Peter Costello
Panagia Portaitissa, ‘The Gate Keeper’ icon of the Blessed Virgin from Iviron Monastery, on Mount Athos, Greece. Temple of God: An Unbroken Vision of the Virgin Mary, by Theo Andreou (Gracewing, £15.99 / €18.99) It can be hard for the rising generation to imagine just how cut off the Ireland of their grandparents and great-grandparents was from the worldwide expressions of Christianity. That all changed, thankfully, with the Second Vatican Council. The…
