Links

• Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bible
• New American Bible
• Parallel Latin/English Psalter Latin text of the Book of Psalms from the Vulgate with the english text of the Book of Psalms from Challoner's revision of the Douay translation.
• Grail Psalter

The Meaning of Icons

• Notes on Iconography in the Eastern Christian Tradition
• Saint John of Damascus: In Defense of Icons
• Icons A precise explanation of the veneration of icons by John D. Craton.
• Saint John of Damascus and the Veneration of Icons An essay by Alexey Petrides
• Byzantine Art by Charles Diehl
• Concerning Iconography A short explanation of iconography by Saint John Maximovitch
• The First Icon Part of the Eastern Orthodox Spirituality Series by Father Demetrios Serfes
• Sacred Images May Christians have them? May Christians revere them?

• The Orthodox veneration of the Theotokos (Mother of God) Treatise by Saint John Maximovitch of San Francisco
• The Blessed Virgin Mary Fervent Defender of Christians by Bishop Alexander (Mileant)
• The Hodegetria An explanation of one of the most beloved of the icons of the Mother of God.

Lives of the Saints

• The Prologue of Ochrid
• Internet Medieval Sourcebook Lives of the Saints
• Feasts and Saints of the Orthodox Church
• Lives of the Saints Saint John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
• Lives of the Saints and Feastdays Search Orthodox Ministry Access
• Synaxarion Complete lives of the saints for everyday of the Byzantine liturgical year.
• Saint Pachomius Library
• The Synexarion(Stories of Saints) from the Coptic Orthodox Church
• The Saint's Calendar in the Maronite Church A short Synaxarion for the Maronite liturgical year.
• The Twelve Apostles
• Poetry and the Cult of the Martyrs The Peristephanon relates to developments in late fourth-century spirituality.
• Saintly Popes of Rome
• Orthodox Saints Lives of the saints from the apostolic era to the 20th century.
• Lists of Orthodox Saints Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St. Michael's catalogue of the names of the saints who are venerated by the Orthodox churches, as well as those, who though are not officially recognised, but are how ever revered by local communities.
• The Age of Saints History of the 5th and 6th centuries missionaries journeying the western seaways between Brittany, Cornwall, Wales and Ireland.
• The Celtic Saints
• Irish Saints 10 saints that were influencial in establishing early Irish Christianity.
• Excellent site containing the lives of holy men and women of the land of the Celts.
• Celtic Christianity: Islands, Saints, and Synod
• Among the Cloud of Irish Witnesses Notes and suggested prayers for commemorations of worthies of the Irish Church by the House of Bishops of the Church of Ireland, 1994.
• Anglo-Celtic Saints Saints from the Western Orthodox Christian heritage from the pre-1054 Orthodox Church Era in Western Europe.
• The Church in Roman Britain: The Conversion of the English, 313-735
• Welsh Monastic Foundations Within the borders of Wales are no less than four hundred and seventy-nine villages and towns that derive their names from local Saints.
• Celtic and Old English Saints of the Orthodox ChurchCalendar, articles, icons and lives of the saints celebrating Celtic Orthodox Christianity.
• The Lives of The Holy Abbots of Weremouth and Jarrow
• Lives of Orthodox Western Saints Daniel Lieuwen's research into the lives of saints of the west before the Great Schism of 1054.
• A History of Christianity in Egypt: The Saints
• Orthodox Christian Resources on the Net: Lives of the Saints Lives of various saints of the Orthodox Christian church, and icons of these saints.
• Saints of the Serbian Orthodox Church
• Homepages Dedicated to Saints
• Meeting the Saints Short lives of some less known eastern saints and western saints of the Undivided Church.
• Lives of the Saints From the website of Father Demetrios Serfes.
• Some Saints and Feasts of the Orthodox Christian Church Selected lives of the saints provided by the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia
• Stars of the Orient In memory of the new martyrs of Chinese Box Rebellion
• New Martyrs, Confessors and Passion-bearers of Russia
• Saints of the Church Links Page of the Orthodox Community of Saint Aidan, Manchester, UK
• Catholic On-Line Saints and Angels
• Patron Saints Listing of saints and when to ask for their intercession.
• Eastern Saints Lives of Saint Nicholas, Basil, John Chrysostom and the equals to the Apostles, Cyril and Methodius.
• Lives of the Military Saints History of Christian participation within the Roman army and the growth of the veneration of military martyrs.
• Major Christian Saints, Bishops and Martyrs of Asia Minor
• The Christian Saints of Cappadocia
• Saints Celebrated in the Armenian Church
• Saints of Armenia
• Lives of the Georgian Saints
• Calendar of Georgian Saints
• Russian Saints and Their Icons
• Egyptian and Syrian Asceticism in Late Antiquity A Comparative study of the ascetic idea in the late Roman Empire during the fourth and fifth centuries.
• Life and Works of Alexandrian Saints
• Married Saints of the Church
• Deacon Saints
• Lives of Righteous Married Priests
• Married Saints of Northern Italy
• The Saints of GottscheeLives of saints associated with the history of Gottschee and the Bavarians.
• Sainthood Runs in Families Holy families throughout Church history.
• Patron Saints of Shoemakers Numerous saints are either linked in legends as being shoemakers or having something to do with the craft.
• Saint of the Day
• A Liturgical Calendar of Biographies of Saints of the Church and Appointed Readings and Prayers Hillsdale College Department of Philosophy and Religion
• For All The Saints An extensive index of saints compiled by Saint Patrick's R.C. Church in Washington, DC. established in 1794.
• On-line Calendar of Saints Days Focusses on saints who died prior to 1600.
• Saints for Healing
• Christian Hagiography Compiled by Société des Bollandistes
• Handbook of Christian Feasts and Customs
• Roman Catholic Patron Saints
• Popes and Saints in the Royal Genealogy Database

