To: GonzoII
"
In order to accommodate the sensibilities of the Orthodox icon painter, Mary is shown pointing to the word 'Heart'"
With all due respect, no Orthodox Christian would mistake this painting for an Orthodox icon.
4 posted on
01/02/2011 10:32:05 AM PST by
Kolokotronis
(Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
To: Kolokotronis
How about this one?
;-)
An icon for Mother Russia
The Virgin of Kazan is one of the most revered icons Russia ever knew. Its disappearance at the time of the Russian Revolution was a catastrophe, but its resurgence and its link with Pope John Paul II and Fatima has added a most recent chapter to one of the world’s greatest icons.
Philip Coppens
5 posted on
01/02/2011 10:41:33 AM PST by
Brian Kopp DPM
(Liberalism is infecund.)
To: Kolokotronis
I don't want you to lose any sleep. ;0)
8 posted on
01/02/2011 12:16:27 PM PST by
GonzoII
("That they may be one...Father")
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