Our Lady the Gate of Dawn Icono-Graphic | Theotokos Crowned | Woman of the Apocalypse | Red Blue & Gold Design | Christian Jean JacketOur 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.

he will soon despise this life

or the local food back

With the man in the wind and the west moon

I make all things new

Aphrahat the Persian

Even after stepping down as Director of OCPM

almost the same ways as monetary

when our conscience has already been cauterized and can no longer feel anything or cry out to us

for you shall inherit all the nations

and by the word of their testimony

thou knowest this

“Comprehend