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Join us on March 18th @fordham.edu for a talk with Candida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social on her latest book!
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We're excited to be teaming up with Fordham to bring you the first "Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity Lecture" with @candidamoss.bsky.social! Join us!
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Join us on March 18th @fordham.edu for a talk with Candida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social on her latest book!
RSVP here: www.catacombsociety.org/events/
February 19, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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This event is part of our ongoing celebration of the centennial of the International Catacomb Society's founder Estelle Shohet Brettman (1925-1991).

You can learn more about her amazing life and dedication to the study of the catacombs on the ICS webpage: www.catacombsociety.org/about/about-...
Four photos. Top left a woman taking a photo. Top right, the same woman with a camera crouched in a catacomb tomb. Bottom left. The same woman with a camera with a man with a camera standing inside a catacomb chamber. Bottom right a shadow of a woman wearing a hat taking a photo against a wall of ancient inscriptions. Text: Estelle Brettman and Fernando Di Porto at work.
February 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Join us on March 18th @fordham.edu for a talk with Candida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social on her latest book!
RSVP here: www.catacombsociety.org/events/
February 19, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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Are you sure that's Moses, and not Peter?
February 17, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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Burial chamber from the catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus. On the left Moses strikes the rock. On the right Noah pops out of the ark. In the center TWO magi approach the Virgin Mary and child Jesus.

(image: Wilpert watercolor, pl. 60)

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catacomb burial chamber. On the back wall is a tomb about head height that has been dug out. Below, an arch reaching up from the floor. The walls are painted white with various decorations, incluing the figures mentioned in the text.
February 17, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Join us for this exciting talk by former ICS President Robin Jensen!
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Looking forward to this week's joint meeting of the Boston Area Patristics Group and Providence Patristics featuring the one and only Robin Jensen! Join us by zoom if you can't be there in person.
flyer Boston Area Patristics Group Robin M. Jensen (University of Notre Dame) “Picturing the Invisible God: The Manus Dei and Anthropomorphic Deity in Jewish and Christian Art” This meeting will take place on Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 7:30 pm at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School (42 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA). We continue to meet in a hybrid format. NEW: to attend by Zoom, please pre-register using the link in the email announcement. If you are not on the list please contact Susan Holman for the registration link and to become part of the Patristica Bostoniensia family! Parking is available on and around Beacon Street, which is about a five- to ten-minute walk to the CSWR. There is also a small pay lot at 27 Francis Ave and evening permits are available for the nearby 52 Oxford St. lot, for purchase online (information here: https://hopps.vpcs.harvard.edu/). Please be advised non-Harvard visitors will need to create a user account. Patristica Bostoniensia is a colloquium of the BOSTON THEOLOGICAL INTERRELIGIOUS CONSORTIUM, an association of nine theological schools in the Greater Boston area. For more information, to have your name removed from the list, to suggest other names to add to the list, or to receive copies of the papers, please contact Susan Holman (srholman@post.harvard.edu).
February 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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For all those who have ever lost their head for love, St. Valentine wishes you a happy #Valentine's Day! 💖💀
reliquary in a church containing a skull. it has a label on it that says "S. Valentini M."
February 15, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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Happy Valentine's Day! Take a tour of the #catacombs of San Valentino in #Rome!

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St. Valentine's Catacombs in Rome
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February 14, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Vault fresco from the catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus showing the good shepherd at the center with scenes from the story of Jonah interspersed with praying figures (orants).

(Joseph Wilpert watercolor, plate 61)
Vault fresco from the catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus showing the good shepherd at the center with scenes from the story of Jonah interspersed with praying figures (orants).
January 31, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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La fresque du Bon Berger découverte à Iznik : aux origines de l’iconographie chrétienne. #Archéologie
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La fresque du Bon Berger découverte à Iznik : aux origines de l’iconographie chrétienne
La fresque du Bon Berger mise au jour avec la découverte récente d’un tombeau paléochrétien du IIIᵉ siècle dans la région d’Iznik, en Turquie, témoigne de la culture iconographique des premiers chréti...
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January 30, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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January 25, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Fresco from the Cubiculum of the Barrel Makers in the Catacombs of Priscilla. The fresco shows a group of men carrying a large barrel towards two more. The burial space likely belonged to a collegium of barrel makers.

(Joseph Wilpert watercolor)
small rectamgular burial chamger. against back wall seven men carry a barrel towards two more on the left side. Two columns decorate the front of the burial space. Other decorative motifs decorat the ceiling vault.
January 29, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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Applications due this Sunday, February 1!
catacombsociety.bsky.social International Catacomb Society @catacombsociety.bsky.social · Nov 7
We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000.

Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026.

More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
2026-2027 SHOHET SCHOLARS GRANT FOR RESEARCH ON THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN The Shohet Scholars Grant of the International Catacomb Society is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars cohort. Awards up to $30,000. Submission deadline is February 1, 2026. This annual grant program funds research on the Ancient Mediterranean. Projects need not focus on the catacombs. Shohet Scholars may do their research in archaeology, art history, classical studies, history, comparative religions, or related subjects. We welcome interdisciplinary projects that approach traditional topics from new perspectives. For further information and to apply go to the ICS website: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-scholars/. Email questions to ShohetICS@gmail.com Image of fresco of a bird and a shepherd with a sheep over his shoulders. Paintings from the Catacombs of Domatilla in Rome.
January 29, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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The deadline is fast approaching! Apply for a Shohet Scholars Grant from the International Catacomb Society!
catacombsociety.bsky.social International Catacomb Society @catacombsociety.bsky.social · Nov 7
We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000.

Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026.

More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
2026-2027 SHOHET SCHOLARS GRANT FOR RESEARCH ON THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN The Shohet Scholars Grant of the International Catacomb Society is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars cohort. Awards up to $30,000. Submission deadline is February 1, 2026. This annual grant program funds research on the Ancient Mediterranean. Projects need not focus on the catacombs. Shohet Scholars may do their research in archaeology, art history, classical studies, history, comparative religions, or related subjects. We welcome interdisciplinary projects that approach traditional topics from new perspectives. For further information and to apply go to the ICS website: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-scholars/. Email questions to ShohetICS@gmail.com Image of fresco of a bird and a shepherd with a sheep over his shoulders. Paintings from the Catacombs of Domatilla in Rome.
January 22, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Check out my Pio Cristiano Museum | Vatican Museum Early Christian Art Collection on #Flickr. Like sarcophagi? This is for you.

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Pio Cristiano Museum | Vatican Museum Early Christian Art Collection
Explore this photo album by Arthur Urbano on Flickr!
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January 24, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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The deadline is fast approaching! Apply for a Shohet Scholars Grant from the International Catacomb Society!
catacombsociety.bsky.social International Catacomb Society @catacombsociety.bsky.social · Nov 7
We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000.

Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026.

More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
2026-2027 SHOHET SCHOLARS GRANT FOR RESEARCH ON THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN The Shohet Scholars Grant of the International Catacomb Society is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars cohort. Awards up to $30,000. Submission deadline is February 1, 2026. This annual grant program funds research on the Ancient Mediterranean. Projects need not focus on the catacombs. Shohet Scholars may do their research in archaeology, art history, classical studies, history, comparative religions, or related subjects. We welcome interdisciplinary projects that approach traditional topics from new perspectives. For further information and to apply go to the ICS website: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-scholars/. Email questions to ShohetICS@gmail.com Image of fresco of a bird and a shepherd with a sheep over his shoulders. Paintings from the Catacombs of Domatilla in Rome.
January 22, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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The central medallion was heavily restored in the 19th c. and some would argue many of the original details obscured. For example, Jesus is depicted as bearded here, whereas in many other early Christian depictions of the baptism (such as the one in the Arian baptistery) he is shown beardless.
January 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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To see this mosaic of the #Baptism of Christ in person is breathtaking. Commissioned in the 5th c. it decorates the dome of the Orthodox Baptistery in #Ravenna. Around the central medallion is a procession of the 12 apostles (Paul being the 12th!)

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Dome, Neonian Baptistery (Ravenna, Italy)
The ancient baptistery of Ravenna originally built under the bishop Ursus in the fourth century was embellished in the fifth century with the brilliant mosaic program we see today by Bishop Neon. It ...
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January 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000.

Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026.

More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
2026-2027 SHOHET SCHOLARS GRANT FOR RESEARCH ON THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN The Shohet Scholars Grant of the International Catacomb Society is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars cohort. Awards up to $30,000. Submission deadline is February 1, 2026. This annual grant program funds research on the Ancient Mediterranean. Projects need not focus on the catacombs. Shohet Scholars may do their research in archaeology, art history, classical studies, history, comparative religions, or related subjects. We welcome interdisciplinary projects that approach traditional topics from new perspectives. For further information and to apply go to the ICS website: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-scholars/. Email questions to ShohetICS@gmail.com Image of fresco of a bird and a shepherd with a sheep over his shoulders. Paintings from the Catacombs of Domatilla in Rome.
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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2025 was an exciting year for us at the ICS and we have more in store for 2026! We began the year with a new face on board. Shira Telushkin joined us as Business Manager bringing enthusiasm and new creativity to the ICS. We’re thrilled to be working with her!
January 2, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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2025 was an exciting year for us at the ICS and we have more in store for 2026! We began the year with a new face on board. Shira Telushkin joined us as Business Manager bringing enthusiasm and new creativity to the ICS. We’re thrilled to be working with her!
January 2, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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Want to help support Humanities and Interdisciplinary research in ancient studies? Consider a year-end gift to the International Catacomb Society to help support our Shohet Grant program!

Give here: www.catacombsociety.org/give/
Learn about the Shohet Grants here: www.catacombsociety.org/program/
December 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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#Happy #NewYear 2026 to all that follow and engage. I hope it is successful in every way. Janus The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, 

Janus fresco in Aula Gotica in Ss. Quattro Coronati, Rome #painting #art #History
December 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Archaeologists Are Using Lasers to Clean Decades of Grime Off a Towering 1,800-Year-Old Marble Column in Rome
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Archaeologists Are Using Lasers to Clean Decades of Grime Off a Towering 1,800-Year-Old Marble Column in Rome
Standing 154 feet tall, the column of Marcus Aurelius is located in the Piazza Colonna and intricately decorated with gruesome scenes of warfare
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December 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Funding opportunity: 2026–2027 Shohet Scholars Program, International Catacomb Society. Applications due February 1, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/2026202...
2026–2027 Shohet Scholars Program, International Catacomb Society | Mary Jaharis Center
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December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM