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Which icon is it? #412423 07/26/15 12:22 PM
Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 3 Indiana, USA T Thach Junior Member
Thach Junior Member T Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 3 Indiana, USA	Hello friends, I received this icon as a gift from a close friend. The icon came from his home in Crete, Greece. It is an ancient icon, written on liturgical cloth (which covered the wooden board). He told me that it is an ancient one (100-200 years old). What is the name of the icon? Which style is it? Is it highly valuable (artistically)?

Re: Which icon is it? Thach #412529 08/01/15 06:04 PM
Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 26,405 Likes: 38 Canada Orthodox Catholic Member
Orthodox Catholic Member Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 26,405 Likes: 38 Canada	Forgive my ignorance - where is the icon? Alex

Re: Which icon is it? Thach #412537 08/03/15 04:55 AM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 569 Likes: 2 Brooklyn, NY USA E Economos Romanos V. Russo Member
Economos Romanos V. Russo Member E Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 569 Likes: 2 Brooklyn, NY USA	Please show us a picture and maybe we can help!

Re: Which icon is it? Thach #412668 08/14/15 11:27 AM
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SearchingPilgrim Member Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 33 Keystone	I may be crazy, but it would be way more fun to start a game of "20 questions". So far it is the following -An Icon -From Crete -Written on liturgical cloth

Re: Which icon is it? SearchingPilgrim #412674 08/14/15 06:40 PM
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Orthodox Catholic Member Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 26,405 Likes: 38 Canada	Do you have a picture of it? Unless you do, we're not playing . . . Alex

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