Mariam: The Mother of the Lord and Mother of Our Life 100 as in life

as in life

in his youth he was a novice monk at the Glinsk Hermitage in Ukraine

Akathist Hymn to the Nativity of Christ

beaded Orthodox prayer rope (chotki/komboskini) for praying the Rule of the Mother of God (Theotokos)

Mariam: The Mother of the Lord and Mother of Our Life 100 as in lifeBy Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou of Essex The Holy Virgin was the crown of the holiness of all the righteous of the Old Testament, the distillation of the godliness of the Prophets of Israel. She was the fruit of centuries of painful prayer by the people of God who cried out to Him for redemption. In her earthly life, she never sinned. As a result, an unbroken stream of incorrupt and eternal life flowed continuously within her. Not only did she