Wallpaper for Friday, August 8

The Saint of the Day is Saint Dominic de Guzman, priest and friar, who passed away in 1221. He founded the monastic Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans. An icon image suitable for use as tiled wallpaper may be found at the following web page: http://anglicandominican.com/About.dsp For best wallpaper results, I would reduce this original image to about 55% of its original size using the Windows Paint utility or other image processing software.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Alaska, USA, near a town called Hope.--- a photo of the Turnagin Arm, a bay of the Gulf of Alaska. http://www.flickr.com/photos/warzauwynn/2253563721/sizes/o/

Wallpaper for Thursday, August 7

The Saints of the Day are Pope Sixtus II and His Companions who died as martyrs in 258, according to Katherine Rabenstein's history. http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0807.shtml

For wallpaper use, a thumbnail image of Pope Sixtus II, apparently made from a tapestry at the Vatican, may be found at http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sistine/PO-Popes.html near the bottom of the page. I have take the liberty of uploading a clipping from this image that can be loaded to use as a tiled background in your computer desktop display.

Geographically our world tour of landscapes has reached the point of moving to North America. However, I featured a USA landscape for the July 4 Independence Day. So to keep the views in proportion to land area,,we need to post an image from the region in the heart of Russia that was skipped over on July 4. Therefore the Landscape of the Day is a winter scene from the area in Russia known as the Kuzbass (Kuznets Basin) http://www.flickr.com/photos/anaderi/84742383/sizes/o/ The photographer identifies the location as the Zepenaya Mountains. This view represents an area of the world that includes the Russian oblasts of Moscow, Vladimir, Yaroslavl, Kemerovo, Kostroma, Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanova and Penza and the autonomous republics of Mordovia, Mari El and Tatarstan.

Wallpaper for Wednesday, August 6

The Observance of the Day is the Feast of the Transfiguration, which commemorates the mountaintop event in which Christ was revealed to certain of the apostles in his heavenly glory, as told in the gospels Matthew chapter 17, Mark chapter 9 and Luke 9:28. Wallpaper-wise, this commemoration calls for an appropriate work of art displayed in the "centered" format. My favorite find is an image of a fresco by Fra Angelico found at the Carol Gerten-Jackson fine art site http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/angelico/p-angeli14.htm Since it was apparently painted in a non-rectangular space the graphic was filled out with white corners, which are not favorale for wallpaper use. With a little effort and care you can fix that situation using image processing software or the Windows utility Paint.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the political subdivision of Russia known as Chukotka This is a view of the Russian coast along the Bering Strait --- far eastern Russia --- so far east that it's in the western hemisphere. http://www.flickr.com/photos/39264989@N00/401178172/sizes/o/

Wallpaper for Tuesday, August 5

The Saint of the Day is Oswald, King of Northumbria, who passed away in 642. This saint is illustrated in a stained glass pattern that may be seen at the following informative web page: http://www.britannia.com/bios/saints/oswald.html . Copyright ©2000 Britannia.com, LLC For a tiled background in your computer desktop display, this image works best if given a contrasting border and reduced to 66% of its original size.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Kamchatskaya Oblast in far eastern Russia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alektoeumenides/20466277/sizes/l/ .

Wallpaper for Monday, August 4

The Saint of the Day is Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, pastor of a church in the French village Ars-en-Dombes, who passed away in the year 1859. He is known by the title of curate, which, in French, translates to the the phrase "Curé d'Ars". For use as a tiled background for my computer screen display, I have borrowed an image from the following blog page: http://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2006/08/st-john-vianney.html . And you will see here what it looks like with a border applied and reduced to a more appropriate size for this useage(45% of the original size).

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Magadan Oblast (formerly known as Kolyma) in far eastern Russia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/18751927@N00/320115450/sizes/o/

Screensaver Images for Sunday, August 3

Below are links to illustrations for scripture texts designated for this Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A on the "Sunday closest to August 3". (On a Windows PC, you can save the images referenced below to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory including these.)

