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 all, icons help us experience the Heavenly Kingdom on earth. Although the use of icons is misunderstood by some as idolatry, icons are not worshipped. Icons are venerated or paid honorable reverence, as are other objects of the faith, such as the cross. Worship is reserved to God alone. This category provides links to icons and to articles related to icons.
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- Russian Icons Gallery Brief history, religious and cultural background, aesthetical analysis,and critiques of Russian Icons. In English and Japanese.
- Iconia Studio Selection of orthodox icons painted by Daniela Jurescu.
- Velikiy Novgorod Features works created in this ancient Russian city.
- Andrei Rublev Museum Moscow, Russia; includes a selection of icons from their permanent collection.
- Ikons: Windows into Heaven Includes the history and development of iconography, details of the craft, examples of icons and other work of Bob Atchison.
- Zograff A Gallery of wall-paintings and icons from Bulgarian authors: Nedyalko Jekov, Yordan Ivanov, Dimitar Peev, Vassil Yanev, Radoslav Hristov.
- Art Gallery:Russian icons A gallery of Russian icons, all thumbnailed and with preview and both high and low res images.
- 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.
- 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.
- Icons of the Saris Museum at Bardejov Gallery of various subjects located in Slovakia.
- Tatiana Vartanova Icon artist and restorations. A description of the artist and her work.
- Byzantine Art Icons Features the work and technique of the studio of Greek iconographers Maria Sigalas-Spanopoulos and Nikolas Spanopoulos.
- Byzantine Icons Icons painted on wood according the ancient byzantine technique, by Maria Elisabeta Bonef.
- Iconart.ro Icons made by Camelia Munteanu (Bucharest, Romania).
- Georgian Iconography The history of Georgian orthodox crafts, handmade icons and iconography. Present Christian icons in enamel, with embossing, written by modern Georgian iconographers.
- Archangel Icons Traditional byzantine orthodox icons by iconographer Michael Kapeluck.
- Carrington Sacred Art Sacred icon paintings, by artist Kathryn Carrington.
- Russian orthodox icons Virtual gallery of the iconpainter Olga Kuznetsova, from St. Petersburg (Russia).
- Aidan Hart Icons Includes over 200 icons and frescoes by Aidan Hart, plus over 20 articles on iconography and church architecture.