Dormition of the Theotokos Resource Page

Verses

That the world-saving Maiden died is no marvel,

Since, in the flesh, the world’s Maker died also.

God’s Mother lives forever, though she died on the fifteenth.

 

The Holy Cross (August 1-15)

 

Holy Cross Resource Page

  

Synaxarion for the Forefeast of the Procession of the Holy Cross

  

Feast of the Procession of the Venerable Wood of the Cross From August 1 - 14

  

The Healing Properties of the True Cross in Constantinople

  

 

August 1 - Synaxis of Panagia Tavriotissa

  

Synaxis of Panagia Tavriotissa at the Church of Saint George in Tavros of Attica

  

 

August 6 - Transfiguration of Christ

  

Transfiguration of Christ Resource Page

  

 

August 12 - Annunciation of the Metastasis of the Theotokos

 

Synaxarion of the Annunciation of the Metastasis of the Theotokos

 

Location Where the Archangel Gabriel Announced to the Theotokos Her Dormition Three Days Prior 

  

 

August 13-14 - Forefeast of the Dormition

 

Homily One on the Forefeast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Archimandrite Kirill Pavlov)

 

Homily Two on the Forefeast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Archimandrite Kirill Pavlov)

 

About the Feast of the Dormition   

 

Synaxarion of the Dormition of the Theotokos

  

Dormition of the Theotokos: Epistle and Gospel Reading

 

History of the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos

  

History of the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos

  

The Dormition of the Theotokos 

 

On the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos

  

The Fast and Preparation for the Feast of the Dormition

  

Why We Fast for the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Symeon of Thessaloniki)

 

The Dormition Fast

  

The Dormition Fast

  

Fasting Resource Page

  

August: the Month of the Panagia - the Summer Pascha

  

August 15th: "The Summer Pascha"

 

  

Homilies on the Dormition 

  

On the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Dionysius the Areopagite)

  

On the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Gregory of Tours)

  

First Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. John of Damascus)

  

Second Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. John of Damascus)

  

Third Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. John of Damascus)

  

The Relationship Between Saint John of Damascus and the Theotokos Together With a Sermon on Her Dormition 

 

Encomium on the Dormition of the Holy Theotokos (St. Theodore the Studite)

  

The Relationship Between Saint Gregory Palamas and the Theotokos Together With a Sermon on Her Dormition

 

Homily One on the Dormition of the Mother of God (Archpriest Rodion Putyatin)

 

Homily Two on the Dormition of the Mother of God (Archpriest Rodion Putyatin)

 

On the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary (St. Theophan the Recluse)

 

Reflection on the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Theophan the Recluse)

 

August: Day 15: Teaching 1: Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos

 

August: Day 15: Teaching 2: Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos
 

Homily One on the Glorious Dormition of the All-Holy Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt)

 

Homily Two on the Glorious Dormition of the All-Holy Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt)

Homily Three on the Glorious Dormition of the All-Holy Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt) 

 

Homily Four on the Glorious Dormition of the All-Holy Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt) 

 

Homily One on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Righteous Alexei Mechev)

 

Homily Two on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Righteous Alexei Mechev) 

 

Homily One on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily Two on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily Three on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily Four on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

God Guides the Humble (St. Nikolai Velimirovich)

 

The Panagia: the Joy of All Christians (Photios Kontoglou) 

 

Homily One on the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (Archimandrite Kirill Pavlov)

 

Homily Two on the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (Archimandrite Kirill Pavlov)

  

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica)

  

Homily on the All-Revered Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (Elder Philotheos Zervakos) 

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Augoustinos Kantiotes)

 

“In Falling Asleep You Did Not Abandon the World, O Theotokos" (Metr. Nikodemos of Patras)

 

Homily One on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Archimandrite George Kapsanis)

 

Homily Two on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Archimandrite George Kapsanis)

 

Homily Three on the Dormition of the Theotokos (Archimandrite George Kapsanis)

 

The Mother of God's Fifteen Days of August Has Arrived (Monk Moses the Athonite) 

 

The Divinely Exquisite Fifteenth of August (Monk Moses the Athonite)

  

Our Mom (Metr. Seraphim of Kastoria)

  

"O Daughter of Adam and Mother of God" (Metr. Seraphim of Kastoria)

 

The Theotokophilia of Saint Kosmas the Aitolos (Metr. Jeremiah of Gortynos)

