tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post62576046934044490..comments2024-02-08T17:05:51.909+00:00Comments on Solomon, I Have Surpassed Thee: Byzantine Roots - ThessalonikaMark Langhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05040760021187483441noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-5544678717464072462008-05-15T22:38:00.000+00:002008-05-15T22:38:00.000+00:00Fantastic pictures. I hope to someday tour the old...Fantastic pictures. I hope to someday tour the old churches and see the structures and icons myself, instead of just seeing it through the eyes of someone else.<BR/><BR/>God bless.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16679413068732884177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-86693743487164217612008-04-26T17:56:00.000+00:002008-04-26T17:56:00.000+00:00As an Orthodox Christian I am pleased to see my si...As an Orthodox Christian I am pleased to see my sisters and brothers of the Roman Patriarchate rediscover your ancient artistic heritage in the iconography and the architecture of the Eastern Orthodox Church. <BR/><BR/>I look forward to visiting Westminster Cathedral in the near future firstly to pray and most certainly to see the beautiful building and its art.<BR/><BR/>Let us pray for the union of the churches of Christ.Dionysioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08050534787932934563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-55593204424455011842007-09-19T09:34:00.000+00:002007-09-19T09:34:00.000+00:00The plans for the mosaic decoration of the Cathedr...The plans for the mosaic decoration of the Cathedral do indeed include a Theotokos in the apse. As she appears on the reverse of the Great Rood as 'Our Lady of Sorrows', leading suffering humanity towards the sacrifice of our redemption celelbrated at Mass, so the Apse mosiac will show her as the examplar of humanity redeemed by that sacrifice.Mark Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040760021187483441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-44864037562698344192007-09-17T20:44:00.000+00:002007-09-17T20:44:00.000+00:00Stunning images Monsignor. If only we could recap...Stunning images Monsignor. If only we could recapture a sense of our eastern artistic roots and the richness of that spiritual legacy. How impoverished many of our churches seem in comparison with the splendour of the Byzantine basilicas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-2452502866902037042007-09-17T19:51:00.000+00:002007-09-17T19:51:00.000+00:00Great pictures and we haev visited 2 of these chur...Great pictures and we haev visited 2 of these churches. We could not get into Hagia Sophia.We were there just before the feast of St Demetrios.John the organisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397677400113664704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-88093879371661921712007-09-17T19:04:00.000+00:002007-09-17T19:04:00.000+00:00This is a very interesting post about icons.Is the...This is a very interesting post about icons.<BR/>Is there really a plan (however vague and however far away) to depict the Theotokos in the apse of the Cathedral ?<BR/>It would look stunning.<BR/>No harm in a little day dreaming..Dr. Peter H. Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955402188119575105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-55013518453002352072007-09-17T16:01:00.000+00:002007-09-17T16:01:00.000+00:00I wish I've visited the some places... I've been i...I wish I've visited the some places... I've been in London and once more visited your beatiful cathedralAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-29250104385802510812007-09-17T14:37:00.000+00:002007-09-17T14:37:00.000+00:00Gorgeous pictures!Gorgeous pictures!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-52930102472681022162007-09-17T13:41:00.000+00:002007-09-17T13:41:00.000+00:00What? No pixilated widows on the horizon, no felt ...What? No pixilated widows on the horizon, no felt banners, no lego crucifix, come on monsignor move with the times!<BR/><BR/>Seriously, I'm delighted you claim beauty and faith for God's house. The cathedral is in good hands. May God bless all your work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-30783368191395776922007-09-17T06:25:00.000+00:002007-09-17T06:25:00.000+00:00These pictures bring back fond memories of our vis...These pictures bring back fond memories of our visit last year with SSG friends and fr Allen Morris.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com