June 26, 2018 What Do We Know about “the Roman” Icon of the Mother of God? This week’s icon has a very special distinction compared to most of the icons we have previously spotlighted: this icon was not written (that…
June 19, 2018 Consecration of Icons: Does It Agree with the Orthodox Tradition? The Question Orthodox Christians routinely have their icons blessed by a priest or bishop. Bishops often anoint them with Holy Chrism. There…
May 29, 2018 Iconographic Analysis: Surety of Sinners The Surety of Sinners (Споручница грешных) Icon of the Theotokos is a Russian image which was revealed as wonder-working during the middle of the…
May 24, 2018 An In Depth Look at the Icon for the Feast of Pentecost The Icon for the feast of Pentecost is also called the Descent of the Holy Spirit, as it is a depiction of the event…
April 25, 2018 A Resurrection Icon of Christ with Additional Scenes In the tomb with the body, in hell with the soul as God, in paradise with the thief and on the throne with the…
April 20, 2018 Iconography of the Myrrh-bearing Women The Gospel episode about the appearance of an angel to the women near the Lord’s Tomb, which shows the first evidence of the Lord’s…
April 11, 2018 Understanding Orthodox Icons: Descent into Hades Some key features: — Christ’s cape/robe is flowing upward, this symbolizes his radical descent into Hades to save those who have died in…
March 19, 2018 An Icon Based on a Book: The Ladder of Divine Ascent in Iconography “One can climb – at once – to the 30th step by practicing humility and love. Because, love and humility surpass any virtue”. (Metropolitan…
March 13, 2018 The Meaning of Various Inscriptions on the Orthodox Cross The Third Sunday, and mid-point, of Lent celebrates the Holy Cross. In Orthodoxy the cross has always been a symbol of great victory and…
March 13, 2018 The Wonder-Working Lydda Icon According to Tradition, the Apostles Peter and John were preaching in Lydda (later called Diospolis) near Jerusalem. There they built a church dedicated to…
March 8, 2018 The Meaning of Various Inscriptions in Orthodox Iconography Icon inscriptions are symbols and acronyms accepted in the Russian Orthodox icon-painting tradition. Inscriptions can be made both in Church Slavonic and in Greek…
February 26, 2018 The Story of the Appearance of the Original Iveron Icon The Iveron Icon of the Mother of God (which is preserved on Mt. Athos) was kept in the home of a certain pious widow,…
