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jdigrande

Gennadius Scholarios was not a bishop at Florence, although he supported the false union. He did read Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine but I do not know if he knew Latin or just read the Greek translation. I consider him a saint but my personal opinion is not worth much. He has ikons of him printed ...

jdigrande

I am just asking what the other TOC's believe about this. I am not real interested in private views. I listed the ecumenical views of St. Photius the Great, St. Mark of Ephesus and St. Gennadius Scholarius in that they represented all the saints between 879 and the 16th century (that there have been...

jdigrande

I like the St. Sergius frieze the best. One thing that stood out was that St. Sergius is erect, still and in such contrast to the other figures just like the relationship between hesychastic prayer of St. Sergius and the movement of battle that was to occur soon. So the figures around St. Sergius mo...

jdigrande

Barbara: Are there other works by this great artist? In many ways it is akin to but superior to another work of art from 50 years later (Rodin/ The Burghers of Calais). Both of these works of art express dramatic historical events. Rodin did his sculptures in the round whereas the St. Sergius frieze...

jdigrande

this is a very great set of sculptures/ the same thing should be done with new martyrs of Russia and their lives

jdigrande

Is TOC-S really GOC-S ( Arch. Stephanos) and if so where is he located in Russia?

jdigrande

Who are the bishops in the photos and which churches do they represent? Also where are the photos taken?> In Bulgaria?

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