Female Saints

• Holy Women of Byzantium Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation edited by Alice-Mary Talbot. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 to view it.
• Lives of the Female Unmercenary Saints on this website
• The Historical Orthodox Deaconess The lives of saintly deaconesses including an icon gallery.
• Blessed Mother Maria Skobtsova My other website.
• Lives of Holy Women
• Perpetua and early Christian martyrs.

Relics of the Saints

• Devotion and Use of the Manna of Saint Nicholas Site of the Basilica of Saint Nicholas in Bari, Italy.
• The Chains of Saint Peter History of the devotion of the chains which confined the Apostle Peter in prison found in Acts 12:6.
• Saints Alive Authentic relics of the saints found in various part of the world. Photographs!
• Saint Anthony's Chapel, Pittsburgh The home of some 4,200 relics.
• The Church of the Panagia of Balcherne Shrine where the cincture of the Virgin was kept.
• Early Christians and the Bones of Saints
• Early Christians - Museum of Scotland Photo of the Moneymusk Reliquary which contains the bones of Saint Columba
• The Uncovering of the Honorable Relics of the Hierarch and Wonderworker John, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco
• The Holy Bodies of the Saints and Martyrs all over Egypt

• Angels and Evil Spirits
• The Holy Angels From the Minea of St Dimitri of Rostov.
• Angels: Blessed Messengers of God Missionary leaflet wittien by Bishop Alexender (Mileant)of the ROCOR.

Icon Galleries

• Icons of the Saris Museum at Bardejov An excellent resource for the iconography of the Carpathian region!
• Andrei Rublev Museum
• Treasures of Mount Athos Exhibition Hellenic Ministry of Culture Site
• The Treasures of Mount Athos Macedonian Press Agency site
• Glory of Byzantium Art Exhibit
• Novgorod Icon Gallery
• Selected Icons from the Amy Putnam Icon Room at the Timken Museum of Art
• Cairo Coptic Museum
• Coptic Network Icon Archieve Majestic images of Coptic iconography.
• Icons of the Mother of God
• Icons of Christ and Blessed Virgin Mary Even though this site takes a while to load, it is very good explanation of iconography.
• Kinds of Marian Icons Slow load, but worth the wait
• Icon Archive of Saint John's Cathedral. Click here for more icons.
• ODIGIA Foundation Icon-Institute, The Hague Institute for East-Christian Art Icons from private collections in Western Europe
• Die Ikonen des Kirchenjahres von St. Nikolaus A wonderful collection of new icons painted in Germany of the Twelve Major Feasts of the Church.
• Treasuries of the Serbian Diocese of Raska and Prizren
• Art of the Decani Monastery
• Art at the Patriarchate of Pec
• The Saga of Kosovo This site contains very fine examples of Serbian iconography. A must visit!
• Hilandar Research Library This library has the largest collection of medieval Slavic manuscripts on microform in the world.
• Icons from Macedonia
• Bulgarian Icons Chronicals the thousand-year old history of Bulgarian icon painting.
• Byzantine Art and Architecture
• Orthodox Icons The Orthodox Christian Fellowship Home Page at Carnegie Mellon/University of Pittsburgh has this nice icon gallery of 19 icons.
• Holy Icons A small on-line icon gallery and their explanations.
• Orthodox Ministry ACCESS Icon Gallery
• Saint Catherine's Monastery Built by the Emperor Justinian between 527 and 565, this monastery possesses many superb pieces of iconography which date back to the 6th century.
• Views of Churches in the Göreme Open-Air Museum and Surroundings
• The Byzantine museum of "Antivouniotissa" The museum is housed in the church of Panaghia (Our Lady) Antivouniotissa, one of the oldest churches in the city of Kerkyra, dated probably to the 15th century.
• Icons of the Mother of God Orthodox America
• Revered Icons of the Birth-giver of God in the Carpathians
• Romanian Popular Art: Icons on Glass and Wood
• Icon Gallery of Western Orthodox Saints Saint Hilarion's Monastery
• The Use of Icons in the Russian Orthodox Church
• Holy Art of Imperial Russia The Hollingsworth Collection is composed of icons and metal crosses fabricated during the reign of the Romanovs (1660-1917).
• Russian Icon Index This on-line gallery represents over 80 of the finest in Russian icon painting! A must visit!
• Ukrainian Icons In The 11th-16th Centuries
• Icon Library On-line icons of feastdays and saints arranged by St. Joseph Orthodox Church, Houston, Texas

