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October 28, 2009
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Seraphim. "Icons courtesy of www.eikonografos.com used with permission"
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Prophet Elijah in the chariot of fire with horses of fire ascedning into Heaven (2 Kings 2:11). "Icons courtesy of [www.eikonografos.com www.eikonografos.com] used with permission".
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New Martyr Archimandrite Philoumenos of Jerusalem (+1979), keeper of the Greek Orthodox monastery of Jacob's Well in Samaria (Nablus, West Bank).
October 22, 2009
October 21, 2009
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Orthodox icon depicting the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (AD 325).
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St Theodore the Studite. 11th-century mosaic from Nea Moni monastery in Chios. Source: [http://www.patriarchate.org/ecumenical_patriarchate/chapter_4/html/studius.html]
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Medieval metal plate with Acrites (Akritai), Byzantine Empire border guards or frontiersmen, as inspired from literature.
October 19, 2009
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The Agios Nektarios Abbey at Aegina, Greece.
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Cathedral Agios Andreas (Saint Andrew) in Patras, Achaea, Greece. Church construction began in 1908 under the supervision of the architects Anastasioa Metaxas and then Georgios Nomikos. It was inaugurated in 1974. It is the largest church in Greece and th
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Archbishop Seraphim of Athens (1913-1998), on a commemorative stamp released December 2002.
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Declaration ceremony of Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens, Presidential Palace 2008.
October 17, 2009
October 16, 2009
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New Martyr Bishop Paul de Ballester-Convallier (1927-1984).
October 14, 2009
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The Burial Lamentations, Holy Monastery of Stavronikita, Mount Athos. Mid-16th c.
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Byzantine Empire after the 4th Crusade. The Latin Empire, Empire of Nicaea, Trebizond and Epirus. Borders are very uncertain.
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Byzantine Empire after the 4th Crusade, in year 1230. The Latin Empire, Empire of Nicaea, Trebizond and Epirus. Borders are very uncertain.
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The Deesis mosaic in the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.
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Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos.
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Portrait of Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens.
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Secret School (Krifo Sxolio), where the Hellenic-Orthodox spirit remains alive - oil painting on canvas. Nicholaos Gysis, 1885/86.
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Chrysostomos (Kalafatis) of Smyrna.
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The Byzantine Empire and its provinces (themes) at the death of Basil II in 1025 AD. Sources: Haldon, John: Warfare, State And Society In The Byzantine World 565-1204 (Routledge 1999) ISBN 1-85728-494-1, Maps IV (pp. 76-77) and VIII (pp. 82-83); Kazhdan,
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Byzantine Themes, 950 AD.
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Map depicting the Byzantine-Muslim naval conflicts from its beginnings in the mid-7th century to ca. 1050.
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The Byzantine Empire during its greatest territorial extent under Justinian. ca.550.
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Interior view of Hagia Sophia today.
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The Roman Empire in 477 AD.
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Map of the Roman Empire with its Dioceses, in 400 AD.
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The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
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Portrait of Saint John Chrysostom of Antioch (Hagios Ioannis Chrysostomos). An early Byzantine mosaic from the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (modern Istanbul). The mosaic is approximately 1,000 years old.
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The Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum, ca. 357 AD.
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Historic map of Roman Empire during the first tetrarchy, ca. 293 AD.
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Mosaic of Saint Paul Preaching in Veria, Greece. Pauline shrine in Veria.
September 30, 2009
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The Virgin with the Burning Bush, by Damaskinos.
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The Divine Liturgy. Michael Damaskinos, 1579-1584.
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Decapitation of Agia Paraskevi. The icon is signed by Michael Damaskenos and dates from the 16th century.
September 7, 2009
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Fr. Fotiy Huo Desheng was the ninth rector of St. Sophia Church of Harbin. [Used by permisssion of Mitrophan Chin (courtesy of Abp Hilarion and Fr Michael Li of Australia)].
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Old Tianjin. (Photo from Abp. Hilarion of Sydney). [Used with permission of Mitrophan Chin].
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Leading Paschal serive reader in Beijing, Apr. 27, 2008. [Used with permission of Mitrophan Chin].
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June 15, 2008. (Photo from Olga Kiseleva). [Used with permission from Mitrophan Chin].
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Reader Michael, 1953. [Permission to use granted by Mitrophan Chin (Courtesy of Abp Hilarion and Fr Michael Li of Australia)].
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Fr. Michael Wang Quansheng. [Permission to use granted by Mitrophan Chin; (courtesy of Abp Hilarion and Fr Michael Li of Australia)].
September 1, 2009
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June 21, 2009
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Russian imperial eagle, Transfiguration Cathedral, Saint Petersburg.
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Central element of the Russian imperial coat of arms.