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Web Site Home - Theology Home - Hierarchy Home - Locations Home - Education Home - Stewardship Home - Links Home - Vendors Home - Alphabetical Index Home - Thesaurus Home - Sitemap Home - Arabic fonts Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information CenterIkon and Ikonography
"An icon is a sacred image, an image by which holiness is not only
portrayed through wood and paints, but also is experienced by the
actual presence of God. The ikon is a manifestation of God to us, in a
sense it is a "window to heaven," a real presence of God, a real
presence of the Holy in our midst." Another definition of an ikon is the following. The ikon is a "formulated story" - a structured moral tale usually painted on wood and which is sometimes covered with an ornate, protective silver covering, leaving only the faces and hands of the figures uncovered. Ikons are objects which focus one's prayers and meditations towards heaven through symbolic representations of Christ, The Theotokos, saints and events in Scripture. The ikon is tradition-bound by a complex set of "unwritten" rules which govern image placement, proportional sizes of subjects, use of color, and most other aspects of creative development. The stylized quality of ikons is prized. Every aspect of ikonography is symbolic - the colors, the stances, the backgrounds, the arrangement of elements. It is considered to be poor form to depart from the tradition. Detail is kept to a minimum, colors are strong, perspective is stylized and figures are posed in certain set positions, each indicative of some quality. People are not meant to be realistic, but symbolic representations. Celebration of ikons in the LiturgyIkons are celebrated in the Liturgy on two Sundays:
Icons that depict Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ alone as a child or an adolescentThere are three icons that depict Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ alone as a child or an adolescent:
MeditationsCollection of Reflections by Frances Collie Eparchy of Newton, (Our Lady of the Annunciation (Al Bisharah) in Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States The Icon of the Annunciation, A Meditation by Mary Grace Ritchey, Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton The Icon of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, A Meditation by Mary Grace Ritchey, Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton The Icon of the Entrance into Jerusalem, A Meditation by Mary Grace Ritchey, Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton The Icon of the Nativity of the Mother of God, September 8th, A Meditation by Mary Grace Ritchey, Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton More InformationThe Face of God By Fr. Joseph Hallit Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton Hymnography and iconography in the Melkite Church An introduction Please click on the title of the paper. The above article is taken from a conference paper presented by His Excellency, His Excellency, Bishop Nicholas Samra, Titular Bishop Gerasa and Auxiliary Bishop Newton, USA. The American usage and spelling have been maintained. Iconography in the Eastern Church Saint Ann Melkite Catholic Church, West Patterson, NJ Multimedia St. Elias Melkite Catholic Church, Cleveland, Ohio Page down to Articles - "The Icon" By: Andrew Higl, a parishioner Resource Center Click on Ikons Sts. Peter and Paul Melkite Catholic Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Saint Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts , Click on Fixed Feasts of the Lord, Mobile Feasts of the Lord, Feasts of Our Lady, Feast of Major Saints, The Triodion, and The Triodion for Great Lent ExamplesBelow are examples of ikons of the The Theotokos and Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Letters "IE|XE" (IE XE) or "IC|XC" (IC XC) on the ikons of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ
The letters "IE|XE" or "IC|XC" (with the bar above them) is the Greek contraction/abbreviation for Jesus Christ.
Bar above the LettersIn Greek, the bar above the letters means a contraction/abbreviation. Letters "MP OY" on the ikons of The TheotokosIn Greek, the bar above the letters means a contraction/abbreviation. Some books that may be of valueThe books below may be a value to a person learning about icons: Web Site Home - Theology Home - Hierarchy Home - Locations Home - Education Home - Stewardship Home - Links Home - Vendors Home - Alphabetical Index Home - Thesaurus Home - Sitemap Home - Arabic fonts Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Martha Liles Web URL address: Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center or https://www.mliles.com/melkite/ E-mail: mliles@mliles.com or mliles@mliles.com Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center is
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