The restoration project of the Sacred Canopy of the Holy Sepulchre can be seen in an exhibition hosted at the National Geographic Museum in Washington.
A big project which had to combine many different science disciplines and Christian faith, was completed with great success and became an interactive, digital exhibition, which virtually transports the monument to the people. The monument is the Sacred Canopy of the Holy Sepulchre and the forces joined are the donors, the scientific personnel and the Christian communities who agreed and worked feverishly for the restoration of the expanding problems of...
The depiction of the birth of Jesus
The hagiographies constitute for the Orthodox Church the way the faithful come into contact with the one or those depicted in the icon and feel their impact in their life. They are a means of worship and for many a source of inspiration and creation, a source of protection and care. In each icon we can "read" the message of the Saint, we are experiencing the message of the...
The depiction of the birth of Jesus
The hagiographies constitute for the Orthodox Church the way the faithful come into contact with the one or those depicted in the icon and feel their impact in their life. They are a means of worship and for many a source of inspiration and creation, a source of protection and care. In each icon we can "read" the message of the Saint, we are experiencing the message of the scene...
The Orthodoxy church calendar in a complete composition
“Iconotechniki” wanted to paint all the icons of the hagiology of Orthodoxy with absolute accuracy, according to the requirements of byzantine hagiography, and to place them in a composition which could be aesthetically perfect and fully functional in its use. The result of this effort was the creation, for the first time, of a unique icon stand with 393 icons - one for each Saint of the Orthodox Faith...
The importance of icons in the Orthodox Christian Faith
Icons play a very important role in the Orthodox Christian Faith. Beautiful, ornate hagiographic icons are described as the “windows to the kingdom of God”. Orthodox icons are used both inside the church, as an integral part of the expression of faith, as well as privately in peoples’ homes. For the faithful Orthodox Christian, the icon consists a form of prayer and a "means" of praying. Most icons usually...
The importance of icons in the Orthodox Christian Faith
Icons play a very important role in the Orthodox Christian Faith. Beautiful, ornate hagiographic icons are described as the “windows to the kingdom of God”. Orthodox icons are used both inside the church, as an integral part of the expression of faith, as well as privately in peoples’ homes. For the faithful Orthodox Christian, the icon consists a form of prayer and a "means" of praying. Most icons usually depict...
