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zzpsiconautazz · 3 months
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-Fantasy Clouds 2- by AbilioFernandez.
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gnomegogo · 2 months
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She is my scream of defiance, she is my retribution, she is my strength and courage to battle against the demons inside me and the demons without. Kali Ma - She who is Death
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orthodoxydaily · 5 months
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Icon, Saints&Reading: Monday, November 6, 2023
october 36-november 6
ICON: JOY OF ALL WHO SORROW (1688)
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How much consolation is contained in just the name of this Icon - awakening, strengthening the people's faith in the Mother of God, as a wondrous helper, who hastens everywhere where the groan of human suffering is heard, who wipes away the tears of those who mourn, and in sorrow itself, bestows moments of delight and heavenly joy. Rejoice always, O Heavenly Joy of all who Sorrow.
In accordance with the faith of the people in the loving kindness of the Mother of God toward the human race, it has been customary to depict the Theotokos in a way which conforms to what is heard in the words of the prayer: "O Most Holy Sovereign Lady Theotokos, you are higher than all the Angels and Archangels, and more honorable than all creation. You are the helper of the oppressed, the hope of the hopeless, the aid of the poor, the consolation of the grieving, the nourisher of the hungry, the clothing of the naked, the healing of the sick, the salvation of the sinful, the help and succor of all Christians."
Therefore, the Mother of God is depicted in full stature, sometimes with the Divine Child in her arms (as in the Moscow prototype), sometimes without the Child (as in the Icon with coins, which was glorified in St. Petersburg on July 23, 1888. She is surrounded by all sorts of distressed people - the naked, the offended, and the hungry. Around these poor unfortunates Angels are often depicted, sent by the Sovereign Lady to alleviate human suffering. The Angels, coming close to the people, point to the Mother of God, who is depicted on the "Joy of All Who Sorrow" Icons, either in glory, with a crown on her head and in royal vesture, or in the usual garments of her earthly sojourn, and in a white cloth on her head.
In Moscow, in the XVII century, a certain Icon of the Mother of God of this name became famous. The first miracle occurred in 1688 for the ailing Euphemia, the sister of Patriarch Joachim, who lived on Ordynka. She experienced terrible suffering from a wound in her side. This wound was so great that her intestines were visible. The patient was waiting for death, but at the same time, she did not lose hope in Divine help. One day, after asking to partake of the Holy Mysteries, she began to cry out to the Most Holy Theotokos with great faith: "Hear me, All-Merciful Sovereign Lady! The entire world boasts of you, and all receive your abundant mercies. I deserve to be punished for my iniquities, but do not punish me in your wrath. Behold my harsh infirmity, and have mercy on me."
After this prayer, the patient heard a voice: "Euphemia, in your suffering, why do you not resort to the universal Healer of all?"
Astonished by the voice Euphemia replied, "Where may I find such a Healer?"
The answer came: "There is an image of me in the church of my Son's Transfiguration, called "Joy of all who Sorrow." It stands on the left side in the trapeza, where the women usually stand. Summon the priest from that church to come to your house with the Icon, and when he has served a Moleben with the Sanctification of Water, you shall receive healing. Do not forget my mercy toward you, and proclaim it for the glorification of my name."
When Euphemia recovered from the excitement of this vision, she learned from her relatives that in the church of the Transfiguration, on Ordynka, there really was a "Joy of All Who Sorrow" Icon of the Mother of God, so she summoned the priest to come to her house with the Icon. After serving a Moleben with the Sanctification of Water, Euphemia was healed on October 24, 1688. Later, a Feast was established in honor of this Icon in remembrance of her healing which took place on this day.
Some think that the original "Joy of All Who Sorrow" Icon of the Mother of God was brought to St. Petersburg, to Princess Natalia Alekseevna, and that it is precisely the image that stands in the Sorrowful Church, on Shpalerna. However, it is more probable that the original Icon remained in Moscow.
MARTYRS ARETHA AND 3299 MARTYRS WITH HIM (523)
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The Martyr Arethas and with him 4299 Martyrs suffered for the Lord Jesus Christ in the sixth century. Arethas was prefect of the Christian city of Negran in Arabia. The Arabian (or Omirite) king, Dunaan, who was Jewish, decided to eliminate Christianity from the land. He issued an edict that all followers of Christ were to be put to death.
Because the inhabitants of Negran remained faithful to the Lord, Dunaan came with a large army to destroy the city. At the city walls of Negran the king’s heralds announced that Dunaan would only spare those who renounced Christ and referred to His Cross as a “sign of malediction.”
Not daring to assault the Christian city by force, Dunaan resorted to a ruse. Dunaan swore an oath that he would not force the Christians into Judaism, but would merely collect a tribute from Negran. The inhabitants of the city would not heed the advice of Saint Arethas, and putting their trust in Dunaan, they opened the city gates.