Genesis 32:22-31: Jacob wrestles with an angel This event is illustrated by an image of an engraving by Gustave Doré, in color, that may be found at Carol Gerten-Jackson's virtual gallery site http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/dore/p-dore1.htm

Psalm 17: The text of Verse 8 is an appeal to God that makes a good antiphon for this psalm - "Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide my under the shadow of your wings" - This text is presented decoratively in a graphic indexed on the following web page: http://www.appleoftheeye.com/Scriptures4.htm Note the 6th thumbnail image on this page and click it to display a larger version. (All Photographs on this site are the copyrighted property of Alana C Banks.)

Romans 9:1-5: http://www.silk.net/RelEd/Year%20A/19A.htm. The 2nd image on this web page is an illustration from the clip-art collection of the late Rev. Richard Lonsdale. It is copyrighted but available for non commercial user. It illustrates the dramatic statement of Saint Paul in this text. For use as screensaver images this graphic needs to be converted from gif to bmp format and the background color needs to be adjusted with a little image processing.

Matthew 14:13-21: - Jesus feeds a crowd of five thousand - A painting by Joachim Patenir well illustrates this event. This is such an appropriate painting that you may find the small thumbnail image satisfactory at: http://www.allposters.com/-sp/The-Feeding-of-the-Five-Thousand-Posters_i1345309_.htm. The enlarged version is watermarked so that you will need to buy it in the form of a poster in order to fully appreciate it. Any alternative graphic would be a image of the the Jerome Nadal engraving at http://www.catholic-resources.org/Nadal/043.jpg

Wallpaper for Saturday, August 2

The Saint of the Day is Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop, who passed away in 371 at this time of the year. Formerly he was remembered in December on the date of his consecration as a bishop, as you may see if you go to the following informative web page (about half-way down), where an image of this saint may be found that suitable for use as tiled wallpaper, particularly if you apply a border and reduce it to about 75% of its original dimensions. http://www.catholicculture.org/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2008-08-02 Copyright © (Site) 2008 Trinity Communications

The huge Sakha Republic in Russia is still due to be featured for another two days in the Landscape of the Day series. However, due to the shortage of appropriate images for that area on the web, this site is feature a landscape image from another (unspecified) location in Russia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/_kassiopey/2147347606/sizes/o/ © All rights reserved

Wallpaper for Friday, August 1

The Saint of the Day is Joseph of Arimathea was a good who played an key role in the events of the Passion by donating the tomb used for the repose of Christ's crucified body. For use as tiled wallpaper, a good icon may be found at http://timothyministries.org/images/Joseph_of_Arimathea.jpg . It needs to be reduced to about 70% of its original dimensions.

If our landscapes are distribution in proportion to land area, we should still be in the Sakha Republic of Russia. However, due to limited photo coverage of the target area, the Landscape of the Day will be a scene from elsewhere in Russia's great east land --- Siberia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22823056@N00/216488535/sizes/o/

Wallpaper for Thursday, July 31

The Saint of the Day is Ignatius Loyola, educator, preacher,and founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit order), who passed away in 1556. Recommended biographical source: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/query.cgi?7+31b The image posted here is for use to generate a tiled background for your computer desktop display (wallpaper). The original is said to be a painting by Giacomo del Conte now displayed at the SJ headquarters in Rome.

The Landscape of the Day is due for another day in the vast Sakha Republic in Russia. Due to a scarcity of online images from this remote part of Russia, we go back to the village of Mirniy for another view from the photographer for Tuesday's landscape. http://www.flickr.com/photos/assez_d_eau/1022970012/sizes/o/

Wallpaper for Wednesday, July 30

The Hero of the Day is William Wilberforce, renewer of society, who passed away in 1833. A member of the UK parliament, his major achievement was securing the abolition of the slave trade. More information about this individual may be had at James Kiefer's hagiographic site http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/query.cgi?7+30 and at the Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilberforce , which was the source of this image, a reproduction of a painting by Karl Anton Hickel.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Lena River in Russia's Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/silandi/2471183323/sizes/l/

Wallpaper for Tuesday, July 29

The Saint of the Day is Olaf Haraldson, also known as King Olaf II of Norway, who spread Christianity in that land and who died a martyrs death in 1030. A Saint Olaf image for use as a tiled wallpaper background may be found at the following informative site. http://orthodoxwiki.org/Olaf_of_Norway To use this image as suggested, it should be reduced to about 50% of its original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is from the Sakha Republic of Russia, also known as Yakutia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/assez_d_eau/367490250/sizes/o/ © All rights reserved. The location given by the photographer is 62°30' 56" N, 113°57' 36" E, near the town of Mirniy.

