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Painted-by-Light | A Photograph of the Theotokos
Can a photograph of a Saint be considered an icon? According to the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, the answer would be yes – as in 2013 they added to Liturgical Calendar the celebration of...
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Our Lady of Ravensbrück | Icon of Saint Maria of Paris
Icon of Our Lady of Ravensbrück, based on a sketch by St Maria of Skobstova On the 31st March we commemorate Maria (Skobstova) of Paris, a Saint of the Archdiocese of Orthodox Churches of Russian...
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Lent 2019
Detail from Christ the Bridegroom icon. The Icons of Lent page has been updated with this year’s dates. Hopefully the articles within will provide useful. May our Lent be fruitful and productive,...
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Lent 2018
St Ephraim in prayer Pascha is early this year and so Lent is rapidly approaching; this Sunday, the 28th of January, marks the Sunday of the Publican of the Pharisee which is just two weeks before the...
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All Creation Rejoices | The Icon of the Hymn
All Creation Rejoices. Icon of Dionysius, 15th or 16th Century Many icons are inspired directly by the hymns of the Church and are indeed simply a visual representation of the words. One such icon is...
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Icons of the Bosom of Abraham
Detail from modern Romanian icon of the Bosom of Abraham by Elena Murariu. The Sundays before the Nativity feast (Christmas) are dedicated to the Holy Forefathers and Ancestors of Jesus Christ. Among...
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Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
Icon at the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem A famous variation of the Synaxis of the Mother of God is found in an icon at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The image is usually cropped to show...
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The Synaxis of the Mother of God
The day after every major feast in the Orthodox Church is usually dedicated to a saint who played a major “supporting role” in the events celebrated. So, the 7th of January – the day after we...
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Martyr Stephen the New of Mt Auxentios | Confessor of Icons
St Stephen (right) with another defender of the icons, St Theodore the Studite On Nov 28, the memory of the Holy Confessor and Martyr Stephen “the New” of Mount Auxentios. Born after numerous prayers...
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Icon of Saint Nektarios in Rhodes bleeding from hands
Detail of bleeding hands on icon of St Nektarios, Rhodes After yesterday’s post about St Phanourios of Rhodes, current news of a potentially wonder-working icon from the same Greek island. According...
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Saint Phanourios | The Saint Revealed by His Icon
Icon of Saint Phanourios in Rhodes Icons have been often described as a method of teaching about theology, Christ’s life and His Saints to the illiterate. In centuries past – and it seems for most of...
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When is an Icon not an Icon? | Russian Parsuna
Two iconographic portraits from the 15th and 16th centuries (Russia) Above are two Russian portraits painted on wooden panels, with the distinctive “recess” creating a raised border seen in many icons....
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Nativity Greetings | News for 2017
Nativity Icon from Mount Athos Prepare, O Bethlehem, for Eden has been opened to all! Adorn yourself, O Ephratha, for the tree of life blossoms forth from the Virgin in the cave! Her womb is a...
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Lent 2016
Today, Feb 21st 2016, is the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee. It is the first Sunday of the Lenten Triodion – a three week period that leads up to the beginning of Lent, and from Lent we...
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The Place of the Theotokos in Icons of the Resurrection
Icon showing the empty tomb and the angel appearing to the myrrh-bearing women. The Mother of God is on the far left. There are three general representations of the Resurrection in Orthodoxy: the...
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Lent 2015
The Publican and the Pharisee, Kosovo, 14th Century. February 1 marks the beginning of the Lenten Triodion (the period of preparation before Easter) with the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee....
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The Saint who always carried an icon of the Saviour
Anton of Martqopi, the Stylite January 19th celebrates the memory of a Georgian saint: Venerable Anton of Martqopi, the Stylite. He is one of the Thirteen Syrian Fathers who settled in Georgia during...
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Wonder working Icon of the Theotokos thwarts thieves
Panagia Giatrissa (All-Holy Virgin the Healer) Icon of Loutraka The Panagia Giatrissa Icon (All-Holy Virgin “the Healer”) is a well-known wonder-working image in Greece. In the early hours of December...
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Weeping Icons in Ukraine and Russia
Over the past couple of days, a number of websites have been linking to an article I posted a couple of years ago, quoting Fr Seraphim Rose’s words on why icons of the Mother of God weep. The reason...
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Why does John the Baptist have wings in Orthodox icons?
St John the Baptist, Angel of the Desert (17th Century, Russian) August 29th is the day that commemorates the Beheading of John the Baptist. Why is this Saint, almost uniquely, shown in many icons with...
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