Our Lady the Gate of Dawn Icono-Graphic | Theotokos Crowned | Woman of the Apocalypse | Red Blue & Gold Design | Heavyweight Cotton Unisex TeeOur Lady the Gate of Dawn of Vilnius ( , Vilenska Ostrobramska) is a treasure of Lithuanian Orthodoxy, shared with and venerated by Catholics as well due to the intertwined histories of both churches within Lithuania. It was painted in Kerson in Crimea, then acquired by Algirdas Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania (possibly as a war trophy), who then presented it to his wife Maria of Vitebsk, the only child of the Russian Prince Yaroslav of Vitebsk.

toward which you are journeying

How beautifully the psalmist expresses what peace a prepared soul has: “I prepared myself and was not troubled

God always acts in such a way as not to destroy our own freedom

The devout soul

/ Therefore with thanksgiving we cry aloud to You: / “You have filled all with joy

that old serpent

for the tree beareth her fruit

And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you

Saint Panteleimon is venerated in the Orthodox Church as a mighty saint

Then shall they offer bullocks upon Thine altar

because we know that suffering produces perseverance

All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me