St. Demetrios of Thessalonika

In today’s episode, we commemorate St. Demetrios of Thessalonika, a great warrior saint, who may have never gone to battle during his earthly life (more on that later). Bill shares the story of his passion, and then Bill and Sarah discuss some of his miracles and iconography.

Links to the icons and sources discussed are included below and in the show notes!

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St. Demetrios and his city of Thessalonika

St. Demetrios and his city of Thessalonika

Defeating that pesky Bulgarian king . . .

Defeating that pesky Bulgarian king . . .

This is an example of the architectural armour seen in many icons of this saint.

This is an example of the architectural armour seen in many icons of this saint.

COMING SOON . . .

Welcome to The Sword and the Cloud—an online project dedicated to Hagiography, Iconography, Faith and Art. We are Bill and Sarah, a married couple in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada practicing our faith in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic tradition. We have many exciting things coming up to share with all ya’ll on the interweb, the first of which launches on Bright Monday (Easter Monday). Stay tuned for the announcement and full details with more details early next week!

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