Carved from dark wood, the statue is an icon of Saint Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. Had its supernatural story played out somewhere else ― such as Mexico, where a cloak bearing Mary’s ...

As of 2024, All About Mary is no longer being ... was erected in the Koimesis Church of Nikaia and especially in the main church of the nation, the Hagia Sophia of Constantinople. This indicates how ...

(Catechism 599-600) There she was appointed to be mother of all those who were brought to life through the death of her only Son. (St. John 19:26-27) Now, at Pentecost, when the apostolic mission of ...

The Our Mother of Perpetual Help icon is of ... the Queenship of Mary. Some commentators on color claim that bluish purple became the color of penance in the Western Church (during Lent and ...

This title is directly linked to Mary as the Mother of God. Christ is described as the Head of the Church and followers are described as the Body of the Church. As Mary is the Mother of Christ ...

The icon was placed in the church, but the Mother of God informed the monks that she wished her icon to be placed over the gates, and thus the icon came to be known as “Keeper of the gate”. In 1648, ...

In the “Theotokos” icon, the Mother of God is front and center ... and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church. Netflix’s “Mary” has been released on digital streaming platforms and ...

In 1997, John Cardinal O’Connor of New York canonically established the Dominican Sisters of Mary ... image of the church, virgin by the purity of her faith, bride by loving fidelity to the will of ...