What Are Icons? A Practical Guideby Mike SullivanEditor’s Note: The following article was written to accompany CUF’s 2008 calendar, which features icons from Annunciation of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Church in Homer Glen, Illinois. To order a copy of the calendar, visit www.emmausroad.org.What are icons? In Eastern Christian heritage, icons are sacred images of Christ, Mary, and the saints, or of events in salvation history such as the Nativity or the Crucifixion. The very word “icon” comes from the Greek word for “image.”To people unfamiliar with icons, including many Western Christians, icons may initially seem weird, unappealing, or...