"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

June 2025

7th-century icon of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai (Egypt) Saints and Soldiers: the Embrace of Saints Sergius and Bacchus One of the oldest surviving icons from the early Byzantine world, this image depicts two Roman soldiers and Christian martyrs standing side by side—clad...