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: The Mother of God as "Sea" and "Mountain" (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)  

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: The Mother of God as "Eye" and "Earth" (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)  

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: The Glory and Honor of our Mother the Panagia (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos) 

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: The Theotokos and the Church (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: The Relationship of the Panagia with Orthodox Ecclesiology (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: The Panagia, the Holy One of the Holies (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafaktos) 

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: The Motherhood of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos) 

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: Three Ways the Panagia Magnified the Lord (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos) 

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: The Genuine and True Celebration of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos) 

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: Celebrating Ecclesiastical Festivals in a Godly Way (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos) 

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: The Glory and Honor of our Panagia Inseparably Linked to Christ (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos) 

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: "Rejoice Dawn of the Secret Day" (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos) 

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: The Treasurer of Inexhaustible Treasures (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos) 

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: The Theotokos and Mother of the Light (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos) 

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: The Most Holy Theotokos and Orthodox Tradition (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos) 

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: A Commentary on the Theology of the Apolytikion of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos: The Most Holy Theotokos in the Iconography of the Byzantine Temple (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos) 

 

A Glorious Dormition: 2021 Pastoral Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

The Theological August: 2022 Pastoral Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

Immortality in Christ: 2023 Pastoral Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

"Holy Virgin Theotokos": 2024 Pastoral Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Most Holy Theotokos as a Living Holy Scripture: 2025 Pastoral Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

A Woman Wrapped in the Sun: 2026 Pastoral Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

 

The Most Exciting Person In History (Metr. Nicholas of Mesogaias)

 

The Six Characteristics of the Panagia as a Model for our Lives (Metr. Nicholas of Mesogaia) 

 

The Dormition of the Mother of Life (Prof. George Mantzaridis)

The Mother of Life and the Mother of Us All

  

The Theotokos: The First Divinized Human Being 

 

 

Liturgical Services of the Dormition

  

The History of the Small Paraklesis (Supplication) Canon to the Theotokos 

 

The History of the Great Paraklesis (Supplication) Canon to the Theotokos 

 

Despair and Hope in the Great Supplication to the Theotokos

  

The Dormition of the Theotokos (Alexandros Papadiamantis)

  

The Thief Who Prayed Daily To the Theotokos

  

The Unique Eight Toned Hymn of the Dormition of the Theotokos

 

The Lamentations of the Dormition of the Theotokos

 

The Annual Lamentations of the Theotokos at the Gerokomeio Monastery in Patras

  

Video: Lamentations and Hymns of the Dormition of the Theotokos 

 

The Lamentations of the Theotokos In Worship

  

The Ceremony of the Lifting of the Panagia

 

  

Miscellany on the Dormition

 

What Humanity Gained Through the Dormition of the Theotokos

 

How Old Was the Theotokos When She Reposed?

 

The Age of the Theotokos at the Time of her Dormition

  

The Panagia and Medicine: The Expectation of a Miracle

  

An Interpretation of the Icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos

 

How the Icon of the Dormition Shows the Mystery of the Church

  

The Icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos as an Icon of the Church (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

  

The Mystery of the Cross in the Icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

  

A Strange Scene in the Icon of the Dormition

 

The Vision of the Theotokos Communing the Weary Fathers

 

Approaching the Panagia on a Daily Basis According to Saint Paisios

 

When the Mother of God Sent Aid to Saint Paisios the Athonite

  

Elder Paisios' Favorite Icon of the Panagia

 

Saint Methodios of Byzantium and His Long Beard 

 

Why Catholicism Formulated the Dogma of the Assumption of Mary

  

 

August 15th Celebrations In Greece

  

August 15th Customs and Traditions In Greece

 

August 15th Celebrations in Greece for the Virgin Mary

 

How Six Places in Mainland Greece Celebrate the Dormition on August 15th

  

Panagia Evangelistria of Tinos Resource Page

  

Panagia Fidousa (Snakes of the Panagia) Resource Page

 

The Miracle with the Lilies of the Panagia Gravalliotissa in Pastra, Kefallonia

 

The Monastery of Panagia Agrilion in Sami of Kefallonia, Which Hosted Saint Kosmas Aitolos in 1777 and Lord Byron in 1823 

  

The Miracle of Panagia Malevi for the Young Andrew

 

"The Panagia Came to Life in Her Icon!": Testimony of a Miracle Associated With Panagia Varnakova

