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Α Byzantine icon of the Theotokos Hodegetria (Temple Gallery, London) [PDF]

Zograf, 2023
This icon of the Theotokos Hodegetria is in Hull Collection and comes from the Temple Gallery. The depiction of the Virgin Mary in half-length, turning to the right, with her gaze fixed on the viewer, the manner of the depiction and attitude of Jesus ...
Triviza Eleni
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Theotokos and Unity in the Context of the Theological Image of God: A Hypothesis of Dependence

Verbum Vitae
This article addresses the presence of the Theotokos within the mystery of unity, analyzed in light of the theological image of God. It examines the hypothesis that the image of Mary is shaped by the theological image of God.
Kazimierz Pek
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Intentional States and Iconography of Theotokos

Rhetoric and Communications, 2023
Abstract: In the image of the Theotokos constructed from canonical and apocryphal texts, the word does reveal certain states, each of which can be referred to and named, and subsequently depicted. Some of these are persistently recurrent, others are rare but characteristic.
Miroslav Dachev
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The Tale of the Theotokos of Tikhvin as a Source for the History of Construction Process in Russia in the First Third of the 16th Century

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2022
Introduction. At the turn of the 15th – 16th centuries, a new stage of development began in the history of Russian culture, marked by acquaintance with Western European traditions.
Ekaterina Diligul
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Trzy zapomniane kościoły maryjne (Theotokos) epoki bizantyjskiej w Ziemi Świętej

Collectanea Theologica
W historii Ziemi Świętej epoka bizantyjska jawi się bezsprzecznie jako czas intensywnego rozkwitu budownictwa sakralnego, zwłaszcza dedykowanego Świętej Bożej Rodzicielce Maryi (Theotokos).
Dawid Ledwoń, Jakub Waszkowiak
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The Cult of the Theotokos and the Pokrov (Intercession) Service

Kyivan Academy
The article examines the development of the Virgin cults in Byzantium, which included the veneration of icons, relics, and dedicated feasts. These cults were also expressed in the texts of special services found in Menaions. Among the key elements in the establishment of feasts dedicated to the Virgin Mary was her garment, represented in icons of the ...
Valerii Zema
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Mobility in seventh‐century Byzantium: analysing Emperor Heraclius’ political ideology and propaganda

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 405-429, August 2023., 2023
This paper aims to shed light on the mobility of people and relics in the seventh century. It will show that Emperor Heraclius strategically designed his movements and those of his household, citizens, and officials, as well as those of relics within and beyond the borders of Byzantium, in order to consolidate the empire and his position in it.
Paraskevi Sykopetritou
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Conceiving Mary's Agency: Towards a Barthian Mariology

Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 388-412, July 2023., 2023
Abstract This essay argues for the possibility of a ‘Barthian’ Mariology particularly through an analysis of human agency. I first show that Karl Barth's articulation of Mary in I/2 of the Church Dogmatics marginalizes Mary's agency in part due to his anti‐Roman Catholic polemic and his gender binary.
Christopher PAUL de Stigter
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The mystery and the unity of the Church: Considerations from an Eastern Orthodox perspective

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
This article attempts an approach to discuss the mystery and the unity of the church and firstly, it underlined that the church cannot have a formal definition as the divine life extended from Christ’s resurrected body into those who believe and receive ...
Nicolae V. Mosoiu
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