#Theophan

[missnekonyan]

In honor of Theophan’s birthday, I’ve decided to post this doodle of her from the Ride the Cyclone AU I have with @vivaresmala~ He’s in the role of Jane Doe, depicted here in her outfit for The New Birthday Song!

The Furby head idea was from this post. But instead of a generic Furby, his head is from his own Furby - Taffy.

[theophan-o]

The Angel

by a renowned Ukrainian artist, Alla Horska (Алла О. Горська, 1929-1970).

It's my absolutely beloved painting by Alla Horska!

[orthodoxadventure]

Remember that you are a Christian, redeemed by the blood of Christ, cleansed with the water of Baptism. You have received the gift of the Holy Spirit; you have sat at the table of the Lord and are nourished by His Body and Blood. And you have flouted all this for the sake of sin that destroys you! Ascend in thought upon Golgotha, and understand what your sins have cost. Will you really still wound the head of the Lord with the thorns of your sins? Will you still nail Him to the Cross, pierce His side and mock His long-suffering? Or perhaps you do not see that by sinning you participate in tormenting the Saviour, and thereby share a part in the tormentor's lot. But if you abandon sin and repent you will partake of the power of His death. Choose one or the other: either crucify Him, then perish eternally -- or crucify yourself, and inherit eternal life with Him.

-- Saint Theophan the Recluse: Path to Salvation; A Manual of Spiritual Transformation

[dramoor]

"God arranges for us to meet certain people so that we could pass on the good given to us by God and enrich each other's souls."

~St. Theophan the Recluse

(Icon via orthochristian.com)

[conformi]

Dimitris Papaioannou, Primal Matter, 2012 VS School of Marcantonio Raimondi (after Michelangelo), Rape of Ganymede, early 16th century

[polo-yaoman]

What a mess !

[alexanderflowerbird]

Another piece with the freaks who take “cannibalism as a metaphor for love” and are steadily taking away the metaphor parts of it lol. I’m by virtue of loving these two together gonna figure out how to do convincing blood one of these days 🤣

Iphigenia belongs to me

Theophanes belongs to @theskeletonprior

[nofatclips]

Dédale by Autrenoir from their self titled EP - Video by Grégoire Orio from @ashumanpattern - Text from La barque, le soir by Tarjei Vesaas

[space-diablo]

Him.

[tinyshe]

[grandpasessions]

It is required in our warfare, dear brother, that we not rely on ourselves. Without this, truly you will not only fail to obtain the sought after victory, but you will be incapable of resisting the slightest assault of your foe.

Etch this deep in your mind and heart. From the first sin of our forefather, in spite of our weakening spiritual and virtuous abilities, we often highly esteem ourselves. Even though our daily experience proves the untruthfulness of his opinion, in our puzzling self-delusion we do not stop believing that we are certainly not unimportant.

But this spiritual sickness, which is so difficult to see and recognize, is more distasteful to God than everything else in us, as being the primary offspring of our self-love and the root of all our desires and failures and evil-doing. It shuts the door of our mind or spirit, by which Divine grace alone can come in, and provides this grace no entrance to abide in us. And thus it leaves.

Because how is grace, which aids and enlightens, able to enter that person, who supposes that he is great, that he understands all things and requires no help beyond himself? May God keep us from this sickness and desire of Lucifer!

God harshly reproves those who are afflicted with this vice of vainglory and self-regard declaring by the prophet, "Woe to those that are wise in their own eyes, and clever in their own sight" ( Isa 5:21 ) The apostles also says, "Do not be wise in your estimation" ( Rom 12:16 ).

Unseen Warfare

Theophan the Recluse

[missnekonyan]

As promised, here's another picture from the Lokal AU~ I made this on a whim last week after thinking about coconut drinks because they seemed refreshing. I ended up imagining an OC drinking it, and it made me think about having a warung as the location for the piece - it escalated from there!

I didn't draw that specific scenario, as you can see. I couldn't figure out the composition well enough. So, I reworked my idea and used an online 3D room maker to help figure out the perspective. I focused on my NRC quintet and kept the background characters abstract to simplify things. I wanted to get it done before the 17th~

[theophan-o]

Bursztyn. Amber

Gold from the Baltic Sea

[orthodoxadventure]

Turn to God and place yourself, defiled and weighed down by many sins, before the face of Him, the omnipresent, omniscient, all-gracious and long-suffering! Will you still offend the eye of God with your loathsome, sinful appearance? Will you yet turn your ignoble back to Him Who bestows all things from all sides? Will you yet close your ears to the fatherly voice that mercifully calls to you? Will you yet turn away the hand stretched out to receive you? Bring this absurdity to your senses and hasten to awaken and strengthen within yourself godly pity and sorrow.

-- Saint Theophan the Recluse: Path to Salvation; A Manual of Spiritual Transformation

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (March 12)

St. Theophanes was born around the year 759 in Samothrace, Greece.

He was orphaned while still a young child but was left a large inheritance.

At age twelve, Theophanes' guardian coerced him to marry, however, he and his wife vowed themselves to celibacy.

They lived together for several years, but eventually, Theophanes' wife joined a religious community and he became a hermit.

Theophanes' wisdom and holiness were quickly noticed by others. He decided to use his great wealth to form two monasteries out of the men who sought his counsel.

Theophanes became abbot of one of these monasteries and gained a greater reputation for his virtues.

While he lived in the monastery, Theophanes worked to write a history of the Christian world, starting at the end of the Diocletian persecution to the early ninth century.

It is for this work that he gained the nickname "Chronicler."

During the time Theophanes lived, the iconoclast heresy was causing problems in the Church.

The emperor of Constantinople, who encouraged the destruction of icons, tried to gain Theophanes support through subterfuge and coercion. But he remained faithful to Rome.

Eventually, this fidelity got Theophanes arrested and imprisoned.

He died in prison around the year 818.

[polo-yaoman]

hoo boy !