The Slavic Pectoral Cross

ECB Focus on Robert Slesinski

Eastern Christian Books: In Praise of Robert Slesinski (I) In Praise of Robert Slesinski (II): The Liturgical Feasts In Praise of Robert Slesinski (III): Ecclesiology

The Conversion of St. Vladimir

In 986, St. Vladimir the Great began to take interest in the religions of Islam, Judaism, Roman Catholicism & Orthodox Christianity. In the following year, he sent emissaries to see for themselves these various religions in action. It writes as the following: https://t.co/moO7umrQsd

— Ciarán☘ (@PoeticCiaran) October 3, 2021

The Mosaics of the Orthodox Baptistery in Ravenna

A short video on the mosaics of the Orthodox Baptistery in Ravenna, Italy
More videos like this can be found on Patreon
Thank you very much for following!https://t.co/9QZfa9IomW

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) August 30, 2021

A New Book by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

My new book! ARISE, O GOD: The Gospel of Christ's Defeat of Demons, Sin, and Death

Paperback: https://t.co/MSk3SWjnei
E-Book: https://t.co/yL5lwlthpj
Amazon Kindle: https://t.co/DOZe7NYPlN

Audiobook: Coming soon on Audible! 1/ pic.twitter.com/7NhnWFAteE

— Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick (@FrAndrewSDamick) August 24, 2021

The Orthodox and Arian Baptisteries of Ravenna

The Orthodox Baptistery of Ravenna https://t.co/GnMN6CrGbf pic.twitter.com/23vzUggP6Z

— NLM (@NLMblog) August 4, 2021

The Arian Baptistery of Ravenna, and the Mausoleum of Theoderic https://t.co/aNpOhPvpqu pic.twitter.com/37DrMMqogl

— NLM (@NLMblog) August 5, 2021

Rusyn Bell-Ringing

Bell-Ringing Unites Believers from Different Countries on the Day of the Baptism of Rus (+Video)
Bell-ringing in churches and monasteries lasted 15 minutes. https://t.co/UAJTkBf5gA pic.twitter.com/fGBmsKq1Qt

— Pravmir.com (@Pravmir_English) July 30, 2021

Gary Vikan

Gary Vikan is one of the most renowned figures among art historians as well as in the world of museum curation. His exhibits of Byzantine art are among his great achievements during his storied tenure at the Walters Museum. https://t.co/gBwllVDE2y

— St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (@stvlads) July 23, 2021

Let Us Commend Ourselves to Christ our God

“Let Us Commend Ourselves to Christ our God”
The most frequently heard exhortation of the Church which the faithful hear is, “Let us commend ourselves and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.” Why is this repeated so much?https://t.co/AOjrvouRwf pic.twitter.com/30txpnNuOD

— Pravmir.com (@Pravmir_English) July 14, 2021

A Museum Exhibition of Interest

Icons and Liturgical Obejects from the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens https://t.co/W75YQ0Ubsd pic.twitter.com/Yvozfqp4Wc

— NLM (@NLMblog) July 1, 2021

Bissera Pentcheva Lecture

Professor Pentcheva’s lecture https://t.co/4IY3wHIPz7

— Alexander Lingas (@ALLingas) June 18, 2021

Being Baptized into Christ

Remembering and Sharing Our Baptism | The Church gives us these Sunday reminders after Holy Pascha to help us remember our baptism. We are called to remember “Whom We have Put On” on that transformative day that we became a Christian. https://t.co/8ESiXPjHlr pic.twitter.com/2GeBYVQzAb

— Pravmir.com (@Pravmir_English) May 29, 2021

"Musical Style and Tradition in American Orthodox Churches"

For those who missed it last Monday: https://t.co/JJwmwoq9Ru

— Alexander Lingas (@ALLingas) May 14, 2021

Related:

BYZANTINE CHANT BY THE CHOIR ANIMA
The Stichera of Pascha are sung during the Paschal season. The music is in Byzantine notation.
ANIMA (Latin: air, breath, spirit) is the name for a new amateur vocal ensemble organized by Irina Kolesnikova.https://t.co/eFtjOLL8eZ

— St Elisabeth Convent. Orthodox Life And Chants (@StElisabethConv) May 15, 2021

Liturgical Bows

In the video, Archpriest Vladimir Shutov reflects on the most important quality of bowing, explains why not all bows are the same, and gives advice on what a person should do if, for some reason, he cannot bow down to earth.

To watch the video: https://t.co/SWbgx0RVGZ pic.twitter.com/yzxOET4YHk

— St Elisabeth Convent. Orthodox Life And Chants (@StElisabethConv) April 13, 2021

Middle Byzantine Temples in Athens

Some Middle Byzantine churches in Athens
Hagioi Apostoloi in the Athenian Agora (c. 1000)
Panagia Gorgoepekoos/Little Metropolis (before 1204)
Kapnikarea (c. 11th century)
Hagioi Theodoroi (c. 11th century) pic.twitter.com/Gu8UgK7fpj

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) March 23, 2021

Byzantine Ecumenism

My recent lecture on Byzantine ecumenism for the International Hellenic Universityhttps://t.co/sOqIBzSGPn

— Cyril Hovorun (@cyril_hovorun) February 21, 2021

Too Bare?

I doubt this is intended to be the end state of the temple, like the appearance of the modernist or iconoclastic interior of contemporary Latin temples. They will add more iconography as they can afford it, I would think.

Man sanctifies the place: How Romanians transformed a warehouse into a church in Italy | The story of the new Romanian church illustrates very well the saying “Man sanctifies the place.” https://t.co/23B6OMsww0 pic.twitter.com/N1yOG1qSED

— Pravmir.com (@Pravmir_English) February 16, 2021

The Jesus Prayer

Saint Theophan regarded the Jesus Prayer stronger than all other prayers by virtue of the power of the Holy Name of Jesus. It is a weapon against the demons and a key to unceasing prayer. https://t.co/VCK3Hb63Jo

— Orthodox Reflections (@OrthodoxReflec1) February 19, 2021

Holy Theodore, Pray for Us!

The Orthodox Church commemorates today Great-martyr Theodore the Tyro#orthodox_timeshttps://t.co/YLonlmDO7n

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) February 17, 2021

Great are the achievements of faith! In the fountain of flame, as by the water of rest, the holy Martyr Theodore rejoiced; for having been made a whole-burnt offering in the fire, he was offered as sweet bread unto the Trinity. By his prayers, O Christ God, save our souls. pic.twitter.com/K7ihfcQ3Hj

— Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada (@GO_Metropolis) February 17, 2021

We celebrate today the Holy Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit, St. Mariamne and Emperor Marcian & Empress Pulcheria. https://t.co/INtcx63or1 pic.twitter.com/Xv0yZnHjAZ

— Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) February 17, 2021

Daseian Notation

Daseian notation is as close to Eastern Christian chant as we get here. Is an Universale Neumenkunde with biscuits for Armenian, Byzantine, Georgian and Slavonic neumes possible, or do they need a completely different family of sweets? https://t.co/YG7XbBR0vF

— Alexander Lingas (@ALLingas) February 9, 2021