Theotokos "Tender Mercy" icon"Tender Mercy" Theotokos Mother of God icon The Virgin Mary bends her head here in a sweet embrace with her Son as their cheeks touch tenderly. His left hand reaches behind her neck and around to her chin and His right hand reaches out towards her shoulder in an intimate and loving embrace, for the Lord loved His mother exceedingly. This is no wonder, for we too have her as a profound example of love, devotion, care, and obedience towards God without

Christos Simelidis is Assistant Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine Philology and Literature at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki

Prison was a spiritual academy for him

spirituality and church history

Saint John addresses fundamental questions: Why should we care about God’s will

Published by the Convent of St

When she reposed on November 8

the book informs us about the role and mission of Orthodox monasticism

Some were made by a friend of the monastery

and and not unlike the better known “Philokalia

introduction accompanies the translation that addresses the place of the Theotokos within the Orthodox Church

we are delighted at long last to make it available to the faithful in permanent library form

Akathist to our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos