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    • Sacred calendars : Pascha 

      Cunningham, Mary
      Dr Mary Cunningham, an expert in Orthodox theology, discusses the meaning of Easter, which is the greatest of the Christian feasts, and what it means to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. She also relates how Eastern ...

    • Why study icons? 

      Cunningham, Mary
      Icons – religious images from the eastern Churches – are far more than religious images as seen in western churches: they enable an encounter between the observer and the mystery. In this video, Mary Cunningham, an expert ...

    • Why study Orthodox Christianity? 

      Cunningham, Mary
      Most English-speakers, when they think of Christianity, think only of its Latin, western forms, be they Catholic or Protestant. But this is only half the story: there are also all the churches of the East, often collectively ...