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The Flying Monk - A True Story of Padre Pio from WW2 |
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The Story of the San Damiano Crucifix |
“The same things that the Book of the Gospels explains by mea... |
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The Passion of Christ in Iconography | Gospel Narration by Alexander Scourby |
This video tells the story of the Passion and Crucifixion of Jesu... |
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8 Things You Might Not Know About the Holy Cross |  THE HOLY CROSS OF CHRIST has much history and lore behind it, and today on the feast of the Holy Cross it is a good time to consider this... "The stone which the builders rejected" <... |
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The Practice of the Holy Name | The shortest, easiest, and most powerful of prayers
During a prayerful vigil one night in fourteenth-century England, the hermit Blessed Richard ... |
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7 Reasons Why the Saints Are Important | ... |
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9 Ways the Virgin Mary is Our Mother |
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A History of Iconography |
The Text of the Video:Iconography is a special mode of Christian sacred... |
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5 Reasons Why the Angels Are Important |
In these trying times, it's wise to reflect on the great gifts we have received in our Faith, and how they can help us to meet the challenge of maintaining our religious life and inner peace. Let's consider five points ... |
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Faith Solutions: A Man With a Plan |  |
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Odysseys of Faith: Our Subscribers' Shutdown Lessons |  W... |
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The Story of the Byzantine Crucifix |
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Who was Jesus' Egyptian Friend? |
This seventh-century Coptic icon eloquently presents Christ in a unique light - not as king, teacher, or even the beloved, but ... |
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The Prayer of Jesus and the Prayer Rope (Weaving Prayer Ropes) | In their quest to "pray without ceasing" Eastern Christians have prayed the Jesus Prayer using woolen r... |
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The History & Symbolism of Iconography |
ICONOGRAPHY IS THE ORIGINAL TRADITION of Christian sacred art, and has been an integral part of the worship and mystical life of Christians since apostolic times. Referred to in the Eastern Chris... |
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How an Icon is Painted | An Explanation of the Techniques of Byzantine Iconography ICONOGRAPHY IS THE OLDEST TRADITION of Christian sacred art, embodying the work of thousands of iconographers, many of whom were themselves saints. Unlike other approaches to painting, the creation of an icon ... |
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What did Jesus look like? A contemporary description | |||
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How an Icon is Created |
To create this online video we photographed successive stages of the creatio... |
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Lost, Found, and Crowned | The Story of the Most Famous Icon of the Virgin Mary |
Who Wrote the Prayer of Saint Francis? |
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St Francis and the Animals |
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Saint Dymphna–healer of emotional disorders and mental illness |
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Saint Maria Goretti, Icon of Purity |
Saint Maria carr... |
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Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Lily of the Mohawks |
Beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1980, Kateri Tekakwitha was ... |
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The Patron Saint of Everything |
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The Song the Angels Taught the Monks |
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Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Martyr of Charity |
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The Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Juan Diego |
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Learning the Language of Icons: The Ascension |
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Brother Simeon's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land |
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Holy Land Photo Pilgrimage - part 2 |
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The Art of Fine Art Reproduction |
The care that Monastery Icons puts into each icon reproduction is s... |
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Saint André of Montreal: A new saint for the Americas |
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Who Was Saint George? |
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Father Emil Kapaun: The Saint in the Foxhole |
Born of Czech immigran... |
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Holy Protection of the Virgin Mary |
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Assumption: The Virgin Mary's parting gift to Saint Thomas |  While preaching the Gospel in India, Saint Thomas the Apostle received the inner call to return ... |
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Let the Children Come to Me |  The Gospels are filled with the testimonies of how the lives of all who met Jesus... |
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Lumina Gold |  Since we began offering reproductions of the Monastery Icons collection in 1981 it has been a challenge to reproduce the gold leaf backgrounds of our original icons. But a new photo technology c... |
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Pots and Pans and More: The Catholic Origins of Today's Halloween |
SOME OF OUR MOST POPULAR HOLIDAYS have surprising origins, and Halloween is one of them. Merrymaking, costumes, going from house to house asking for treats – where did all this ... |
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Pass the Bowl of Angels, Please |
A long time ago in a place far away… |
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The Resurrection of Christ in Iconography Video | The Gospels contain accounts of a number of appearances of Jesus after His Resurrection. In this video we share iconography from Monastery Icons and other classic sources depicting these events in sync with the famed narration of the famed actor and narrator Alexander Scourby. He... |
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Pysanky: The Fine Art of Easter Egg Painting |
The Ukrainian folk art of Easter eggs, known as Pysanky, is believed to have originated in ancient times. As with many forms of folk art, it was ... |
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The Story of the First Easter Egg | Before the egg became closely entwined with the Christian Easter, it was honored during many rite-of-Spring festivals. The Romans, Gauls, Chinese, Egyptians and Persians all cherished the egg as a symbol of the universe, of the earth’s rebirt... |
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Why "Easter"? |
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What did Jesus do on Holy Saturday? |
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Jerusalem's Annual Paschal Miracle: The Holy Fire |
The shrine of the Tomb of Christ, the faithful holding lighted candles kindled from ... |
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From Saint Nicholas to Santa Claus - Pt 1 | |||
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Monastery Icons Christmas Icons Video |
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9 Important Things for Christians to Remember During Difficult Times |
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Saint Nicholas and the Origin of Santa Claus - Part 2 |
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The Story of Three Kings Gifts | An epiphany that led to The Epiphany
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The Story of the First Nativity Set |
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The Nativity Story Told Through Icons |  Hear the Greatest Voice Narrate the Greatest Story!Heralded as "the greatest voice ever recorded," actor a... |
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"O Holy Night" Video | Inspired by the icon in the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem, our new Nativity icon "O Holy Night" took several months to complete. But it will only take you two minutes to see the stages of its creation unfold in this online video.
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Recorded by Antonio Valeriano in 1531
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