Our Lady the Gate of Dawn Icono-Graphic | Theotokos Crowned | Woman of the Apocalypse | Red Blue & Gold Design | Orthodox Hooded ShirtOur Lady the Gate of Dawn of Vilnius ( , Vilenska Ostrobramska) is a treasure of Lithuanian Orthodoxy, shared with and venerated by Catholics as well due to the intertwined histories of both churches within Lithuania. It was painted in Kerson in Crimea, then acquired by Algirdas Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (possibly as a war trophy), who then presented it to his wife Maria of Vitebsk, the only child of the Russian Prince Yaroslav of Vitebsk.

the God of Joseph

The veneration of the holy martyr in the Russian Orthodox Church was already known in the twelfth century

that a man lay down his life for his friends

In this case

It stretches its hands toward its kin

For when the sons of God

it vainly trusts in itself

they will walk and not faint

except it abide in the vine

may the work of the church of God be in my hands

John the Baptist: “Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mt 3

the swiftness of wind