Two Nativities: the Theotokos (left) and Jesus Christ (right) The icon of the feast is a more-or-less faithful imaging of the protoevangelium, with the composition echoing the Nativity of Our Lord ...

1. Christ, appearing in His Glory, stands in the center of the icon cradling the soul of His Mother, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary The posture of the Apostles direct attention toward the ...

In 11th-century England, a saint with an extremely dissolute past became a cultural and religious symbol that broke ...