 

"I Went and Bought the Biggest Lamp": A Man Recounts a Miracle of the Panagia Varnakova

 

The Litany of Panagia of Tripolitsa in Tripoli

  

Synaxis of the Panagia Voulkaniotissa in Messinia

  

The Panagia Loves the Beauty of Her Monasteries

  

The Monastery of Panagia Kosmosotira in Feres 

  

The Chapel of Panagia Krifti (The Hidden Panagia) 

 

The Veneration of the Panagia on the Island of Santorini

 

Panagia of Mikrokastrou and the Dormition Monastery

  

The Castle of the Panagia in Leros 

 

The Chapel of Panagia Kavouradaina in Leros 

 

Panagia Gourlomata of Leros

 

The Monastery of Panagia Panachrantos in Andros

  

Chapel of Panagia Thalassini in Andros

 

Panagia Myrtidiotissa ("Of the Myrtle Tree") of Kythera

 

Panagia Thalassomahousa of Strofades Monastery

  

The Monastery of Panagia Chrysoleontissa in Aegina

  

The Monastery of Panagia Spiliani in Nisiros 

 

The Chapel of Panagia Makrini in Samos

  

The Monastery of Panagia of "Toso Nero" In Sifnos 

 

Synaxis of Panagia Ypseni in Rhodes

  

The Church of Panagia Prekla in Skiathos

  

Monastery of the Panagia Kyparissiotissa and Saint Hierotheos in Megara  

 

Worshipping Among Stylites!

  

Synaxis of All Saints of Lefkados 

 

 

August 15th Celebrations On Mount Athos

  

The Athonite Island of Kyra Panagia 

 

 

August 15th Celebrations In Cyprus

 

Synaxis of Panagia Trikoukiotissa in Cyprus

 

The Monastery of Panagia Trooditissa in Cyprus

  

 

August 15th Celebrations In Asia Minor

  

Panagia Soumela Resource Page

 

When a Turkish Television Host Investigated Mysterious Foreboding Sounds Coming from an Orthodox Church

 

Greeks Look To Revive Identity on Gökçeada (Imvros)

  

 

August 15th Celebrations In the Holy Land

  

The Feast of the Dormition at the Tomb of Mary in Gethsemane

  

The Dormition of the Theotokos in Gethsemane (photos and videos) 

 

The Miraculous Panagia of Jerusalem Icon 

 

 

August 15th Celebrations In Bulgaria

  

Bulgaria Honors Dormition of Mary

 

  

August 15th Celebrations in Serbia

  

The Miraculous Spring of the Theotokos in Bačko Petrovo Selo   

 

 

August 15th Celebrations In Romania

 

Romania Adds August 15 Among Free Days For Workers 

 

 

August 15th Celebrations In Russia

 

12 Greeks Who Built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves

  

 

August 15th Celebrations In Georgia 

  

Georgian President Pardons 201 Prisoners For the Feast of the Dormition

 

  

August 18 - Panagia Pantanassa (Celebrated this day in Russia)

 

 A Hymn to Panagia Pantanassa By Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi

  

 

August 19 - Donskoy Icon of the Mother of God

  

The Donskoy Icon of the Mother of God

 

August: Day 19: Teaching 1: Feast of the Donskoy Icon of the Mother of God 

 

New Martyrs Museum in Donskoy Monastery 

  

 

August 23 - Apodosis of the Feast of the Dormition

  

Apodosis of the Dormition of the Theotokos Resource Page

  

 

August 31 - The Placement of the Holy Zoni of the Theotokos

  

Holy Zoni (Girdle) of the Theotokos Resource Page

 

Entrance of the Theotokos Resource Page

On November 21st the Church Celebrates 
the Feast of the Entrance of our Most Holy Lady 
the Theotokos into the Temple.

Verses

Within the temple, Gabriel feeds you, O Daughter,

And shortly he shall come and shall say to you: Rejoice.

On the twenty-first Mary entered the sacred temenos. 

