For this year Lenten Season you can download for free 'The Ladder of Divine Ascent' by St. John Climacus, translated by Archimandrite Lazarus Moore (Harper & Brothers, 1959). John Climacus (c. 579-649) was abbot of the monastery of Catherine on Mount Sinai. His Ladder was the most widely used handbook of the ascetical life in the ancient Greek Church.
Aristides Milakis "Saint John Climacus" (Icon on wood, 2012)
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You can read the whole quote from Jerry Bridges, but the short answer is: Yes, if you are in Christ. And it's a bad idea to reserve the term for an elite class of super-spiritual Christians.
Professor John Yiannias, Ph.D., expert in Early Christian and Byzantine Art, University of Pittsburgh, has a bold opinion on the issue of why “write” is the wrong verb to use for making an icon. “W…
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A year after pharmacist and collector Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) established the Wellcome Trust in his will – the free museum and library that aims “to challenge how we all think and feel about health” – the institution took possession of André Just’s photographs of a women undergoing freckles removal. The Trust’s commitment to showing links … Continue reading "Freckles Removal Between the Wars"
