Orthodox Christian Iconography

"No other art has used such simple means, and no other art has grasped such things." -Kontoglou

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Painting: Christ Enthroned

"Byzantine icons are painted in the spirit of the Gospels, with unostentatious austereness and religious grandeur."

-Kontoglou

St. Xenia entreating on our behalf

"...we ought to comprehend their sacred significance, and not despise their divine origin or the sacred things they portray, for they are visible manifestations of hidden and marvelous wonders."

-St. Dionysius the Areopagite