 

ABOUT THE FEAST 

 

Forefeast of the Entrance Into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos 

 

Synaxarion for the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple 

 

Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos Into the Temple: Epistle and Gospel Reading 

 

On the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (St. Gregory of Nyssa) 

 

First Homily on the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (St. Germanos of Constantinople) 

 

Second Homily on the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (St. Germanos of Constantinople)  

 

Panegyric for the Entrance of our Most Holy Theotokos (St. Tarasios of Constantinople) 

 

Homily on the Entrance of the Theotokos Into the Temple (St. Theophylact of Ochrid) 

 

Homily on the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (St. Gregory Palamas) 

 

Homily on the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos Into the Temple (St. Philaret of Moscow)

 

Homily One on the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos (Archpriest Rodion Putyatin)

 

Homily Two on the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos (Archpriest Rodion Putyatin)

 

Reflection for the Feast of the Entry of the Mother of God (St. Theophan the Recluse)

November: Day 21: Teaching 1: Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos Into the Temple

 

Homily One for the Entrance of the Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt)

 

Homily Two for the Entrance of the Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt)  

 

Homily Three for the Entrance of the Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt) 

 

Homily Four for the Entrance of the Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt) 

 

Homily Five for the Entrance of the Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt) 

 

Homily on the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos in the Temple (St. Nektarios of Aegina)

Homily One on the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily Two on the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

Homily Three on the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily Four on the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

The Entry Into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos (St. Nikolai Velimirovich) 

 

A Homily on the Consolation of the Mother of God: On the Beneficial Effect of the Temple of God on the Soul of Man (Archimandrite Kirill Pavlov)

 

The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (Sergei V. Bulgakov)

 

The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos Into the Temple and Sacred Nepsis (Archimandrite George Kapsanis)

 

Homily for the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple (Fr. Daniel Sysoev)

  

The Entrance of the Theotokos as a Time of Preparation (Archimandrite Placide Deseille) 

 

The Theotokos as a Model for our Life (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

History of the Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple  

 

The Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos Into the Temple in the Hymnography of the Orthodox Church

  

How the West Came to Celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary 

  

Customs for the Entrance of the Theotokos in Rural Greece

 

 

THEOLOGY OF THE FEAST 

 

The New Testament Apocrypha and Agrapha in the Orthodox Church 

 

A First-Fruit Offering to the Temple of the Lord 

 

A Feast That Celebrates the Multidimensional Purity of the Theotokos 

 

The Place of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church (1 of 2) 

 

The Place of the Theotokos in the Orthodox Church (2 of 2) 

 

The Silence of the Panagia 

 

The Monasticism of the Panagia 

 

The Theotokos as a Teacher of Asceticism and Noetic Prayer 

 

The Love for Mankind of the All-Holy Theotokos   

 

The Panagia: the Joy of All Christians

 

The Entrance of the Theotokos and the Impossibility of the "Ordination-Priesthood of Women" 

 

 

SHRINES DEDICATED TO THE FEAST 

 

A Church Beyond Compare - The Nea Church, or the Basilica of Saint Mary the New in Jerusalem (543-614) 

 

Iconography of the Entrance of the Theotokos at Hilandari Monastery 

 

The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa in Amorgos 

 

The Path to Panagia Hozoviotissa in Amorgos

 

Panagia Malteza of Santorini 

 

Panagia Odigitria of Kimolos 

 

The Monastery of Panagia Kounistria (Eikonistria) in Skiathos 

 

Synaxis of Panagia Katapoliani in Tinos 

 

The 11th Century Church of Panagia Kapnikarea in Athens 

 

The Church of the Panagia of Vlassarou in Athens 

 

The Monastery of Panagia of Machairas in Cyprus 

 

Saints Neophytos, Ignatios, Prokopios and Neilos, Founders of Machairas Monastery

Nativity of the Theotokos Resource Page

Verses

Anna, all mothers truly you surpassed,

Until your daughter should become your Mother.

Anna brought into the light on the eighth of this month God’s own Mother. 

 

About the Feast 

 

Synaxarion of the Nativity of the Theotokos 

 

Nativity of the Theotokos: Epistle and Gospel Reading 

 

September: Day 8: Teaching 1: Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos

 

September: Day 8: Teaching 2: Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos 

 

September: Day 8: Teaching 3: Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos 

 

Homilies from the Menaion for Every Day of the Year: September 8

 

The Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in the Hymnography of the Orthodox Church 

 

On the Nativity of the Theotokos - Various Church Fathers 

 

Oration on the Nativity of the Holy Theotokos Mary (St. John of Damascus)  

 

Why Was the Virgin Mary Born of a Sterile Woman? (St. John of Damascus) 

 