The very next day Dunaan gave orders to light an immense fire and throw all the clergy of the city into it in order to frighten the rest of the Christians. 427 men were burned. He also threw the prefect Arethas and the other chief men into prison. Then the oppressor sent his messengers through the city to convert the Christians to Judaism. Dunaan himself conversed with those inhabitants brought from the prisons, saying, “I do not demand that you should renounce the God of heaven and earth, nor do I want you to worship idols, I want merely that you do not believe in Jesus Christ, since the Crucified One was a man, and not God.”
The holy martyrs replied that Jesus is God the Word, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, Who for the salvation of mankind was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary. Those suffering said, “We shall not abjure Christ, since He is Life for us. To die for Him is to find Life.”
More than four thousand Christians, men, women, both the aged and children, from the city of Negran and surrounding villages suffered martyrdom for Christ.
Source: Orthodox Church in America_OCA
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1 THESSALONIANS 1:1-5
1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, 4 knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God. 5 For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.
LUKE 10:22-24
22 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. 23 Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see; 24 for I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it.
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lysshiss · 5 months
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2020 art trade w/ @mcromwell
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Incredibly talented artist I can't say enough good things about
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monasteryicons · 6 months
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Coming this winter to Monastery Icons.
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kaleidoscopevisualart · 2 months
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👉 Explore Kaleidoscope Art Music Videos 📺 Kaleidoscope Visuals - Colorful Visuals 📌 https://youtube.com/@KaleidoscopeVisuals
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olenaart · 1 month
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Christ Blessings in a Modern Fresco
 https://fineartamerica.com/featured/christ-blessings-in-a-modern-fresco-olena-art.html?newartwork=true  A mesmerizing artwork depicting the spiritual essence and kindness inspired by the sacred icon of Christ.  🕊️✍️ Immerse yourself in the depths of beauty and spiritual tranquility this artwork offers, experiencing the divine presence and eternal blessings. 🌟💖 #Jesus #Jesusicon #Jesusfresco #ArtInspiration #SpiritualJourney #RussianSoul #EternalBlessing #ArtInspiration, #SpiritualJourney, #RussianSoul, #EternalBlessing, #DivineGuidance, #SacredArt, #BeautyInArt, #Spirituality, #Kindness, #InspiredByFaith, #SoulfulCreation, #IconicInspiration, #BrushstrokesOfDivinity, #ArtisticSpirit, #olenaart #EternalPresence @FineArtAmerica @FineArtAmerica @Shoppixels @Shoppixels 
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proxartist · 1 year
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Rosarita and carnelian Sacred Heart
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eyedao · 1 year
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What letter can you identify here? I worked out this 3D sculpture digitally using @krita_foundation software. Would be happy to find a good fit wall to execute this piece. . . #swinknsg #3dgraffiti #sacredart #graffitiletters #dmtart #graffitiart #digitalart #graffiti3d #tribalart #3dart #kritaart #calligraffiti #phychedelic #graffiticharacter #thepath #gnosis https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck1Lg5DvP_i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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generatedart · 1 year
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Art by @pitheorem For #genuary6, I coded a #landscape inspired by my favorite "Flammarion engraving" (Second Slide) P.S: To get the work done in time for the daily challenge, I had to skip the man and the tree (which are key elements of the composition) because they needed more time and a lot of work to look best. Made with #PiKit in #touchdesigner @touchdesigner #genuary #creativeCoding #geometricArt #sacredArt #alchemicalArt #pitheorem https://www.instagram.com/p/CqO3_75DcyQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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gardenofyoga · 1 year
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Aren’t these mandalas gorgeous?! 🌺 As I’ve been preparing for our 10 year celebrations (Sunday April 16 😉) I’ve been researching the history of mandala making across different cultures and it’s so beautiful and fascinating! Obviously some cultures use a different name, but it’s amazing to see some of the similarities. This reoccurring motif of an intricate circular pattern as a creative practice of contemplation, transcendence and healing - and as a way to bring harmonious and uplifting energy to the space where they are made. 🌱 I’ve just shared a blog post sharing some brief descriptions and jumping off points to learn more - head to my bio for the link! 🌿 The images you see here are: a nature mandala from one of my workshops (we’ll be building something similar as part of the celebrations). The Mandala of Kalachakra Wheel from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, A Rangoli made for Diwali, the Shrine of Hafez in Iran, an illustration by Hildegard Von Bingen (a 12th century German nun and natural history scholar) and a Navajo Sandpainting ritual. All these images are sourced in my blog post (it was a bit hard to tag here). 🌸 I can see this is going to be a life long fascination for me, and I’m excited to learn more - please let me know if there are examples from other cultures I should look into, or any contemporary artists making mandala inspired art today. . . . . #gardenofyoga #yogateacherlife #mandala #mandalas #sacredart #artasmeditation #contemplativetraditions #sacredgeometry #yogaart #darebinbusiness #melbournelovesyoga #yoganorthcote (at Garden of Yoga) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqMqO3lvh3A/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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zzpsiconautazz · 10 months
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Art by Tuco Amalfi.
