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Plan for iconostasis at Smolny Convent, St. Petersburg 
Giacomo Quarenghi, 1780s 

Plan for iconostasis at Smolny Convent, St. Petersburg 

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1780s 

The Wedding of Tsar Nicholas II
Laurits Tuxen, 1895

The Wedding of Tsar Nicholas II

Laurits Tuxen, 1895

Tomorrow, the Orthodox Christian Church commemorates the translation of the relics of St. John Chrysostom!

simplyorthodox:

Saint John Chrysostom This great ecumenical teacher and hierarch died in the city of Comana in the year 407 on his way to a place of exile. The celebration of the transfer of the relics of St John Chrysostom was established in the ninth century.

Happy Feast of the Holy Theophany!
explanation of the icon 

Happy Feast of the Holy Theophany!

explanation of the icon 

Cave of the Apocalypse/Revelation of St. John 
Patmos, Greece 

Cave of the Apocalypse/Revelation of St. John 

Patmos, Greece 

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