Fiax Lux

cousinmosquito:

“The Stigmatization of St Francis (predella 1)”, Domenico Veneziano, ca. 1445

cousinmosquito:

The Stigmatization of St Francis (predella 1)”, Domenico Veneziano, ca. 1445


HOLY PROCESSION: Young girls wore traditional black mantillas during a children’s procession at Our Lady of the Rosary school in Seville, Spain, Friday. (Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images)

HOLY PROCESSION: Young girls wore traditional black mantillas during a children’s procession at Our Lady of the Rosary school in Seville, Spain, Friday. (Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images)

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nessyta33:

Spanish women at the 20’s (first pic) and at the 60’s (second one) in Madrid.

Prayers, please

I’m writing an op-ed about the GSA/anti-bullying situation going on in Ontario right now (if you haven’t heard about it, go Google—and by the way, I envy you), and could really use some prayers. As a person who’s been bullied, and dealt with same-sex attraction, I’m trying to write from a place of clarity, compassion and personal experience—but if this columns succeeds in not being a muddle, it’s definitely going to be His doing and not mine!

Thanks, and I hope to be back in the Tumblr-verse soon.

buonosoldato:

An exquisite iconostasis by Father Zenon, Pskov, Cathedral, Russia.

buonosoldato:

An exquisite iconostasis by Father Zenon, Pskov, Cathedral, Russia.

msanthropologist:

This is an icon within the Jacob’s Well monastery in Nablus, Palestine that was painted by the current priest of the martyring of the last priest by a violent ideological Israeli settler.  It was hard to get a good shot because directly in front of it are the entombed remains of the priest. I’ve not found another photograph of it on the internet.

Seldom have I felt so moved standing in a man-made structure.  Once the site of incredible horror, it was somehow transformed into a place of unfathomable beauty. It’s full of light and breathtaking icons, tapestries, stained glass, and mosaics. And what’s more, the place somehow feels clean and holy.  I was told that the priest paints all of the icons himself (including the tiny ones for sale to tourists), makes all of the mosaics, and restored a byzantine era mosaic.  When I saw him he was wearing a blue jumpsuit with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth trimming an olive tree.  

The rebuilding project was financed by Yasser Arafat.