Icon of the Nativity of the Theotokos (accompanying the article text) by Athanasios Clark and used with permission. In this video, we learn about the miraculous birth of the Virgin Mary. We also ...

Throughout the world, Byzantine icons have served as eloquent ambassadors of a religious tradition that unfortunately has not always been properly understood. “Both well known and yet unknown”: this ...

Where in the Bible do we find information about Mary's nativity, presentation in the temple ... December 8, and others. The icons of the Theotokos are integral to the life of the Byzantine Church.

Orthodox hymns of the Nativity service were sung in Church Slavonic at the church ... “After the Liturgy we served the Vespers, and after its dismissal prayer a lectern with the icon of the Nativity ...