The painting of St. Sergius as a youth by Mikhail Nesterov is one of my favorites. Just a bit more beauty to share.
Christian, I understand the point. There’s the monastic admonition to “keep death ever before our eyes.” I don’t think that’s…
God is Wonderful in His Saints
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Fr. Stephen is a retired Archpriest of the Orthodox Church in America. He is also author of Everywhere Present: Christianity in a One-Storey Universe, and Face to Face: Knowing God Beyond Our Shame, as well as the Glory to God podcast series on Ancient Faith Radio.
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7 responses to “God is Wonderful in His Saints”
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How lovely !
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This is unbelieveably beautiful!! Breathtaking!
Thank you so much for sharing it. Are there others?
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Father, bless,
Thank you, this is beautiful.
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One of my favorites, also, especially since St. Sergius was the very first Orthodox person who “introduced” himself to me, i.e., came into my life long before I considered becoming Orthodox.
Athanasia — you should check out Nesterov’s “Taking the Veil.” 😀
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The one place where I have found the most works by Nesterov is on a website called Olga’s Gallery. They’ve got probably 20 or more of his works. Vasnetsov is another Russian painter to look at. Both capture a certain Romantic (in the technical sense) aspect to Russia than portrays things in a fairly transcendent mode. I like them both, as well as some others I’ve seen.
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that saint has a pointy hat… i’ve never seen an eastern orthodox person have a pointy black hat like the armenian monk priests and bishops
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It is just the peak of his robe, not usually seen today on Eastern monks. But is not a pointed at like Armenians.
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