Orthodox icons
Eastern Christian images
Orthodox icons are religious images venerated in Eastern Orthodox Christianity—painted depictions of Christ, the Virgin Mary, saints, or biblical scenes, typically rendered in a distinctive flat, stylized manner on wooden panels.
Icons function not as mere decoration but as windows to the sacred, used in worship, prayer, and devotion.
They follow strict artistic conventions called iconography, passed down through centuries.
The church walls were covered with Orthodox icons.
- liturgicalOf public worship rites
- wood panelFlat timber board section
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
- gessoAbsorbent primer for canvases
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
fresco · veneration · Constantinople · halo · divine light · Virgin Mary · mother of God · sacred image · consecration · holiness · gold leaf · transcendence · intercession · prayer · humility · stylized · redemption · sanctification
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