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Even though it was her grandson Vladimir who adopted Christianity and made it the state religion, [7] she was the first ruler to be baptized. [8] [9] Olga is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church with the epithet "Equal to the Apostles". Her feast day is 11 July. [10]
The depiction of the Virgin Mary with her hands upraised in prayer ("orans") is of very ancient origin in Christian art.In the mausoleum of St Agnes in Rome is a depiction dating to the 4th century which depicts the Theotokos with hands raised in prayer and the infant Jesus sitting upon her knees.
The Panagia Ierosolymitissa icon (Greek: Παναγία Ιεροσολυμίτισσα) or the All-Holy Lady of Jerusalem icon of the Mother of God is an acheiropoieton located in the Tomb of Mary in Gethsemane in Jerusalem. The icon is considered by Orthodox Christians to be the patroness of Jerusalem. [1]
13th-century Great Panagia from Yaroslavl.. Panagia (Greek: Παναγία, fem. of panágios, pan-+ hágios, the All-Holy, or the Most Holy; pronounced Ancient Greek pronunciation:) (also transliterated Panaghia or Panayia), in Medieval and Modern Greek, is one of the titles of Mary, mother of God, used especially in Orthodox Christianity and Eastern Catholicism.
The chapel at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, is also dedicated to Our Lady Queen of Peace. [6] St. Mary, Queen of Peace Basilica is the pro-cathedral of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum in Kerala, India. Queen of Peace Cemetery of the Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre in Old Westbury, New York opened in ...
The Pan-Orthodox Council, Kolymvari, Crete, Greece, June 2016 The Pan-Orthodox Council, officially referred to as the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Ancient Greek: Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Σύνοδος τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας; [1] also sometimes called the Council of Crete), was a synod of set representative bishops of the universally recognised ...
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine [82] 2. Nicholas II of Russia: 10. Christian IX of Denmark [83] 5. Princess Dagmar of Denmark [80] 11. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel [83] 1. Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia: 12. Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine [84] 6. Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine [81] 13. Princess Elisabeth ...
In Slavic tradition, Peter and Paul are paired characters (cf. Saints Cosmas and Damian, Flor and Laurus), who may often appear in a single image: Peter-Paul, Peter-Paulo, Petropavlava. The Bulgarians considered them brothers, sometimes even twins, who had a sister, Saint Helen or Saint Mary . Peter is the younger brother and the kinder.