“Everything hurts in the tree of human life.” (Leontiev, 189)
I meant to write about Rozanov. I couldn’t quite find the right starting point. But, in my reading, I kept returning to one of his friends and early influences, Konstantin Leontiev. Then the path became clear, even with a connection to the feast day (a merry Christmas to all readers, whoever they may be). Continue reading
Fresco of the Resurrection. Mikhail Nesterov, 1909.
Icon of the Nativity, Studenica Monastery.
Pskov Caves Monastery.
Fresco of the Nativity, from a 10th-century
Icon of the Trinity.


Icon of the Resurrection.