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Thanks to everyone for the prayers and support! I really appreciate it! Through a miracle of Archangel Michael and St Nektarios I have finally found a doctor who is able to help me. The only trouble is that the appointments and very expensive specialist tests are not covered by my insurance. So...

Amidst the tragedy of the fires near Athens that cost nearly 100 lives there have been numerous miracles...one being that not a single church or shrine was damaged in the slightest. The fires just passed them by! https://agiotopia.blogspot.com/2018/08/blog-post_71.html?spref=fb

Wild fires broke out on two sides of Athens yesterday destroying everything in their paths. One village doesn't exist anymore. At least 49 people have been killed and hundreds injured. The scenes are apocalyptic...

For anyone interested my first tutorial in the series on "Drawing the Face" is now available on Skillshare and the rest of the series will soon be uploaded. These tutorials also have subtitles for the deaf. Get 2 months free Premium membership if you sign up with this link. The tutorials will...

This is a must-read... THE ICON:TRUTH AND FABLES

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We are finally reaching the end of the Twelve Days (not of Christmas) with the Feast of Theophany. At my church we had a marathon from 5:30am of orthros, Royal Hours, Vesperal Divine Liturgy and Blessing of the Waters! For anyone who hasn't seen it here is the annual miracle where the waters of...

Or as we say in Greece ... Christ is born! Indeed He is born! Enjoy some Greek Christmas carols!

Every few months a new website pops up selling "high quality icon prints" at a "reasonable price" much to the joy of the faithful. What the faithful don't know is that the mere existence of these sites is destroying the art of iconography. Serious iconographers, for whom this is our life's work...

For anyone who has read the book "Everyday Saints" here is video footage of the monks we've come to love! Raw Footage (1986) of the Holy Men From Russian Bestseller 'Everyday Saints'

For anyone interested in learning Byzantine iconography, I've uploaded a sample from my second tutorial on drawing the face in dynamic frontal pose on curved axes so you can see how I do the tutorials. The full tutorial will be posted on Patreon at the end of the month. These videos require a...

I would really appreciate any prayers! I'm going through something of a trial of Job at the moment and although I know something good will come out of it in the end... at the moment there is no light at the end of the tunnel.

For anyone interested, here are some iconography tutorial videos I've made. If I get enough support on Patreon, I hope to keep making them. Iconography Tutorials

Hi! I haven't been able to be active around here for a while so I don't know if many remember me. I would really appreciate any prayers as I'm going through something of a trial of Job at the moment. Thanks! Julia

Please pray for 5 week old Giorgos, my parish priest's son, who has bronchitis. If he ends up in hospital his Baptism on Saturday may have to be postponed.

For anyone interested, here is Part 2 in my series "Revisiting the Patristic Theology of the Icon" http://ikonographics.blogspot.gr/2016/02/revisiting-patristic-theology-of-icon.html

For anyone interested, here i the first of a series of articles I'm writing on my blog about the problems with the modern "theology" of the icon and what the Patristic theology of the icon really is. Revisiting the Patristic Theology of the Icon Part 1: Setting Aside our Western Assumptions.

I while ago I asked for prayers for Spiros Habagimanga, an Orthodox policeman in Burundi who helped our mission teams. In July he was arrested and charged with treason for refusing to shoot unarmed protesters. He was tortured in prison and at best was facing life in prison. The trial was a...

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