Search results for: “mandorla”
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Within a Mandorla
Read more: Within a MandorlaThere is a small class of events within the gospels that are treated in a special manner by iconographers. This special treatment reflects the language of Scripture as well. In the icons of the Transfiguration, Pascha and the Ascension, there is a particular artistic device used called a Mandorla. Sometimes circular, sometimes almost star-shaped, it […]
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Standing at the Judgment Seat of Christ
Read more: Standing at the Judgment Seat of Christ“Icons do with color what Scripture does with words.” This statement by the 7th Council aptly describes the work of an icon – but fails to do justice to the reality. Scripture, as words to be read, necessarily becomes linear – words follow words and cannot be read except in the order in which […]
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God Has Gone Up with a Shout
Read more: God Has Gone Up with a ShoutThere is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each of us according to the […]
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Facing the Consequences
Read more: Facing the ConsequencesSome thoughts on a comment by Archbishop DMITRI of Dallas: Commenting on the stories of the Transfiguration in Matthew, Mark and Luke, Archbishop DMITRI of Dallas observed that each of the stories contains the phrase “coming down” in reference to the disciples’ descent from the mount of glory into the world of daily ministry. In […]
Father, As usual, I have spent most of the day thinking about all this material- fortunately, I can do this…