About this reader
The gospel text is the King James Version. The patristic commentary quoted throughout is drawn from the Church Fathers venerated in the Orthodox Church, led by St John Chrysostom, St Cyril of Alexandria, whose commentary on St Luke survives largely in the Syriac, and Blessed Theophylact of Ohrid, whose commentary on the Gospels is the standard Orthodox reading of them, then St Ambrose and others, quoted verbatim, nothing paraphrased and nothing invented; each quotation names its own Father and the homily or work it comes from. The Carolingians, the medieval Glossa, Origen and Eusebius are excluded throughout, as in the other readers. The icons and frescoes are public-domain or
freely-licensed photographs of Byzantine, Athonite, Serbian, Sicilian-Byzantine and Russian works.
Every icon shown for a passage
depicts that passage’s own scene, and no image appears under two passages. Orthodox
iconography is built on the feast cycle, the miracles and the saints, and it has no scene-icon
for most of the parables and teaching passages: those passages are given as plain text
rather than illustrated with a general image of Christ that would misrepresent them.
Images
- 005 Entry into Jerusalem Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Langadas · Before 20 Century · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- 016 Ascension of Jesus Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Langadas · Before 20 Century · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- 017 Annunciation Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Langadas · 1790 · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- 019 Baptism of Jesus Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Langadas · 1850 · Athanasios Margaritis · Public domain · Commons
- 02 Circumcision of Jesus Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Adam · 1877 · Athanasios Vasilikos Adaminos · Public domain · Commons
- 024 Crucifixion of Jesus Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Langadas · 1855 · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- 03 Baptism of Christ Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Adam · Before 20 Century · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- 031 Nativity of Jesus Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Langadas · Before 20 Century · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- 039 Circumcision of Jesus Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Langadas · Before 20 Century · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- 042 Transfiguration of Jesus Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Langadas · 1885 · Stavrakis Margaritis · Public domain · Commons
- 05 Last Supper Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Adam · 1898 · Asterios Ioannou Anagnostos · Public domain · Commons
- 050 Presentation of Jesus at the Temple Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Langadas · Before 20 Century · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- 051 Saint Luke Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Langadas · Before 20 Century · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- 052 Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Langadas · Before 20 Century · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- 0663Ha. Hermitage Museum (Hall 143). Icon of the Epiphany · 3-я четверть XVII · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- 090 Mathew the Apostle Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Langadas · Before 20 Century · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- 12 Nativity of Jesus Icon in Assumption of Mary Church in Agios Vasileios · Before 20 Century · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- 18 Triumphal entry into Jerusalem Icon from Saint Paraskevi Church in Adam. · 1846 · Athanasios Vasilikos Adaminos · Public domain · Commons
- Alektor Petrou Dionysiou · 1547 · Theophanes the Cretan · Public domain · Commons
- Annunciation Icon Sinai 12th century · April 2008 · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- Apokalthelosis Dionysiou · 1547 · Tzortzis Phouka · Public domain · Commons
- Baiophoros Dionysiou · 1547 · Theophanes the Cretan · Public domain · Commons