Illuminated Manuscripts

• Hill Monastic Manuscript Library
• Greek Manuscripts From the Treasures of Mount Athos Collection
• The Patriarch Saint Tikhon Library The home to some 12,000 monograph and periodical titles ranging from the 17-th century to the present day, with strong representation of East European and Pre-1917 Russian theological works and devotional literature, is a valuable resource for study and research on all academic levels.

Vestments

• Liturgical Vestments A description and illustration of the vestments worn in the Byzantine East in appearance for each degree of office.
• Order of the Blessing of New Ecclesiastical Vestments
• Vestments of the Syrian Orthodox Church

• Parent Soup Dictionary for the meanings and origins of names.
• Eponym Researching the meanings or origin of names.
• The Etymology of Names
• Baby Namer Over 20,000 names and meanings!
• First Names and What They Mean
• Irish Names A collection of over 100 girls and boys names used in Ireland.
• Dutch Baptismal Names
• New York Dutch Names An excellent resource for Dutch and Frisian baptismal names and their English equivalents.
• Personal Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire
• The First Thousand Years of British Names
• Personal Names of the Aristocracy During the Later Byzantine Era
• Common Names of the Aristocracy in the Roman Empire During the 6th and 7th Centuries
• Medieval Naming Guides: Slavic Names
• Dictionary of Russian Names
• 16th Century Hungarian Names

Maps

• Map of the Roman Empire
• Maps of Asia Minor
• Map Links

Languages and Alphabets

• Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
• Latin Place Names Research cities and their Latin name equivalents.
• Learning New Testament and Septuagint Greek
• Church Slavonic Resources
• Learn the Coptic Alphabet
• Dr. Berlin's Font Archive An extensive resource!

Liturgical Texts

• Troparia and Kondakia Index
• Akathist Hymn to Jesus Christ
• Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God
• Akathist Hymn "Glory to God for All Things" Composed by Protopresbyter Gregory Petrov shortly before his death in a prison camp in 1940.
• Orthodox Christian Trebnic Prayers Includes prayers for the intercession of various saints often used in a moleben or Akathist services.
• Liturgical Texts in English from the Church of Greece
• Prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos for Every Day of the WeekWritten by Saint Nilus of Sora Skete (+1870)
• Canon in Honor of the Saints of Britain
• A Service of Prayer for the Eradication of Idle-Talk
• The Order of Saint Benedict Monastic Topics: Liturgy Find on-line texts and liturgy research materials.

Sites You Should Visit

• Glory to Jesus Christ - Slava Isusu Christu! David Mastroberte's website.
• New Skete Monasteries
• Abbey of the Genesee
• The Abbey of Monte Cassino Founded by St. Benedict about 529 on the remnants of a preexisting Roman fortification of the Municipium Casinum.
• The Christian Catacombs of Rome
• Catacombs An inside view of the catacombs of Rome and the icons that adorned them.
• Byzantine Coins Byzantine numismatics on the internet
• Vatican Museum
• Mary's Gardens HomePage Founded in 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to research the hundreds of flowers named in medieval times as symbols of the Blessed Virgin Mary, - as recorded by botanists, folklorists and lexicographers.
• Holy Shroud Guild Dedicated to the study of the Shroud of Turin
• Andrew S. Buleza Endowed Scholarship
• Bishop Innocent's Book of Remembrance
• Keston News Service Monitors religious freedom in former communist and post-communist countries.