Icons
Among the commonest search terms which find me are those referring to Father Pefkis, Mount Athos and icons. One searched for “ikonen”, so perhaps I should have a German translation. For that, there is Babel fish.
Here are my icons. If anyone can tell me the translation of the Greek in the Madonna, I would be grateful.
And these are my posts about icons:
ikon
Andrei Rublev
Pantocrator
Saint Anna
This is the most comprehensive site I have found: icons explained
Great pix and link. I am somewhat obsessed with patron saints and the icons have such rich symbolic history. I have a pic similar to the bottom one on my shrine wall with Buddha, Ganesh, etc.. is so weird how baby Jesus is drawn as an adult in these images.
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I think the one with madonna and child is Our Lady of Perpetual Help… it is beautiful
I think it is closest to Our Lady of the Don, whose sleeve is very similar, as well as the pose. It is comparatively unusual in icons for Jesus to be on Mary’s right. Fr. Pefkis has edited out Jesus’ left hand, so he looks more as if he is embracing his mother.
Thank you for visiting. You are right that it is beautiful.
You asked if someone could translate the words on the Madonna icon so I wrote a friend of mine, my writing mentor who is Greek, and she sent this: The initials on the left are the old style Greek letters. They stand for Ieesous Christos, Jesus Christ.
The word to the right of the virgin is the feminine form of “The Leader.” in other words: She who leads, odheeyitria. The syllable in bold is where the accent falls in the Greek.
And there you have it! Her website is here: http://www.katerinawhitley.net/
Blessings!
~Dawn
Thank you for that. The leader being Mary. Not what I would have expected at all, and it pleases me.