Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.
From the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, via Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox University of Humanities. Licence: None stated (public domain assumed).
It is one of the world’s most recognisable works of art, and a symbol of God’s blessing on all Christian Rus’.
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© Julian P. Guffogg, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
A vain fir is stopped short in her boasting by a clear-thinking bush.
© Andrew Smith, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
An unknown Anglo-Saxon poet shares with us the grief of those whose homes and feast-halls were laid waste by Viking raiders.
© José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
A fiery fanatic wins support for the suppression of Christianity in its very cradle.
© Oliver Dixon, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
A bird perched upon a church steeple casts a severe glance over the doings of men.
© B. Leprêtre, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.5.
Walking with his ten-year-old daughter on the beach at Calais, Wordsworth considers the energy of God moving in all things.