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gnomegogo · 7 months
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Gaia and Ishtar - Chaos Magick
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orthodoxydaily · 8 months
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Saints&Reading: Saturday, August 5, 2023
august 5_july 23
THE ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD "JOY OF ALL SORROWING" ("WITH COINS")
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The Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” (With Coins) was glorified in the year 1888 in St. Petersburg, when during the time of a terrible thunderstorm lightning struck in a chapel. All was burned or singed, except for this icon of the Queen of Heaven. It was knocked to the floor, and the poor box broke open at the same time. Somehow, twelve small coins (half-kopeck pieces), became attached to the icon. A church was built in 1898 on the site of the chapel.
ST JOHN CASSIAN-THE-ROMAN (435)
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 The Monk John Cassian the Roman, as to the place of birth and the language in which he wrote – belonged to the West, but the spiritual native land of the saint was always the Orthodox East. John accepted monasticism at a Bethlehem monastery situated at a place not far from where the Saviour was born. After a two-year stay at the monastery, in the year 390 the monk with his spiritual brother Germanus journeyed over the course of seven years through the Thebaid and Skete wilderness monasteries, drawing upon the spiritual experience of innumerable ascetics. Having returned in 397 for a brief while to Bethlehem, the spiritual brothers were ascetics for three years in complete solitude, but then they set out to Constantinople, where they attended to Sainted John Chrysostom.      Cassian was ordained to the dignity of presbyter in his own native land. At Massilia (Marseilles) in Gallia (Gaul, now France) he first established there two coenobitic (life-in-common) monasteries, a men’s and a women’s, on the order of monastic rules of Eastern monasticism. At the request of Bishop Castor of Aptia Julia (in Gallia Narbonensis), the Monk Cassian in the years 417-419 wrote 12 books entitled “De Institutis Coenobiorum” (“On the Directives of Coenobitic Life”) from the Palestinian and Egyptian monks and including 10 conversations with the desert fathers, to provide his fellow countrymen examples of life in common (cenobitic) monasteries and acquaint them with the spirit of the asceticism of the Orthodox East. In the first book of “De Institutis Coenobiorum” the talk concerns the external appearance of the monastic; in the second – pertaining to the order of the night psalms and prayers; in the third – concerns the order of the daytime prayers and psalms; in the fourth – concerning the declaration of renunciation from the world; in the eight remaining books – concerning eight chief sins.       In the conversations of the fathers, Saint Cassian as a guide within asceticism, speaks about the purpose of life, spiritual discernment, the degrees of renunciation from the world, the passions of the flesh and spirit, the eight sins, the hardship of the righteous, and about prayer.       In the years following, the St. Cassian described another fourteen (or else twenty-four) “Conversations of the Fathers” (the “Collationes Patrum”): about the perfection of love, purity, the help of God, the comprehending of Scripture, the gifts of God, about friendship, about the use of language, about the four levels of monasticism, about solitary hermetic life and coenobitic life-in-common, about repentance, about fasting, about nightly meditations, about spiritual mortification – this last given the explanatory title “I want not to, yet this I do”.       In the year 431, Saint John Cassian wrote his final work, “Against Nestorius” (“De incarnation em Domini contra Nestorium” – literally “On the Incarnation of the Lord, against Nestorius”). In it, he gathered against the heresy opinions of censure of many Eastern and Western teachers. In his works, the St. John Cassian grounded himself in the spiritual experience of the ascetics, meriting the admiration of Blessed Augustine (Comm. 15 June), that “grace far least of all is defensible by pompous words and loquacious contention, by dialectic syllogisms and the eloquence of a Cicero”. In the words of St. John of the Ladder, “Great Cassian discerns loftily and quite excellently”. Saint John Cassian, the Roman, reposed peacefully in the year 435.
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HEBREWS 9:1-7
1 Then, indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service. An earthly sanctuary. 2 For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; 3 and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, 4 which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; 5 and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things, we cannot now speak in detail. 6 When these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. 7 But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people's sins committed in ignorance;
LUKE 10:38-42; 11:27-28
38 Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me." 41 And Jesus answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. 42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her. 27 And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, "Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!" 28 But He said, "More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"
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michaelgarfield · 1 year
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Apropos of nothing...just working on some visions of a transcendent future for an upcoming book project. PS Go listen to #FutureFossils @futurefossilspodcast episode 195 ✨🖖✨ #dreamspace #AIArtwork #AIart #aiartist #midjourney #midjourneyart #scifiart #sacredart #visionaryart (at Santa Fe, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmH9Zv3vT8I/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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monasteryicons · 7 months
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New Saint Peregrine Icon Afflicted with cancer of the leg and facing amputation, this famous Servite preacher spent the night before in prayer. Christ appeared to him and touched his leg, which was miraculously cured. To this day, Saint Peregrine's intercession brings healing and hope to cancer patients everywhere.
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