February 23, 2018 Triumph of Orthodoxy: an Icon Celebrating the Veneration of Icons An icon celebrating the veneration of icons, the Triumph of Orthodoxy is the festal icon for the first Sunday of Great Lent. As Lent is a…
February 16, 2018 Iconographic Analysis of the Last Judgment And He is coming again with glory to judge the living and the dead; His kingdom will have no end. I look for the…
February 12, 2018 3 Sacred Images Depicting 3 Dimensions of Marriage Our culture bombards us with images of marriage. Pictures and news of celebrity and royal marriages and breakups crowd the pages of magazines and…
January 18, 2018 A Theological Analysis of the Iconography of The Baptism of Christ The Baptism of Christ in the Jordan River by John the Forerunner is also called an “epiphany”. The word “Theophany” (manifestation of God) comes…
January 4, 2018 5 Requirements for Painting An Icon of the Mother of God The main principles of panting the icon of the Mother of God: 1. In icons, the Mother of God is always depicted…
December 25, 2017 Warrior Saints in Orthodox Christian Iconography Also called soldier saints, these are a group of saints who were generally soldiers in life, martyrs to Christ in death, and then latterly…
December 21, 2017 Understanding the Meaning of a Riza and an Oklad in Orthodox Christian Iconography A riza (Ru: риза) is a metal covering for the surface of an icon, usually made from a precious metal. The English word “revetment” is…
December 14, 2017 Rare Orthodox Iconography: The Chernobyl Saviour Icon The Chernobyl Saviour Icon was recently transferred from the Ukraine to Japan, so that it may rest in an Orthodox church there. The act…
November 27, 2017 The History of the Montreal Iveron Icon of the Mother of God Today we commemorate one of the copies of the Iveron Mother of God Icon, called the Montreal Iveron Icon, a miraculously myrrh-streaming icon from…
November 22, 2017 She Who is Quick to Hear: the Miraculous Athonite Icon of the Mother of God The prototype of the Athonite icon of the Most-Holy Theotokos “She Who Is Quick To Hear” (a copy of which is honored in the…
November 16, 2017 Recognizing the Holy Apostles in Orthodox Icons Icons are painted as windows into Heaven, and therefore to show the Heavenly, rather than earthly, reality. Nevertheless, Icons are made of the people…
November 13, 2017 The Appearance of Politicians, Rulers and Patrons in Orthodox Christian Iconography An interesting story recently appeared about a district official in Kazakhstan being depicted in a fresco at the new cathedral in the city of…