On the Nativity of the Theotokos (St. Andrew of Crete)

 

Homily on the Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos (St. Photios the Great) 

 

Encomium on the Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos (St. Nicholas Cabasilas) - 1 of 5 

 

Encomium on the Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos (St. Nicholas Cabasilas) - 2 of 5 

 

Encomium on the Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos (St. Nicholas Cabasilas) - 3 of 5 

 

Encomium on the Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos (St. Nicholas Cabasilas) - 4 of 5   

Encomium on the Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos (St. Nicholas Cabasilas) - 5 of 5

 

On the Saving Nativity of our Most Pure Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary (St. Gregory Palamas) 

 

On the Nativity Of The Theotokos (St. Dimitri of Rostov)

 

Homily on the Day of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God (Archpriest Rodion Putyatin) 

  

Homily on the Nativity of the Theotokos and the Sunday Before the Exaltation of the Cross (St. John of Kronstadt)  

 

Homily One on the Nativity of the Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt) 

 

Homily Two on the Nativity of the Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt) 

 

Homily Three on the Nativity of the Theotokos (St. John of Kronstadt) 

 

Homily for the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos (St. Sergius Mechev) 

 

Homily One on the Nativity of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)     

Homily Two on the Nativity of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol)

 

Homily Three on the Nativity of the Theotokos (St. Luke of Simferopol) 

 

Homily on the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos (St. John Maximovitch)

 

Homily One on the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos (St. Justin Popovich) 

Homily Four on the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos (St. Justin Popovich)

 

On the Nativity of the Theotokos (St. Nikolai Velimirovich) 

 

Homily One on the Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos (Archimandrite Kirill Pavlov) 

 

Open for Us the Doors of Mercy: Homily on the Nativity of the Mother of God (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

The Immense Joy of the Birth of the Theotokos (Elder George Kapsanis) 

 

The Nativity of the Theotokos as a Feast of Universal Joy (Elder George Kapsanis)

 

Homily on the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos (Fr. Daniel Sysoev) 

 

Sermon for the Nativity of the Theotokos 

 

The Historical Development of the Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos 

 

An Explanation of the Icon of the Birth of the Theotokos 

 

Interpreting the Icon of the Nativity of the Theotokos

 

The Panagia is the Dawn From Which the Sun of Justice Emerged to Illumine the World 

 

The Blessing of the Panagia by the Priests When She Was a One Year Old 

 

“At the Little Panagia at Pyrgi” (A Poem by Alexandros Papadiamantis) 

 

Saints Joachim and Anna Resource Page  

 

 

Shrines and Icons Celebrated on September 8th 

 

Panagia Tsambika in Rhodes 

 

Panagia Tsambika, the Panagia of the Childless (video)

 

Panagia Skiadeni in Rhodes

 

Panagia Vrontiani in Samos 

 

Panagia Sikelia in Chios 

 

Panagia Vourniotissa of Tinos 

 

Panagia Kalamiotissa in Anafi 

 

Panagia Kathariotissa in Ithaca 

 

The Island of Kyra Dikia 

 

Panagia Plataniotissa in Kalavryta 

 

Synaxis of Panagia the Giatrissa in Loutraki of Corinth 

 

The Mother of Elder Philotheos Zervakos and Her Miraculous Healing by the Panagia the Giatrissa

Panagia Katsimikados in Kyparissia  

 

Synaxis of the Panagia the Gladness of All Generations at Agiou Demetriou

 

The Cave of Panagia Sarantaskaliotissa (or the Cave of Pythagoras) in Samos 

 

The Athonite Island of Kyra Panagia 

 

A Church Where the Theotokos Confirms the Practice of Fasting 

 

Panagia Stomiou Monastery in Konitsa and Elder Paisios 

 

Vespers in the Ruins of a Church Dedicated to the Virgin Mary in a Deserted Albanian Village 

 

The Icon of Sophia, the Wisdom of God of Kiev  

 

The Wonderworking Kursk Icon Returns Home 

 

 

Miracles of September 8th 

 

The Miracle of the Panagia Skripou in Orchomenos on September 10, 1943 

 

Crowds Continue to Flock to a Suburb of Athens to Venerate a "Weeping" Icon of the Virgin Mary

 

  

Immaculate Conception? 

 

The Immaculate Conception and the Orthodox Church 

 

Patriarch Bartholomew on the Immaculate Conception  

 

The Error of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin