Once again, brand new to ⦠Do printed out (not bought or solid prints) copies of these icons also carry this "taint"? Monastery Icons. Pagan Origins of Lupercalia. 1.) About Monastery Icons... Iâve heard a lot of controversy about this company, accusations ranging from the company being Hindu to the workers performing pagan rituals over their products in an effort to demonically infect those who come into contact with them. Orthodox icon of Saint Christina, the Great Martyr of Tyre. Though âgiftsâ were often placed next to the icons â ears of wheat; the Holy Thursday candles; holy water; and dry flowers with small oil lamps hung in front of the icons, a remnant of Ukraineâs pagan past, sometimes, faithâs characters sat abandoned on kitchen tables and in the shadows of stone hearths gathering dust until waves of doubt swept over the household. The Martyr Christina lived during the third century. Icons â many company icons are occult symbols incl. Commemorated July 24th. The "Light of Christ Monastery" and the Convent of the Virgin Mary in Borrego Springs, CA., formerly the "Gnostic Orthodox" in Geneva, Nebraska (Holy Protection Gnostic Orthodox Monastery and the St. John of Kronstadt Gnostic Orthodox Convent) are "monastic communities" of self-styled monks and nuns. The pagan fertility celebration of Lupercalia took place February 13th, 14th, and 15th. Before Christianity became an official religion in Russia the area occupied by the monastery used to be a shrine of Perun, a main pagan god of Slavic mythology. To this Christina's father, however, envisioned that his daughter should become a pagan priestess. 4,761 likes. His mother lived with them and was equally difficult, which proved a constant challenge to St. Monica. The icon comes from Saint Catherineâs Monastery in Sinai, Egypt and probably dates to the sixth century A.D. Now, to be very clear, I am not saying that Christians invented Jesus himself out of whole cloth or that Jesus himself is a fabrication based on earlier pagan deities. cars and PCs, etc. Works like "The Crucifixion" or "The Descent into Hades" follow in minute detail the traditional prototypes. St. Monica married by arrangement to a pagan official in North Africa, who was much older than she, and although generous, was also violent tempered. The painting technique relies on pre- established models but gradually moves to a new originality, in style. By the age of 11 the girl was exceptionally beautiful, and many wanted to marry her. Monastery Icons (www.monasteryicons.com), also known as the Sacred Arts Foundation is a non-profit foundation created to ⦠Idols, any â figures, pictures, anything ... Pagan celebrations or days, May Day, Morris dancing, Maypole dancing: Pagan customs, pagan rites ... Universal Life Church Monastery, ULC â claims to have ordained 20 million ministers: Universalism: These are from me web searching icons, and they were from the Monastery Icons site, which I know blesses it's icons in a pagan way. Most historians trace the origins of Valentineâs Day to an ancient Roman holiday known as Lupercalia. The St.Georgeâs (Yuriev) monastery in Veliky Novgorod, one hundred and ninety-five km from St. Petersburg is one of the oldest monasteries in Russia. The most beautiful Aleppan icons are kept in the monastery of Our Lady of Balamand. These saint icons depict St. Monica , the patroness of wives and abuse victims. St. Innocent of Alaska Orthodox Monastery of the Moscow Patriarchal Parishes ... Constantine V, and were as severe as those under the last pagan Roman emperor, Diocletian (ruled 284-305).