Icons

The Inexhaustible Cup: On Getting Help for Alcohol and Drug Abuse

The Inexhaustible Cup: On Getting Help for Alcohol and Drug Abuse

18 May 2012

The Heart is Deep: St. Gregory Palamas and the Essence of Hesychasm

The Heart is Deep: St. Gregory Palamas and the Essence of Hesychasm

19 March 2012

Bishop Atanasije (Jevtic)

Fr. Stamatis says that the Orthodox icon is light-creating while the Western icon is shadow-creating. And indeed, Western pictures – even icons and frescoes – ever since the Middle Ages have had ...

Why is No One Ever Depicted Smiling on Icons?

Why is No One Ever Depicted Smiling on Icons?

09 March 2012

I have never seen a saint depicted on an icon smiling. Did they really not smile? Is smiling a sin?

Icons of Mt. Sinai

Icons of Mt. Sinai

09 February 2012

There is at least one icon from Mt. Sinai that even people far from the Church know: the famous Christ Pantocrator, one of the most ancient iconographic depictions of Christ, painted in ...

Coptic Icons

Coptic Icons

16 January 2012

The characteristic features of Coptic icon painting can already be seen in the fourth century: the large eyes and ears on a small head, the confident lines, the naive and childlike depictions. The ...

“The Main Thing I Can Share is That It is not Me Who Paints an Icon”

“The Main Thing I Can Share is That It is not Me Who Paints an Icon”

08 June 2011

However, my personal experience is that even when my soul is troubled and I start painting an icon, the Lord acts and cures my soul with that icon. The main thing I can share is that it is not me who ...

Can We Pray in Front of a Stern-looking Icon? Errors and Pitfalls in Icon Painting.

Can We Pray in Front of a Stern-looking Icon? Errors and Pitfalls in Icon Painting.

19 May 2011

Valeriya Posashko

What is Blessable As an Icon?

What is Blessable As an Icon?

18 June 2009

Hieromonk Vladimir (Lysak)

One of the great difficulties that I believe the Orthodox Church has always had is control over her iconographers. More than ever, especially today, icons are being painted without understanding, and ...

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