η τελευταία παρακαταθήκη της απερχόμενης διευθύντριας Αναστασίας Λαζαρίδου Οι βυζαντινές εικόνες και οι τοιχογραφίες ήταν η παρηγοριά μου στην αβάσταχτη ορθοστασία της παιδικής μου ηλικίας, περιμένοντας την ολοκλήρωση της θείας λειτουργίας στους σχολικούς και οικογενειακούς εκκλησιασμούς. Σκηνές της Αγίας Γραφής, σε παράδοξα τοπία και ιδιότυπα κτίσματα, διέγειραν την φαντασία μου και με ταξίδευαν μέσα στην κατανυκτική ατμόσφαιρα, με τις ψαλμωδίες και τα λιβάνια. Έκτοτε οι εκκλησιασμοί…

ORNAMENT - St. John the Baptist

Commemorated on December 6 / December 19 According to Bishop Nikolai Velimirovch in The Prologue from Ohrid: "This saint, famed throughout the entire world today, was the only son of his eminent and wealthy parents, Theophanes and Nona, citizens of Patara in Lycia. They dedicated to God the only son He gave them. St Nicholas was instructed in the spiritual life by his uncle Nicholas, Bishop of Patara (see below), and became a monk at 'New Sion', a monastery founded by his uncle. On the death…

Byzantine icon depicting St Nicholas with scenes from his life, 13th century, Byzantine Museum of Kastoria, Greece

«Ora lascia, o Signore, che il tuo servo vada in pace secondo la tua parola, perché i miei occhi hanno visto la tua salvezza, preparata da te davanti a tutti i popoli, luce per illuminare le genti e gloria del tuo popolo, Israele.» «Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine, secundum verbum tuum in pace: Quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum Quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum Lumen ad revelationem gentium, et gloriam plebis tuae Israel.» Il Nunc dimittis, la bellissima preghiera che Simeone…

Beautiful hand-painted icon of Holy Foremother Ruth. We take time and carefully photograph each icon. Please check out all photos! Size: 30cm x 20cm x 2cm (11.81″ x 7.87″ x 0.79″) Materials: tempera, gold leaf, solid wood panel, varnish Technique: gilding, egg tempera

Jacques Bihin added a new photo — with Sainte Catherine de Sienne.

Beautiful hand-painted icon of St Anna (Saint Anne; Pyhä Anna). We take time and carefully photograph each icon. Please check out all photos! Size: 32cm x 25cm x 2cm (12.6" x 9.84" x 0.79") Materials: tempera, matte varnish, solid lime wood board with support slats (braces) on the back, gold leaf (23kt) Technique: egg tempera, gilding, granare gratare (handmade gold engraving)

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St Nicholas icon, Mount Sinai, Monastery of St. Catherine.

Association Icône Contemporaine

Beautiful hand-painted icon of St Hannah the Prophetess. We take time and carefully photograph each icon. Please check out all photos! Size: 30cm x 20cm x 2cm (11.81″ x 7.87″ x 0.79″) Materials: tempera, gold leaf, solid wood panel, varnish Technique: gilding, egg tempera

St. Esther