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04/04/2026

Holy Week from 5th—12th April, 2026.
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12/05/2025

11/28/2025

New In Stock
Icons printed on canvas and framed.
11.8" x 15.7"
Vibrant Color
Very Low Stock Available
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11/17/2025

Looking for a meaningful way to prepare your children for the Nativity? Download ByziKid’s free Countdown to Nativity Calendar, a beautiful resource filled with daily activities, prayers, and acts of kindness to guide your family through the 40 days of Philip’s Fast. From secret good deeds to carol practice and feast day traditions, each day offers a simple way to grow in faith and joy together.

Let’s make this season a time of spiritual wonder and loving action, one day at a time!

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11/03/2025

Elegant Angel of Hope Wooden Ornaments by G. DeBrekht
Set of 2 on sale for $23.95
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Nativity Holiday Decor
Made from Wood
UV-coated for INDOOR and OUTDOOR
Handcrafted Keepsake Wooden Ornaments Collection
Gift Bag and Story Card
Art by G.DeBrekht
Approximate size: 5 x 5.5
Handcrafted in the USA

Decorate your home with stunning holiday Decor this season with the Pink Floral Angel Wooden Ornaments by G. DeBrekht. This handcrafted ornament is sure to add a touch of charm to your festive decorations. Enjoy the intricate detailing of this festive accessory for many years to come.

About Collection: Those hand-crafted Keepsake Wooden Ornaments are created with the utmost attention to detail. Inspired by G.DeBrekht's old art technique and produced from the best quality Birch Plywood. The ornaments are the perfect addition to the Holiday Home decoration or the ideal addition to your DIY project. Decorating a home is a particular time for all families, so create your Holiday Gallery for all your friends and family to enjoy by collecting the unique style of G.DeBrekht Artistic Studios. Please check out our collections, including classic Christmas art, Winter Wonderlands, and Nativity Art, all available in approximate sizes: 5 x 5.5 x 0.25. This product is made from high-quality plywood, making it sturdy and lightweight. UV protective coating makes this product weather resistant and can be used indoors and outdoors. 100% hand-crafted in the USA

07/25/2025

💡8 facts to know about…

07/03/2025

Why is Incense Used in the Greek Orthodox Church
Written by Andrew Athanasiou

Why Incense Used in the Greek Orthodox ChurchWe find the use of incense as far back as the Old Testament, such as Psalm 141:2, “Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; and the lifting up of my hands be as an evening sacrifice.” In Malachi 1:11, it says, “…and in every place incense is going to be offered to my name.” Much of our worship comes from the Hebrew rites and traditions established before Christ, including the reading of Psalms (which are in every service of the Orthodox Church), incense, chanting, and much more. Incense is made from aromatic plant matter, (the good smelling plant parts) and a binding agent to hold it together, either oil or resin.

It’s hard to believe, but there was a time without regular showering and forced air ventilation. Back in the day churches would start to smell foul and incense was used to help freshen the air inside the church. In fact, many of the things we do in Church have both practical and spiritual understandings. A censer is the “tool” that we use in the church to get the smoke and the smell to the people. The most common censers are gold and have four chains, standing for the four evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John), who wrote the four gospels that we have in the Bible. It also usually has twelve bells for the 12 Apostles, who were the closest of the followers of Jesus and the main people who spread the Word of God. Inside of the Censer, we place a piece of charcoal and on top of the charcoal we place incense. The fragrant smoke that is produced reminds us of our prayers rising to God while the gold censer resembles a church and helps us remember to pray. These golden censers also remind us of Christmas (the Nativity of the Lord), where the Magi (aka the 3 Kings) gave Jesus gold, frankincense and myrrh as frankincense is a commonly used incense.


We cense a lot of things. We cense the Holy Altar because we consider it the Throne of God, as Communion (body and blood of Christ) is consecrated on it. We cense icons to honor and bless them. We cense the people because we are called to be saints, and like the saints, we were made in the image of God and also the temple of the Holy Spirit. We even cense the bodies of the departed. We cense to show that all of those things are in union, that God has blessed them all in heaven and on earth. According to the tradition of the Church, if a priest or deacon is serving Orthros, he will cense not only the icons, but also even walk through the Church censing everyone and everything. This is also typically done in other services as well, but Orthros is probably the most common, and usually takes place an hour before Liturgy begins. (Go and check it out, if you haven’t seen it before.)

The Orthodox Church’s worship is to engage the human person, in body and soul. In body, we see icons; hear chanting; feel oil, bread, and wine; taste bread, wine, water; and smell incense. Censers are also made for the home, where people and families can cense their homes to remind us that it is God who blessed us with these things and that we offer them back to him in the forms of what we do with our homes.

04/10/2025

03/29/2025

It’s not too late to start planning! (The print is available on Etsy).

03/28/2025

Good Morning All
Have a Blessed Day

03/25/2025

New In-stock
Natural Bead Prayer Bracelets
33 Bead
$3.95
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