Passion and Resurrection

Feast Day/Commemorated: February 2 The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, recounted in Luke 2:22-29, highlights Mary and Joseph's adherence to Jewish custom. Forty days after Jesus' birth, they brought their firstborn son to the Temple for...

Holy Icon Made without Human Hands The Image of Edessa, also known as the Mandylion or Acheiropoieton (meaning "not made by hands"), stands as one of the earliest and most revered icons in Christian tradition. According to accounts, during Jesus' earthly...

Christ's Holy Resurrection / Harrowing of Hades (The Icon of Pascha) Theophany is a pivotal Christian Feast that commemorates the revelation of the Most Holy Trinity to the world through the Baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River. During this event,...

Christ's Holy Resurrection / Harrowing of Hades (The Icon of Pascha) For Orthodox Christians, Holy Week serves as a profound period of theological education, with each day offering unique spiritual lessons beyond what can be learned from books. The...

Christ Bears the Cross to Golgotha  And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and...

The White Angel, also referred to as the Angel of the Resurrection, brought the pivotal announcement of Christ's rising. In the symbolic language of icons, pure white is consistently used to signify the radiant Glory of God as it illumines all that He...

Feast Day/Commemorated: Friday Before Great and Holy Pascha On Great and Holy Friday, the Orthodox Church commemorates the death of Christ on the Cross. This marks the culmination of His Passion, through which our Lord suffered and died for our sins...