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The pilgrimage church of the Panagia Evangelistria on the Greek island Tinos.
I want to wish all Orthodox followers of this blog a happy and blessed Easter: Χριστός ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! Christ is Risen! Truly, He is Risen!
Hail
Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee! Grant me and us, unworthy, the dew of thy grace and reveal thy tender mercies.
- Akathist prayer
(Source: simplyorthodox)
Our Lady of Korsun
The icon of Our Lady of Korsun is of the type of the Virgin of Tenderness (Eleousa).
It is characterised by the melancholic and somewhat sad countenance of Mary, who envisages the impending tragedy her Son will endure one day.
Beneath your tender mercy we flee, Birthgiver-of-God. Reject not our prayer in our trouble, but deliver us from harm, Only Pure and Blessed Lady. Amen
The icon of the Mother of God of Kazan, one of Russia’s most loved and revered images of Mary.
It has since long been a custom to give a copy of the icon to newlyweds, as it is believed to bestow happiness on homes and their inhabitants.
The interior of the Greek Catholic church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Lviv, Ukraine.
(Source: taylormcintyre, via heroinscarlet)
The 11th century mosaic of Mary as the Virgin Orante (in prayer) in the apse of the cathedral of St Sophia in Kiev, Ukraine.
Our Lady
Your name is Our Lady.
You alone are Mother of God
and raised high over all the earth.
O Spouse of God, we celebrate you with faith,
we honor you with longing,
we venerate you with awe;
at every moment we exalt you
and reverently proclaim you blessed.
- St Germanus of Constantinople
Достóйно éсть
It is Truly Meet is a theotokion (hymn to Mary) which is chanted in the Divine Services of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches.
It is truly meet to bless thee, O Theotokos,
ever blessed, and most pure, and the Mother of our God.
More honourable than the cherubim,
and beyond compare more glorious than the seraphim.
Without corruption thou gavest birth to God the Word.
True Theotokos, we magnify thee.
Beauty
Who can describe in words thy divinely resplendent beauty, O Virgin Mother of God? Thoughts and words are inadequate to define thine attributes, since they surpass mind and speech. Yet it is meet to chant hymns of praise to thee, for thou art a vessel containing every grace, the fulness of all things good and beautiful, the tablet and living icon of every good and all uprightness.
- St Gregory Palamas
