#panagia

[dramoor]

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[religious-extremist]

In order: Panagia Tricheroussa (Three-Handed Icon of the All-Holy), Panagia Paramythia (Mother of Consolation), Panagia Portaitissa (Keeper of the Gate), Icon of Christ the Pantocrator, Panagia of Jerusalem (flanked by Archangel Michael and Gabriel).

I have to light all of the vigil lamps in my house when I’m unable to go to the monastery for a feast day, in this case, the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos (September 8).

I hope you all have a blessed Feast, and may the Panagia be with us all.

[rankotendo]

Gas? I light that Gate? I keep that Girl? I boss that

[sonadorayluchadora]

"My Mother's First Words"

As I searched the walls for the familiarity of an unloving mom under the sun,

I was met with nothing

And, so similar to the girl whose name I took

I called out to what seemed to be nothing

Once I mustered a mustardly, "something there must be!"

And someone she was. There!

The Mother of my God and brother, girl as I and even younger

Gathering her way into His light.

A warm breasted whisper, as un-grand as the birth of Christ Himself

What a fine lady, I call to rejoice.

"I'm right here," she says

"In my purples and reds and blues, I am here. I am with you."

My darling Mama. Of course.

She has always been

Since my birth and the birth of my father's mother's midwife's mother's child. And greatly beyond.

I ask her all the compassion and all the pleading of her being. And she grants with one ask of a kiss.

This was one year ago, she stays on my walls now

Can never leave my mom's house without kissing my Mother.

[conformi]

Church of Panagia, Folegandros, Greece, 1687 VS Gian Giacomo Monti, Francesco Monti Bendini and Carlo Francesco Dotti, Portico of San Luca, Bologna, Italy, 1674-1721

[graysoniconography]

Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn Gate (Version 2)

This is a revision on my original take of this icon which I posted. I thought it needed more color so I decided to re-do all the color from scratch, and I much prefer this version. It is a gorgeous icon housed in a church in Lithuania. May the Theotokos intercede for us all!

[christreginlave]

Панагия. Иоанн Креститель в образе ангела. Камея из сардоникса в золотой оправе с драгоценными камнями. Москва. Мастерские Кремля. XVI в. Panagia. John the Baptist as an Angel. Sardonyx cameo in a gold frame with precious stones. Moscow. Kremlin workshops. 16th century.

[davidstanleytravel]

The Church of the Holy Virgin (Panagia) in Lindos on Rhodes, Greece, has a stone bell tower.

[lightthereis]

Icon of the Mother of God and Infant Christ (Virgin Eleousa), c. 1425–50. Attributed to Angelos Akotantos

[milomeri]

Panagia Village

[dramoor]

“Beneath thy compassion, We take refuge, O Mother of God: do not despise our petitions in time of trouble, but rescue us from dangers, only pure one, only blessed one."

~Earliest known prayer to the Theotokos

[naxosandsmallcyclades]

At the foot of Pappas hill on Iraklia you will find the picturesque village Panagia, which used to be the largest settlement of the island.

In its narrow streets you will admire the traditional architecture of the island. Highlights include the 1919, stone-built Church of Panagia and Pigi, a natural spring just 1 km from the village.

Have you ever been to Panagia Village on Iraklia?

Post your comments below!

For more information visit the website www.naxos.gr

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[religious-extremist]

Issues with the KJV; Part II - Veneration of Mary and Saints

Worship and Divine Service

In modern English, the term "worship" (like the term "prayer") has mainly come to mean "an act offered exclusively to God." However, the original and official meaning of this word used to be much broader - as was the case of the Greek word proskyneo (προσκυνέω), which is normally applied to God, but also to human beings.

The idea conveyed by proskyneo is that of "offering obeisance," "making a physical demonstration of veneration and respect," or "prostrating oneself." (To put it extremely casually, like a curtsy.) In contemporary Orthodox terminology, the equivalent of proskyneo is often "venerate."

In the EOB, proskyneo is translated as "to express adoration" while it is often translated in the KJV as "to worship."

On the other hand, the Greek word latreia is exclusively used in reference to God.

In the EOB, latreia (λατρεία) is translated as "offering divine service" while it is translated in the KJV also as "to worship."

The Problem

So there is this issue of the KJV as it is today - with its immeasurable influence upon modern theology, the English language, and the Sola Scriptura doctrine professed by Protestant Christianity (and therefore the world) - combining two different words, proskyneo and latreia, under one translation: "worship."

The point of dissension that now comes up is that when those of the Old Religions, which existed before the King James Version, venerate the Blessed Virgin Mary, Protestants often denounce the Old Religions' disposition towards the Blessed Theotokos because their theology relies either wholly or partly on the KJV and the KJV tells them that proskyneo and latreia are the same thing, when historically - as attested to us by the oldest translations of the Bible - veneration and worship have never been the same thing.

To argue that veneration and worship are the same thing is like saying that criticism and insults are the same thing, or complimenting and confessing undying love is the same thing. They are markedly different.

The Old Religions -- the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholics, and Church of the East -- don't offer latreia (worship) to the saints but they offer proskyneo (veneration).

As a last exhibit, I will show to you Matthew 4:10 and Luke 4:8 where Christ quoted the Ten Commandments and said "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." (KJV) / "You shall express adoration to the Lord your God, and to Him only shall you offer divine service." (EOB)

For the sake of understanding, I will adapt the KJV to this:

"Thou shalt proskyneisis the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou latreusis."

That said, proskyneia or veneration for humans, saints, was never forbidden, but it is clear to all of us that latreia or worship is offered only to God.

[pistis-agapi]

[sailing-out-of-byzantium]

Icon of the Virgin Mary as "Hodegetria" (Οδηγήτρια - Greek for 'who shows the way'). originates from the Church of Saint Paraskevi in the village Moutoullas in Cyprus, 13-14th century.

Μουσείο Ιεράς Μονής Κύκκου (Κύπρος): Εικόνα, Θεοτόκος Οδηγήτρια (Ε 824) - Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos, Europe - In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted. https://www.europeana.eu/item/22/_8401