Orthopraxis

My name is Athanasios. This blog is an outgrowth of my endeavour to discover beauty, truth and honour. It is intended to deal primarily with my exploration of traditional Christianity, the humanities, and assorted political and cultural thought. My other blog is miniature-art.

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tzilahjewishcultureandhistory:

Mosaic above the Aron Kodesh of the Synagogue of Augsburg, Germany.
Source: Neil Folberg. And I Shall Dwell Among Them. Historic Synagogues of the World.

orthodoxwayoflife:

The Lamentations Over Our Lord Christ. 1164. Monastery of St. Panteleimon.

missalsfromiram:

Absolutely gorgeous Egyptian Hieratic script - a script that was related to but distinct from cursive hieroglyphics, and was the everyday writing system used by merchants, doctors, bureaucrats, and priests in ancient Egypt. This example in particular is plate 6 and plate 7 of the Edwin Smith Papyrus, the oldest surviving surgical document in the world. These pages discuss facial trauma. Written c. 1600 BC, Dynasties XVI-XVII, Second Intermediate Period.

simplyorthodox:

MOST holy Theotokos, save us.
O VIRGIN, who hast such beauty, in whom God’s light shineth, make me bright, make me beautiful in all manner of good things, that I might cry out: Praise the Lord and exalt him to all the ages.
Gate of light, open unto me the shining gate of repentance, revealing to me every straight path of righteousness which leadeth unto the doors of the divine will.
Most holy, pure lady, thou didst bear beyond telling the holy Word who sanctifieth the faithful; beseech him, that he make my lowly soul all holy now, for it is stained with evil.
A clear running river, a spring of incorruption, came forth from thee, holy lady; therefore I cry to thee: dry up the running streams of my evils, O pure lady, by the rains of thy intercessions.
- From the Matins on Wednesdays. (this icon is the Orthodox icon of our Lady the Rose Unfaded or “το Ρόδον το Αμάραντον” as we call it in greek)

tzilahjewishcultureandhistory:

Reader’s stand and Aron Kodesh of the Synagogue of Augsburg, Germany.
“At the end of the 19th century, the Jewish community in Augsburg had grown so much that in 1913 they engaged the architects Lömpel and Landauer to build a synagogue in Augsburg’s center. Dedicated in 1917, it is possibly the most significant art nouveau synagogue in Europe and boasts a domed central construction with front courtyard and two flanking congregation buildings. The installation of an organ was a reflection of the liberal disposition of the Augsburg congregation. In Kristallnacht during the Nazi-era, the Synagogue was burned but escaped total destruction. After years of restoration work the Synagogue was finally re-opened in 1985.”
Source: Neil Folberg. And I Shall Dwell Among Them. Historic Synagogues of the World.
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by-grace-of-god:

Paintings by Sr. Marie Pierre Semler, a Maryknoll sister

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chingizhobbes:

Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque at night, Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

nataliakoptseva:

The ascension
Novgorod XV - XVI century
The Cathedral of St. Sophia in Novgorod.
The State Tretyakov Gallery

tzilahjewishcultureandhistory:

Ner Tamid of the Synagogue of Augsburg, Germany.
Source: Neil Folberg. And I Shall Dwell Among Them. Historic Synagogues of the World.

nataliakoptseva:

Icon.
St. Catherine.
16th century
The State Tretyakov Gallery

givncvrlos:

Taj Mahal

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