
Saint Eustace, also known as Eustachius or Eustathius in Latin, is revered as a Christian martyr. In the 13th century French tradition of the narrative, it begins with Placidus (Eustace’s name before he was baptized) hunting, and while hunting, he follows into woods a deer which causes Placidus to separate from a group of hunters……
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10 works, Today, July 26th, is Saint Jacob’s day, his story thru art #207
Saint Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of Alaska, was a native of the Aleutian Islands who became a priest of the Orthodox Church and continued the missionary work of St. Innocent among his and other Alaskan people. His feast day is celebrated on the day of his repose, July 26… Please follow link for full post
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09 Works, Today, July 22th, is Mary Magdalene’s day, her story thru art #203
Mary Magdalene, sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene, was a Jewish woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion and its aftermath. She is mentioned by name twelve times in the canonical gospels, more than most of…
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09 Works, Today, July 20th, is Prophet Elias’s day, his story in art #201
Elijah was a prophet and a miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BC). At his birth, his father Sabah saw angels of God surrounding the Prophet, clothing him in fire and feeding him flames… Please follow link for full post
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Victor Pierre Huguet, AT THE WADI 01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, with footnotes, #60
Wadi is the Arabic term referring to a valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season. Victor Pierre Huguet, born Lude the 1 st May 1835 and died in Paris August 16, 1902, was a French, landscape and genre painter.. He was a pupil of Emile Loubon in Marseille and received advice from Fromentin in…
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07 Works, Today, July 18th, is Camillus de Lellis’s day, his story in art #199
Camillus de Lellis was born on May 25, 1550, Kingdom of Naples. His mother, Camilla Compelli de Laureto, was nearly fifty when she gave birth to him. His father was an officer in both the Neapolitan and French royal armies and was seldom home. Due to his mother’s age and retiring nature, she felt unable…
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08 Works, Today, July 15th, is Saint Vladimir Sviatoslavich’s day, his story in art #196
Vladimir Sviatoslavich (c. 958–15 July 1015), called the Great, was Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Kiev, and ruler of Kievan Rus’ from 980 to 1015. Though his grandmother, Queen Olga, had been a Christian, his father Svyatoslav reverted to paganism, and Prince Vladimir spent the early part of his life believing and living the…