October 14, 2021 1531 12 Maintenance and Storage of Religious Icons Many people think that caring for religious icons is as simple as putting it anywhere in the house and wiping dust off it as…
October 7, 2021 1907 4 What is the Difference between Tempera and Acrylic Icons? Writing a religious icon implies considering many nuances and choosing the right technique, artistic-figurative language, as well as the image itself. There are several…
October 5, 2021 2654 3 Fayum Mummy Portraits — The Antecedents of Christian Icons Icon painting has deep roots in the doctrine of the Orthodox Church, but its artistic tradition originates from ancient art. No cultural phenomenon begins…
September 7, 2021 427 2 How the Icon of the Mother of God of Minsk Appeared on the Heraldic Symbol of the Belarusian Capital History of the icon According to the Church tradition, this icon is the work of history’s first icon painter, Apostle Luke the Evangelist. The…
August 23, 2021 564 0 History of Panagia Prousiotissa The story goes back a thousand years to the time when the heresy against the holy icons, Iconoclasm, was raging all over the Christian…
May 18, 2021 2301 0 Why Is Christ Shown Holding a Banner in the Icons of His Resurrection and Descent into Hades? Listen to the article In many Orthodox depictions of the Resurrection of our Lord, Christ is shown holding a banner. This way of showing…
May 13, 2021 150 0 Within a Mandorla There is a small class of events within the gospels that are treated in a special manner by iconographers. This special treatment reflects the…
May 7, 2021 224 0 The Place of the Theotokos in Icons of the Resurrection There are three general representations of the Resurrection in Orthodoxy: the Harrowing of Hades, Christ triumphantly rising from the tomb, and the angel appearing to the…
May 4, 2021 213 0 A Very Detailed Resurrection Icon We have seen Resurrection icons here previously, but today we will look at a rather remarkable example, extraordinary in its detail and the number…
April 22, 2021 110 0 The Royal Isographers — Who Were These People, and What Did They Do? We asked this question to Dmitry Trofimov, director of the visual arts workshops “Tsargrad” The royal isographers were the icon copiers or icon painters…
