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 Illustration:  Christ Pantokrator, South dome, Inner Narthex, Chora Church
(Church of the Holy Saviour), c. 11th C., Constantinople
(Istanbul, Turkey).  Image © Colourbox.com.

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Christ Blessing, Seated between the Four Archangels, with the Proceesion of the Male Martyrs, upper portion of north wall of the Nave, Basilica of Sant’Appollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy, circa 500 A.D

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WATCH

WATCH at your leisure any of our eighteen video series, each illustrated with historic art from the Western and Eastern Church traditions. No software is needed. Click the Digital Library (for our Seasonal and Christian Education series) tab or the Bible Study tab for our New Testament series. From these master pages you can select the desired episode. As of 11/2023 there are over 100 episodes available.

LISTEN

LISTEN to the spoken word. The same material from our video series is available in downloadable MP3 format using three different links: the Podcast Archive page (audio versions of our video series); the Podcast Homilies page (podcasts of homilies for the Holy Communion readings); and the Podcast Homilies-Morning Prayer (podcasts inspired by the AIC Bookstore Publication, The Prayer Book Psalter: Picture Book Edition, which features imagery from the circa 820 A.D. Stuttgart Psalter and four other Psalters from the 10th to the 17th C.

READ

READ any of the 22 unique volumes in the AIC Bookstore Publications library. All the AIC Bookstore Publications are sold through Fr. Ron’s Amazon Author Central page: https://www.amazon.com/author/ronald-e-shibley. Each of these books offer rare glimpses at the historic art of Christianity from the 5th C. to the 21st C. A summary of each of the available volumes is found on the AIC Bookstore page.

Illustration:  Russian Orthodox fresco of the Apostles at St. Tikhon Monastery, Russia.  Image © Colourbox.com