Icons (or ikons) are symbolic pictures, usually depicting Christ, the Virgin Mary, or the saints. They are an important part of Orthodox worship and liturgical life. Icons help us encounter the grandeur of the mysteries of God through our bodily senses. Icons provide beauty in worship, teach theology, present those of the faith to imitate, and are helpful in transforming us. Most important of ... [MORE] Shopping@ (30) 1. Gallery of Eastern-Orthodox Icons - Includes the names and composition of each. 2. Izograph Studio - Icons written by iconographer Xenia Pokrovsky, one of a few people in the former USSR who revived iconography in the late 1960s during the communist reign. 3. Seraphic Restorations - Icons written by the hand of iconographer Marek Czarnecki, a student of Russian Orthodox iconographer Ksenia Pokrovsky, who founded the Izograph School in Moscow. 4. A Guide to Byzantine Icons on the Internet - Resource of annotated links to Byzantine icons. Describes essential feature of icons, iconostasis and most common icon types. Includes index of contemporary iconographers, index of icon websites and icon galleries. 5. Andrei Rublev Museum - Moscow, Russia; includes a selection of icons from their permanent collection. 6. Art Gallery:Russian icons - A gallery of wonderful russian icons in a beautiful format, all thumbnailed and with preview and both high and low res images. 7. Christian Sanctuary Gallery - Overview of Byzantine iconography, artist profile, and exhibition. 8. Divine Inspirations Gallery - Icons by the hand of midwest iconographer Tom Denich, who paints in traditional Cretan style for wall and panel. 9. Icons of the Saris Museum at Bardejov NEW! - Gallery of various subjects located in Slovakia. 10. Ikons: Windows into Heaven - Includes the history and development of iconography, details of the craft, examples of icons and other work of Bob Atchison. 11. IMAGO Icon Gallery - Introduction and history of iconography, biographical notes and reflections, and examples of work [English/Svenska] 12. Irina & Sons Icon Gallery - A gallery specialized in hand-painted Orthodox Christian Icons. 13. Novgorod Icon Gallery - Features works created in this Russian city, sorted by date and subject. 14. OCF Icon Archive - A small collection of icons from the Orthodox Christian Fellowship at MIT. They are freely available for personal use. 15. Orthodox Byzantine Iconography - Features the work and technique of a studio of Greek iconographers. 16. Orthodox Ministry ACCESS Digital Icon Gallery - A nicely organized collection of icons from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. 17. Russian Icons NEW! - Brief description and examples. 18. Russian Icons at Auburn University - An alphabetical text index of links to 80 some Russian icons. Notes icon image sizes, the iconographer and which century. 19. Russian Icons Gallery - Brief history, religious and cultural background, aesthetical analysis,and critiques of Russian Icons. In English and Japanese. 20. Saint George - 70 icons of St. George, plus descriptions of the saint, the cult of saints in general, and the work of iconography. 21. Tatiana Vartanova - Icon Artist and Restorations NEW! - A description of the artist and her work. 22. Treasures of Mount Athos - Full catalog of the exhibition, includes icons, carvings, and manuscripts. 23. Zograff - A gallery of wall-paintings - A Gallery of wall-paintings and icons from young Bulgarian authors.

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