Wallpaper for Monday, July 28

The Saint of the Day is Saint Samson, Bishop of Dol, a missionary to Brittany, who passed away around 565. An image of this saint may be found at http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/samson.html © Nash Ford Publishing 2001. All Rights Reserved To use this image for tiled wallpaper, I'd apply a border and reduce it to about 55% of its original dimensions.

For the Landscape of the Day, nothing suitable could be found for the featured area of the earth, Russia's Khabarovsk Krai (region), so here's a landscape from another location tagged as also being in the area of Russia known as Siberia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ah124/2428862305/sizes/o/ . For wallpaper use, be sure to set the background in the "stretch" option.

Screensaver Images for Sunday, July 27

Below are links to illustrations for scripture texts designated for this Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A on the "Sunday closest to July 27". (On a Windows PC, you can save the images referenced below to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory including these.)

Genesis 29:15-28 -- The Story of Jacob's Marriage to Leah and Rachel -- The image of a watercolor painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti shows is titled Dante's Vision of Rachel and Leah (who are shown in 19th century attire). This may be seen at the "Olga's Gallery" site at http://www.abcgallery.com/R/rossetti/rossetti9.html

Psalm 105 -- "He has always been mindful of his covenant, the promise he made for a thousand generations: The covenant he made with Abraham" A stained glass window image illustrating this covenant may be found as the second image at the following web site:
http://www.oneyearbibleblog.com/2007/01/january_7th_one.html

Romans 8:26-39 --- A verse from this passage of scripture is illustrated here http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u302/melodysbrokenpieces/scriptures/romans8-1.jpg

Matthew 13:31-33,44-52 - Parables explaining the kingdom of heaven are illustrated by Cerezo Barredo at the following web location: http://www.servicioskoinonia.org/cerezo/dibujosA/40OrdinarioA17.jpg

Wallpaper for Saturday, July 26

The Saints of the Day are the Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There is no reliable information about them in the scriptures, but the great honor given to Mary, the mother of Jesus, reflects credit upon her parents. One ancient source, considred unreliable, gives the names of her parents as Anne and Joquim. An image of these saints, as executed in stained glass at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Macon, Georgia may be found on the following web page of the excellent site maintained by http://saints.sqpn.com/saintj20.htm. Mary also appears as a blonde child. For use this image as a tiled background in a computer desktop display, you would do well to apply a border and reduce this image to about 66% of the original size.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Primorsky Krai, one of the political subunits of Russia along the Sea of Japan. http://www.flickr.com/photos/huanmatus/2620395007/sizes/o/

Wallpaper for Friday, July 25

The Saint of the Day is one of the twelve apostles of Jesus --- James, brother of John, son of Zebedee. To feature this saint in a tiled background on your computer desktop display, I would recommend the image at the following informative site http://saints.sqpn.com/saintj11.htm For use as a tile I would reduce image that to about 80% of its original dimensions and apply a border, about like you see here. The image is attributed to a painting by Alonso Cano in the collection of the Louvre.

The Landscape of the Day is one of the more artistic scenes available from Russia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8651682@N03/1224266250/sizes/l/ Nothing really good is available from today's featured region, the Amur oblast in eastern Siberia.

Wallpaper for Thursday, July 24

The Hero of the Day is Thomas à Kempis, priest, monk, and writer , who passed away in 1471. His known mainly for his book, The Imitation of Christ. If that idea appeals to you, you might like to display this image as a tiled background for your computer desktop display. (i.e. wallpaper)

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the area formerly known as Chitinskaya Oblast in the Siberian portion of Russia. Landscape images from this particular area are hard to find, so you'll have to excuse a slight amount of blurriness. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjameron/9511857/sizes/o/ At least the subject area of the photo is quite beautiful.

