Sano di Pietro, “The Nativity of St. John the Baptist,” ca. 1450-60, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (photo: Public Domain) John Grondelski Blogs June 24, 2025 Today, we are six months ...

On June 24 the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Nativity of Agios Ioannis the Baptist and Forerunner. Six months before his appearance in Nazareth to the All-holy Virgin Mary, the great Gabriel, ...

Piero di Cosimo's Nativity with Saint John the Baptist is painted as a tondo, a round format symbolic of eternity and divine perfection. While the Virgin Mary kneels in reverent adoration before the ...

Why we’re putting a red dragon in our nativity scene. Now, I imagine some of you will be shocked that we have decided to add such a grim character to our sweet nativity scene but it actually comes ...

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