Theotokos "Pantanassa" icon ("Queen of All") - Healer of CancerIcon of the Theotokos Pantanassa (Vatopedi, 17th c.) The most humble Handmaiden of the Lord, the Virgin Mary, is shown the greatest honor in this icon by placing her on a throne with her Son and God. The Orthodox Church honors her by crying out in her church service, Thou art a gold entwined tower, and twelve wall encircled city, a throne besprinkled with sunbeams, a royal chair of the King. O, unexplained wonder! That thou dost feed the Master with

It uses the traditional English translation of Kallistos Ware and Mother Mary

A thousand years later

The second section provides a slightly fuller explanation of the Church’s teaching on each point

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Patristic literature has always provided an age-old

Each is handmade by a nun of the Convent of St

to her Falling Asleep

Spiritual Instructions and Discourses (Ormylia

asking her to “keep constantly coming back to it” as a source of spiritual strength amidst her own persecution

• Revised and expanded Festal Calendar with saints and festal ranks for every day of the year

They begin with the preparatory period before the Fast and continue through it

His words combine spiritual wisdom with reflections on nature that hint at the joy awaiting those who embrace the saint’s call