Wallpaper for Wednesday, July 23

The Saint of the Day is Birgitta of Sweden, author of devotional literature and founder of a religious order, who passed away in 1373. The best image of Birgitta that I could find is a book cover that may be seen (briefly) at http://www.guenther-schiwy.de/index.htm . The book was published by C.H. Beck © Verlag C.H. Beck oHG 1995-2008. The book cover image can be converted into a suitable format for tiled wallpaper on your computer using the Windows utility Paint, or some other image processing software. I won't post such an image here, because I am not sure that would be a fair use under these circumstances.

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from Russia's Lake Baikal, just to give that part of the world its due, based on its land area. http://www.flickr.com/photos/j_moss/2106505408/sizes/o/ .

Wallpaper for Tuesday, July 22

The Saint of the Day is Mary Magdalene, first witness of the resurrection. This saint is the subject of numerous painting that may be viewed on the Internet. However, they tend to show her as a voluptuous figure, who is supposed to be a repentant sinner. According to hagiographer James Kiefer, this view of Mary Magdalene is based on Luke 8:2 and an assumption that she was the woman described in Luke 7:36-48. More suitable for remembering the forgiven Mary Magdalene are the icon image, such at the one found at http://www.logoi.com/pastimages/mary_magdalene.html . Copyright @ Logoi.com - 2007 Here I have resized and framed that icon for use in a tiled background for my computer desktop display.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Russia --- a view of Lake Baikal from a location in the Buryat Republic http://www.flickr.com/photos/12308842@N04/1396703319/sizes/l/

Wallpaper for Monday, July 21

The Saint of the Day is Praxedes of Rome, a philanthropist. She passed away in the second century, maybe in the year 164, as one source indicates. For use as tiled wallpaper, I am posting an image derived from a painting thought to be the work of Johannes Vermeer, which I found at the following web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Praxedes.

The Landscape of the Day is a view of Lake Baikal from near Staraya Angasolka in the Irkutskaya Oblast of Russia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/14573071@N03/1510538920/ The location given by the photographer is 51°43' 51" N, 103°46' 39" E.

Screensaver Images for Sunday, July 20

Below are links to illustrations for scripture texts designated for this Tenth Sunday after Pentecost according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A on the "Sunday closest to July 20". (On a Windows PC, you can save the images referenced below to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory including these.)

Genesis 28:10-19a: Jacob's Vision of a Ladder to Heaven This Bible story is the subject of subject of a painting by Domenico Fetti that may be found in the form of a thumbnail image (click to enlarge) at the site of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. http://www.khm.at/system2E.html?/staticE/page235.html

Psalm 139: 1-11, 22-23: Verse 23 (& verse 24) are illustrated by a Heartlight graphic. http://www.heartlight.org/gallery/469.html © 2001 Ben Steed

Romans 8:12-25: Verses 14-15 are illustrated by another Heartlight graphic.
http://www.heartlight.org/gallery/1482.html

Matthew 13:24-30,36-43: The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds (We used to call them tares.) A 16th century woodcut illustration by Jerome Nadal, S.J. tells the whole story with one picture. http://catholic-resources.org/Nadal/039.jpg To optimize this for a screensaver, I would use the Windows Paint utility (or similar image processing software) to reduce the full-size image to about 80% of the original dimensions and then use its Select tool to select and save an image the excludes the test at the top and bottom of the original Nadal illustration.

Wallaper for Saturday, July 19

The Saint of the Day is Macrina, the Younger, who grew up in a family of saints, and who lived as a nun. She passed away in Pontus (modern Turkey) in 379. More information and a Macrina icon may be found at the following web page: http://www.traditioninaction.org/SOD/j137sdMacrina_6-19.htm ©2002-2007 Tradition in Action, Inc. All Rights Reserved. To use the icon for tiled wallpaper, it needs to have a border applied (that does not obscure the Greek text) and a reduction to about 60% of he original size. The border part is a little tricky in this case, so here I've done it for you.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Russia -- today from its Tuva Republic in southwestern Siberia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/10157930@N05/1366874101/sizes/l/

Wallpaper for Friday, July 18

The Saint of the Day is Theodosia of Constantiople, nun and martyr, who passed away in 726. To set up a tiled background for your computer desktop display (wallpaper), I would recommend an icon that is displayed at the Saints Dictionary site on the following page: http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienT/Theodosia_von_Konstantinopel.html. It needs to be reduced to about 30% of its original dimensions and have a border applied.