- Baptism of Christ, Early XIV Century, St Mary Perivleptos Church, Ohrid Icon Gallery · Early XIV Century · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- Cathedral (Monreale) - Left wing transept - 1 Apparition · 12th centurydate QS:P,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 · Byzantine medieval · Public domain · Commons
- Cathedral (Monreale) - Left wing transept - 2 Apparition (Emmaus) · 12th centurydate QS:P,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 · Byzantine medieval · Public domain · Commons
- Cathedral (Monreale) - Left wing transept - Ascension · 12th centurydate QS:P,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 · Byzantine medieval · Public domain · Commons
- Cathedral (Monreale) - Right wing transept - 2nd Temptation of Christ · 12th centtury · Byzantine medieval · Public domain · Commons
- Cathedral (Monreale) - Right wing transept - Agony in the Garden · 12th centtury · Byzantine medieval · Public domain · Commons
- Cathedral (Monreale) - Right wing transept - Before Pilate · 2025 · Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Christ banish tradesmen from Temple (Monreale) · 2010-02-25 11:03:43 · Sibeaster · Public domain · Commons
- Christ before Caiaphas, GRACANICA 1 090A7764 · 2021-09-06 16:00:38 · BLAGO Fund, Inc. · CC BY 4.0 · Commons
- Christ cleans leper man · Mosaic: Byzantine; Photograph: July 2008 · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- Christ's temptation (Monreale) · 2010-02-25 11:00:13 · Sibeaster · Public domain · Commons
- Christos Apostolois Dionysiou · 1547 · Theophanes the Cretan · Public domain · Commons
- Christos Iomenos Daimonon Takophon Dionysiou · 1547 · Theophanes the Cretan · Public domain · Commons
- Crucifixion Icon Sinai 12th century · 2008-04 · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- Daughter of the head of synagogue is resurrected by Christ · 2010-02-17 12:47:06 · Sibeaster · Public domain · Commons
- Deipnos Mystikos Dionysiou · 1547 · Tzortzi Phouka · Public domain · Commons
- Double-sided icon - Crucifixion and Hodegetria (9-13th c., Byzantine museum) · medieval · Anonymous icon painter · Public domain · Commons
- Entry into Jerusalem (Afon icon) · 16th centurydate QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 · AnonymousUnknown author · Public domain · Commons
- Epitaphios Threnos Dionysiou · 1547 · Tzortzis Phouka · Public domain · Commons
- Etesatou Ioseph Somatou Christou · 1547 · Theophanes the Cretan · Public domain · Commons
- Evangelismos Zachariou Dionysiou · 1547 · Tzortzis Phouka · Public domain · Commons
- Evlogesis Pente Arton Dionysiou · 1547 · Tzortzis Phouka · Public domain · Commons
- Feeding the multitude, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna · 2014-02-28 12:33:24 · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- Gethsemane Dionysiou · 1547 · Theophanes the Cretan · Public domain · Commons
- Haemorrhoissa Dionysiou · 1547 · Tzortzis Phouka · Public domain · Commons
- Healing of the Paralytic 04-17 · 2020-11-29 05:54:34 · Dionisius · Public domain · Commons
- Hrist utišava buru na moru, manastir Gračanica · 2017-10-26 14:22:11 · Mickey Mystique · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Icon of the Transfiguration from Saint Catherine's, Sinai · 12th Century · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- Icon of transfiguration (Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery, Yaroslavl) · circa 1516date QS:P,+1516-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- Ide Topos pou Ekato Dionysiou · 1547 · Tzortzi Phouka · Public domain · Commons
- Iomenos Gon Ekatonarchou Dionysiou · 1547 · Tzortzis Phouka · Public domain · Commons
- Iomenos xeran echon cheira Dionysiou · 1547 · Tzortzi Phouka · Public domain · Commons
- Judas's kiss (Monreale) · 2010-02-25 11:01:43 · Sibeaster · Public domain · Commons
- Kirillo-Belozersky iconostasis 12 - Last Supper · 1497 · Anonymous Russian icon painter (before 1917)Public domain image (according to PD-Russia-expired) · Public domain · Commons
- Kiss of Judas (Church of Saint Nicolas the Orphan) · XIV век · AnonymousUnknown author · Public domain · Commons
- Krinomenos Christou Dionysiou · 1547 · Theophanes the Cretan · Public domain · Commons
