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Links to Iconography and Art

Iconographers are “image writers”. They paint (write) images of the Savior, the Saints and events in the life of the Church. These images are called icons and are venerated by Christians. From the earliest times Christians used images and held that the honor (which is veneration and not worship) this is given to the image passes on to that which the image represents, and he who venerates or reveres the image reveres that which the image represents. This is the teaching codified at the Seventh Ecumenical Council which was held at Nicea in A.D. 787.

The links here include those to sites about Byzantine Iconography & Art as well as to individual iconographers.

Photo: Iconographer Katie Anne and her mother, Karen Elizabeth, at work on an icon of St. Ann.


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Protection of the Mother of God

Protected by your coming, O Mother of God, * the faithful people celebrate today with splendor, * and, gazing at your most pure image, * we say with compunction: * "Shield us with your precious veil * and deliver us from all evil * imploring your Son, Christ our God, to save our souls.” (Troparion - Tone 4)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Today the Virgin stands forth in the Church, * and with the choirs of saints she invisibly prays to God for us. * The Angels worship with the hierarchs, * and the apostles exult with the prophets, * because, in our behalf, the Mother of God entreats the pre-eternal God. (Kontakion - Tone 3)

The Church celebrates the Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God on October 1st.