holy icons
Venerated religious paintings
Holy icons are religious images, particularly in Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic traditions, depicting Christ, the Virgin Mary, saints, or biblical scenes.
Unlike mere decoration, icons are venerated as sacred objects that connect worshippers to the divine: The faithful light candles before holy icons.
They follow strict artistic conventions believed to preserve spiritual authenticity.
- haloLuminous ring overhead
- paintColored coating substance
- gold leafUltra-thin decorative metal
- frameSupporting outer structure
- relicPreserved ancient object
Byzantine art · Andrei Rublev · triptych · Orthodox Christianity · veneration · encaustic · crucifix · panel · altar · kiss · prayer · shrines · red corner · wood · candles · reverence · Mary · patron saint
- sacred relicsArk of the Covenant, Shroud of Turin, True Cross, Spear of Destiny, Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Eastern OrthodoxyEastern Orthodox, Greek Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodoxy, Greek Orthodox
- Eastern CatholicGreek Catholic, metropolitans, metropolitan, Church Slavonic, theotokos
- MariologyMary, Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady, Assumption
- Coptic ChristianityCopts, Saint Mark
- hagiographysaints' lives, hagiographer, hagiography, vita, vitae
holy iconscommercial art
Visual work for profit
pornography · graven images · propaganda posters · celebrity portraits · political posters