- Matthew the Evangelist - icon · Middle of 19th century. Submitted to wikimedia on 2008-05-01 · Unknown Russian icon painter, middle of 19 th cen. · Public domain · Commons
- Miraculous catch of fish - Sant'Apollinare Nuovo - Ravenna 2016 · 2016-09-18 09:07:45 · José Luiz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Monreale - Christ cleans ten leper men in Samaria · 12th c. · byzantine · Public domain · Commons
- Monreale - healing of paralytic · 12th centurydate QS:P,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 · byzantine · Public domain · Commons
- Monreale - Healing of the Woman with an Issue of Blood · 12th centurydate QS:P,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 · shakko · Public domain · Commons
- Monreale - Jesus heals Simon's mother in law · 12th centurydate QS:P,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 · byzantine · Public domain · Commons
- Mosaic of the exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac from the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo · 2020-04-26 07:03:14 · unknown sixth-century AD mosaicist of the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna · Public domain · Commons
- Nativity Icon Panagia Evraidos Church 19 Century · 19th centurydate QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- Pilate judgement (icon) · 15th centurydate QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 · AnonymousUnknown author · Public domain · Commons
- Prodosia Dionysiou · 1547 · Tzortzis Phouka · Public domain · Commons
- Prodromos Didaskon Ioudaious Dionysiou · 1547 · Tzortzis Phouka · Public domain · Commons
- Raising of Jairus' daughter 03-19 · 1502 · Dionisius · Public domain · Commons
- Ravenna, The Good Shepherd mosaic · 2023-12-24 · Gsimonov · CC0 · Commons
- Ravenna, sant'apollinare nuovo, int., storie cristologiche, epoca di teodorico 07.1 rinnegamento di pietro · 28 July 2013, 13:44:21 · Sailko · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- Representation of the Sower's parable · 3 December 2009 · Sulfababy of en.wiki · CC BY 2.5 · Commons
- Rossano Gospels - Cleansing of the Temple · 6th centurydate QS:P,+550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 · 6th century anonymous · Public domain · Commons
- RossanoGospelsFolio007vGoodSamaritan · 2026-07-29 14:40:16 · Public domain · Commons
- Second Coming by G.Klontzas (16th c.) · late 16th century · Georgios Klontzas · Public domain · Commons
- St John the Baptist Late XVII - Early XVIII Cenury St Mary Blonichka Church, Ohris Icon Gallery · Late XVII - Early XVIII Cenury · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- Stavrosis Dionysiou · 1547 · Tzortzi Phouka · Public domain · Commons
- Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles by Constantinople master (early 14th c., Pushkin museum) · 14th centurydate QS:P,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 · AnonymousUnknown author · Public domain · Commons
- Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles Dimitar Molerov Rila Monastery 1835 · 1835 · Dimitar Molerov · Public domain · Commons
- The Good Shepherd from the Imperial Palace of Constantinople 5th-6th century AD · 5th-6th century A.D. · unknown artist, 5th-6th century A.D. · Public domain · Commons
- The Lord's prayer in Gethsemane - Stavronikita monastery, Mt Athos - Theophanes of Crete, 16th c. · 14 April 2015 · Theophanes the Cretan · Public domain · Commons
- The story of the Publican and the Pharisee, under dome, east, GRACANICA 1 090A7601 · 2021-09-06 15:14:18 · BLAGO Fund, Inc. · CC BY 4.0 · Commons
- The story of the Publican and the Pharisee, under dome, east, GRACANICA 4 IMG 8016 · 2021-09-06 14:18:08 · BLAGO Fund, Inc. · CC BY 4.0 · Commons
- The Supper at Emmaus PRIZREN 2 IMG 4853-2 · 2019-06-19 08:23:58 · BLAGO Fund, Inc. · CC BY 4.0 · Commons
- The Twelve Apostles, with later gilding, Greek, Late Byzantine, early 1300s, tempera and gold leaf on wood panel - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC06701 · 2016-12-01 15:49:25 · Daderot · Public domain · Commons
- Tokalı Kilise Raising of daughter of Jairus - 2004 6964 · 2004-03-15 15:07:27 · Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Transfiguration of Christ Icon Sinai 12th century · 2008-04 · Unknown · Public domain · Commons
- Visitation 04-18 · 1502 · Dionisius · Public domain · Commons