Icons (or ikons) are symbolic pictures, usually depicting Christ, the Virgin Mary, or the saints. They are an important part of Orthodox worship and liturgical life. Icons help us encounter the grandeur of the mysteries of God through our bodily senses. Icons provide beauty in worship, teach theology, present those of the faith to imitate, and are helpful in transforming us. Most important of all, icons help us experience the Heavenly Kingdom on earth.
Although the use of icons is misunderstood by some as idolatry, icons are not worshipped. Icons are venerated or paid honorable reverence, as are other objects of the faith, such as the cross. Worship is reserved to God alone.
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Includes over 200 icons and frescoes by Aidan Hart, plus over 20 articles on iconography and church architecture.
Moscow, Russia; includes a selection of icons from their permanent collection.
Traditional byzantine orthodox icons by iconographer Michael Kapeluck.
Features the work and technique of the studio of Greek iconographers Maria Sigalas-Spanopoulos and Nikolas Spanopoulos.
Icons painted on wood according the ancient byzantine technique, by Maria Elisabeta Bonef.
Sacred icon paintings, by artist Kathryn Carrington.
The history of Georgian orthodox crafts, handmade icons and iconography. Present Christian icons in enamel, with embossing, written by modern Georgian iconographers.
Gallery of various subjects located in Slovakia.
Includes the history and development of iconography, details of the craft, examples of icons and other work of Bob Atchison.
Icons written by iconographer Xenia Pokrovsky, one of a few people in the former USSR who revived iconography in the late 1960s during the communist reign.
Brief history, religious and cultural background, aesthetical analysis,and critiques of Russian Icons. In English and Japanese.
Icons written by the hand of iconographer Marek Czarnecki, a student of Russian Orthodox iconographer Ksenia Pokrovsky, who founded the Izograph School in Moscow.
Features works created in this ancient Russian city.
A Gallery of wall-paintings and icons from Bulgarian authors: Nedyalko Jekov, Yordan Ivanov, Dimitar Peev, Vassil Yanev, Radoslav Hristov.
Features works created in this ancient Russian city.
Sacred icon paintings, by artist Kathryn Carrington.
A Gallery of wall-paintings and icons from Bulgarian authors: Nedyalko Jekov, Yordan Ivanov, Dimitar Peev, Vassil Yanev, Radoslav Hristov.
Includes over 200 icons and frescoes by Aidan Hart, plus over 20 articles on iconography and church architecture.
The history of Georgian orthodox crafts, handmade icons and iconography. Present Christian icons in enamel, with embossing, written by modern Georgian iconographers.
Traditional byzantine orthodox icons by iconographer Michael Kapeluck.
Features the work and technique of the studio of Greek iconographers Maria Sigalas-Spanopoulos and Nikolas Spanopoulos.
Icons painted on wood according the ancient byzantine technique, by Maria Elisabeta Bonef.
Brief history, religious and cultural background, aesthetical analysis,and critiques of Russian Icons. In English and Japanese.
Includes the history and development of iconography, details of the craft, examples of icons and other work of Bob Atchison.
Icons written by the hand of iconographer Marek Czarnecki, a student of Russian Orthodox iconographer Ksenia Pokrovsky, who founded the Izograph School in Moscow.
Moscow, Russia; includes a selection of icons from their permanent collection.
Gallery of various subjects located in Slovakia.
Icons written by iconographer Xenia Pokrovsky, one of a few people in the former USSR who revived iconography in the late 1960s during the communist reign.
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