Icon - History Lab https://historylab.es Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:38:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Icon - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The Mother of God and the Saints: Orthodox Christian Icons at Maryhill Museum of Art https://historylab.es/the-mother-of-god-and-the-saints-orthodox-christian-icons-at-maryhill-museum-of-art/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-mother-of-god-and-the-saints-orthodox-christian-icons-at-maryhill-museum-of-art Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:42:20 +0000 https://historylab.es/the-mother-of-god-and-the-saints-orthodox-christian-icons-at-maryhill-museum-of-art/ This online exhibition includes icons with representations of the Mother of God and select Christian saints.

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]]> “Icon” is the Greek word for “image” and Orthodox Christian icons contain information that is presented in a concentrated visual format. Through the use of formal techniques and specific symbolism, they direct the hearts and minds of worshippers toward God. Icons are not merely decorative religious paintings; they are sacred objects that connect people to the figures that they portray. The ancient church affirmed that icons “partake of the nature of the original”. The images facilitate a two-way interaction: when individuals venerate them and use them for prayer, they receive spiritual benefit through the efficacy of the pictured people and events.

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