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberian Russia. It is a view of the Yenisei River taken from near the village of Ovsyanka, just downstream from the town of Divnogorsk. The photographer gives the location as 55°57' 34" N, 92°31' 58". http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergio68/752708233/sizes/o/ .

Wallpaper for Thursday, July 17

The Hero of the Day is Bartolome de Las Casas, missionary, priest, and defender of the oppressed, who passed away in 1566. For use as tiled wallpaper, I would recommend an icon image that may be found about half-way down the web page at http://www.cacradicalgrace.org/conferences/psca/post/cloud.php. The art work is by Br. Robert Lentz, OFM, © 1992 used w/permission, courtesy of Trinity Stores, www.trinitystores.com For the tiled background in your computer's desktop display, I would reduce the size of the image to about 58% of the original dimensions. For a more complete biography of this admirable individual, I would refer you to James Kiefer's hagiographic site. http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/indexcal.html

The Landscape of the Day is aanother scene from the Stolby natural area in the large region of Russia known as Krasnoyarsk. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aleksandr_voyn/2148362609/sizes/l/.

Wallpaper for Wednesday, July 16

The Saint of the Day is Fulrad of St. Denis, abbot, who passed away in 784. Images for today's saints are pretty scarce. One that I found is here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Fulrad Copyright © Christian Amet. Since this image shows a photograph of the saint with a building as the background, you might prefer the image on this page, on which attempted to cover that background to make the saint easier to see.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from the Krasnoyarsk region of Russia.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aleksandr_voyn/2145334229/sizes/l/

Wallpaper for Tuesday, July 15

The Saint of the Day is Vladimir, Grand Prince of Kiev, who established Christianity as the state religion in the land of Kievan Rus' that grew into the nation of Russia . Saint Vladimir passed away in 1015. An icon of this saint may be seen at http://orthodoxwiki.org/Vladimir_of_Kiev . Copyright © by Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Brookline, Massachusetts). All Rights Reserved. If it were used as tiled wallpaper on your computer screen, it would need to be reduced to about 75% of its current dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene apparently from the Stolby natural area in the Krasnoyarsk Territory of Siberian Russia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aleksandr_voyn/2149161632/sizes/l/

Wallpaper for Monday, July 14

The Saint of the Day is Camillus de Lellis, founder of a religious order, who passed away in the year 1614. None of the images that I found were quite satisfactory, so I modified one for use as a tiled background for a computer desktop background. The original image may be seen with the Wikipedia article about this saint: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillus_de_Lellis .

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Russia, in the Siberian oblast of Kemerovo in south central Russia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/martovskiy/350794400/sizes/l/ .

Screensaver Images for Sunday, July 13

Below are links to illustrations for scripture texts designated for this Ninth Sunday after Pentecost according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A on the "Sunday closest to July 13". (On a Windows PC, you can save the images referenced below to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory including these.)

Genesis 25:19-34: - The story of the birth of Esau and Jacob, the twin sons of Abraham and Sarah and of the sale of Esau's birthright -

An illustration of the second of those events was done in stained glass as seen in the image posted here. The odd thing is that Jacob and Esau appear dressed in the attire of the 16th century AD. Ordinarily I would just post a web link, but the primary link identified by Google Image search is a dead link at this time.

Psalm 119:105-112: - An illustration of verse 105 may be found at the following link: http://www.oneyearbibleblog.com/2008/01/january-25th-on.html It a long scroll down about the middle of the web page. Look for an image with a lamp.

Romans 8:1-11: - "If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you." Verse 11 is illustrated by the artwork of the late Rev. Richard Lonsdale, which may be found at the following web page. http://www.silk.net/RelEd/Year%20A/5lentA.htm © 2000 by Father Richard Lonsdale. You may freely copy this document. It may be freely reproduced in any non-profit publication. This gif file may not produce a pleasing image. If it's available, I would use the Windows Paint utility to resave this as a 24-bit color bmp file and then use the "Fill with Color" tool as you wish.
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Matthew 13:1-9,18-23: The Parable of the Sower - This parable is well illustrated by the image of an icon that may be found on the following web page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:K%26ESower2.JPG

