“If a pagan asks you to show him your faith,
take him into church and place him before the icons”.-St. John of Damascus
Below are listed all posts that I have written regarding iconography. This includes theological and historical introductions as well as the interpretation of many different types of icons.
THE ESSENCE OF THE ICON
HISTORY OF THE ICON
The Icon and the Constantinian Period
THE LANGUAGE OF THE ICON
The Portrayal of God the Father
BIBLICAL EVENTS
Rublev’s Hospitality of Abraham (Trinity)
The Meeting of the Lord (Presentation)
The Finding in the Temple (Mid-Pentecost)
The Theophany (Baptism of the Lord)
The Dormition of the Theotokos
THE LORD
THE HOLY THEOTOKOS
THE SAINTS
THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
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Mother of God “Of the Sign”
Mother of God of the Sign
The Slave of the Immaculate 