St mary of egypt

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St. Mary of Egypt & St. Zosimas by Stelios Stelios of Cyprus

Saint of the Day – 1 April – Saint Mary of Egypt (c 344-c 421) Desert Mother, Penitent, Recluse, Born in c 344 in Egypt am died in c 421 in the desert near the River Jordan of natural c…

By Monk Moses the Athonite 1400 years ago there was a girl, who had just turned twelve years old, somewhere in Alexandria of Egypt, and who became tangled in the nets of the sex trade. She gave herself body and soul to the fall, sin and corruption. Flesh worship, wild pleasure and insatiable lust dominate from a young age. For seventeen years she avidly lived this life without inhibitions, shame, doubts, guilt and remorse. She considered herself free, independent, uncontrolled and…

Writing the Light on Instagram: “A detail of an icon of St Mary of Egypt by the hand of George Kordis ~ 🌿 ~ the intensity of color lends itself to her life of prayer and…”

One Lady Pastor's Life

As I mentioned in my July 22, 2018 blog post on Mary Magdalene’s feast day this year, I have been collecting pins of MM art images on my Pinterest account. It all began many years ago around 2003, when I started looking on the internet for a few images of Mary Magdalene to use in her feast day celebrations. Now of course, there has been an explosion in the availability of art images online, and my board of MM images has already grown to over 500 pins. In any case, in this collection…

St. Mary of Egypt

St. Mary of Egypt by Petar Bilic