Wallpaper for Saturday, July 12

The Saint of the Day is John Gualbert, OSB Vall. Abbot, who passed away in 1073. The image here was modified for use as tiled wallpaper. The source was the Saints Dictionary: http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienJ/Johannes_Gualbertus.html. If you can't read German, you might want to read the story of this saint as presented by Katherine Rabenstein at the following web page. http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0712.shtml

The Landscape of the Day is from the area of Russia known as the Altai Republic. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenest/2402950566/sizes/o/

Wallpaper of Friday, July 11

The Saint of the Day is Benedict of Nursia, abbot, who passed away in the year 540. He set the example for the monastic movement in the western half of Christendom. A painting by Fra Angelico was the source of a public domain image, sized and framed for use as tiled wallpaper that you will find posted here. If you think the effect is a bit grim, try it at 66% or 50% of its current dimension at which size the repearting pattern of colors will tend to dominate to overwhelm the effect of the stern visage.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Russia, chosen without reference to its location. I could find no suitable image from Yamalia (the Yamal-Nemets Autonomous Okrug), which would today's stop on this world tour. http://www.flickr.com/photos/_kassiopey/2147347606/sizes/o/

Wallpaper for Thursday, July 10

The Saint of the Day is Antony of Kiev, Abbot, who passed away in 1073. I found an icon with an image of this saint, but it also features a second individual, the successor of Antony at Kiev. Therefore I took the liberty of modifying this artwork to include only today's featured saint as seen here. (More information about Antony of Kiev may be found in Katherine Rabenstein's article on the following web site. http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0710.shtml ) The original image may be found at the following web site. © LasVegasOrthodox.com All Rights Reserved. http://www.lasvegasorthodox.com/index_1.htm To find this image, drill down through the following links Orthodox Library - Church History - 11th Century.

The Landscape of the Day is another scene from Russia --- in the case from the political region (automomous okrug) known as Khanty-Mansia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:River_near_Saranpaul.jpg. The name of the place used as a location reference --- Saranpaul --- is located at 64°15' 0'' N, 60°56' 0'' E.

Wallpaper for Wednesday, July 9

The Saint of the Day is Veronica Giuliani, OFM Cap. Abbess, who passed away on this date in 1727. If you care to display use her image for a tiled background on your computer desktop display, I would recommend the one found at the Saints Dictionary site http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienV/Veronika_Giuliani.html I would apply a border and display this at 40% of its original dimensions.

The Landscape of the Day is a scene from Russia in the region of the southern Ural Mountains. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimchisugar/1248174154/sizes/o/ The photographer tells us that this is a view of the Tura River in the Tyumen Oblast. Also included in this 490,000 sq. km. portion of the earth are the oblasts of Chelyabinsk and Kurgan, about one-third of the Sverdlovsk oblast and the a small part of the Khantia-Mansia autonomous okrug.

Wallpaper for Tuesday, July 8

The Saints of the Day are Aquila and Priscilla, Companions of the Apostle Paul. They are not the subject of any great artwork that I could discover. However the illustration at the following location should suffice: http://www.keyway.ca/htm2000/20000524.htm. I would reduce this to about 75% of its original dimensions and apply a border for use as tiled PC wallpaper.

The Landscape of the Day is a view said to be from the Ural Mountains in Russia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikaltu/156577118/sizes/o/ .

Wallpaper for Monday, July 7

The Saint of the Day is on the calendar of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Saint Job of Maniava, abbot, who passed away in 1621. An icon image may be found at the following web page: http://cerkva.info/2006/06/28/manjava.html For use as a tiled background for your computer desktop display, I would put a broad border around this image and reduce it to about 50% of its original dimensions. If you don't read Ukrainian, you might want to look at the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Job_of_Maniava .

The Landscape of the Day is an image from the area of Russia known as Bashkortostan.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91745051@N00/381328030/sizes/l/ The location given by the photographer is 52°59' 25" N, 58°7' 28" E. This image represents an area of the world that also includes the Russian republic of Urmurtia and the oblasts of Orenburg, Samara, Ulyanov, and Saratov.

Screensaver Images for Sunday, July 6

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Wallpaper for Saturday, July 5

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