“The Stigmatization of St Francis (predella 1)”, Domenico Veneziano, ca. 1445
Christening.
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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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.
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An exquisite iconostasis by Father Zenon, Pskov, Cathedral, Russia.
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.
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