“The life of a woman in the Church is the ultimate, the fullness.”
“What saves and makes for good children is the life of the parents in the home. The parents need to devote themselves to the love of God. They need to become saints in their relations to their children through their mildness, patience, and love. They need to make a new start every day, with a fresh outlook, renewed enthusiasm and love for their children. And the joy that will come to them, the holiness that will visit them, will shower grace on their children.”
- Saint Porphyrios
-Mother Christophora
St. Ælfgifu Iconography is a new studio based in Maine of the United States! The Studio is dedicated to practicing the traditions of the Orthodox Church through both mediums of acrylic and traditional egg tempera.
St. Ælfgifu Iconography
Orthodox Christian Icon Studio
This Month…
Coming August 2026!
A new publication will be released with St. Aldhelm’s Press at the end of this summer! A book I have crafted and compiled that is dedicated to women of the Orthodox Church: spiritual writings from our spiritual mothers; prayers for those entering Marriage or Monasticism; writings on the Liturgical life of the home, our “Little Churches;” and more.
“Orthodox Motherhood & Monasticism: A Life of Tradition and Prayers”
New in the Shop!
Volume Three, of Tea Time for the Saints, is now available in the shop!
Our Model
of Motherhood
O Holy Theotokos! Save us!
“To all mothers — May you, like Hagar, be blessed with extraordinary encounters with our heavenly Father. May you always choose the value of faith no matter what adversities arise and may your children inherit this Godly legacy. May you never give up on God’s promise to you and your family. May your children grow up in full assurance of the place they have in your heart, in your home and in their potential as faithful stewards of God’s holy will. Above all, we ask that the school of compassion and tenderness at which you instructed your little, young children – will remain forever open, still communicating to them, in life or in death, your love and most importantly, the love of God and of the Most Holy Theotokos, Mother of the Church!” -Fr. Dimitrios
Two Paths to Asceticism…
Recipes for a fuller life in Christ
“For all of these opportunities and more, motherhood is a blessed vocation, and beautiful opportunity to live the martyric life of unconditional love for others. May we all honor our mothers, as is their due, and may those of us who practice this vocation do so with increasing peace and joy, knowing that we have been given the opportunity to live a blessed life inspired by the examples of the martyrs, monastics, and teachers of the Faith.”
- Fr. Vasili + Pres. Hillhouse
Motherhood…
New in the Shop…
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