Life of Jesus in Icons

Life of Jesus in Icons
Author:
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780814632376

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"In the Cathedral Church of Mary of the Assumption in Tbilisi, Georgia, in Eastern Europe, "the Word of Life" is proclaimed in the Liturgy, and also told through one hundred and thirty icons of scenes from the Bible, elegantly arranged along the Cathedral's side walls. For the faithful, these icons uncover the thread of love that can draw them to enter, through prayer, into contemplation of the image of the invisible God." "Thirty of these icons, which tell the story of the life of Jesus, are reproduced in this book together with the relevant biblical texts and a commentary written especially for the English language edition by Francis J. Moloney, SDB. Carefully chosen extracts from early Church Fathers shed further light on each of the events portrayed in the icons."--BOOK JACKET.

THE LIFE OF JESUS BY ICONS

THE LIFE OF JESUS BY ICONS
Author: PELAGIA YU CHUAN
Publisher: PELAGIA YU CHUAN
Total Pages: 71
Release: 2014-08-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

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To present the life of Jesus with ancient byzantine icons, is a great blessing for me and also, a new way to introduce the Orthodoxy in the Chinese world. I made this book from my experience as, Orthodox teacher, by the blessing of our Metropolitan of Hong Kong & SE Asia Nektarios, and with the help of my spiritual father , archimandrite Jonah. Chinese language is pictorial, the Chinese characters are pictures, Chinese communicate using pictures. So I started to do the catechism , presenting to my people icons. The result was marvelous. The beginners could understand the life of Jesus much more better, than reading a text. But it is also something deeper. Because the icons have very deep spiritual meaning, and express the theology with colors and shapes, teaching by icons the life of Jesus, in parallel we teach the subconscious mind of the people the spirituality and the “ethos” of the Orthodox Church. According to professor G. Kordis, icons lead to communion, (Icons as communion, by Holy cross orthodox press ) so the Chinese people, gazing at the icons they have a deep taste of the Church life, or better they are immersed in her. The icons have also healing effect to the soul of the reader. They bring close to the grace of God which emerges from the icons, to the the feast of love, and so the result is healing the wounds of the soul. Our Church is decorated with many icons . We printed them very big. I asked the workers from the printing company -not Christians, and did not know anything about christianity- what is their feeling, gazing this (printed) icon. They told me they feel inner peace and inner comfort. They wanted to know who are the persons, Jesus, Holy mother etc… I want to point out that we choose in purpose, very famous and also ancient icons. The one reason is that they are almost about 1.000 years old so they do not violate copy-write (and we try to keep the fair use, lowering the resolution and the dpi (to 70) of the icons. They are all in Mount Athos, the unique monastic community of christianity which has history of about 1600 years (!). The holy fathers of this holy mountain (which spiritually belongs to the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical patriarchate of Constantinople) blessed our priest, Fr. Jonah Mourtos to come here, and he founded the Orthodox Church in Taiwan. we thank the holy Abbots and the Fathers of the monasteries, who allowed us to use the icons, to give the witness of the Orthodoxy in the east. By these holy icons, we want to show that the historical tradition and continuation of the Orthodoxy, too. In the Chinese world, from one point of view is the very sad thing the fact, the many people buy a Bible and create a church, their own Church from nowhere. But from the other point of view, the Chinese people appreciate the spiritual lineage and the originality of ideas, the one catholic and apostolic church as expressed by our church, without political, national or other non christian ideas. We present to our beloved readers, this originality of the byzantine holy art, so to feel the sweet comfort and blessing. And finally we present the icons as they “work” as their natural place is in the church, which is the icon of the universe. So our readers, who had not the opportunity to be in an Orthodox Church building, can see the icons dynamically serving the Church, which is the place where everything takes its real existence and purpose, in the Divine Liturgy. We did not write too much text to explain every icon, but we wrote only the passages from the bible, so the person who wants to learn, he can think first, then open the bible see the details, the holy text, see the icon again and gradually start to enter to the grace of the christian life and start to have a taste of the orthodoxy. All the credits to the fathers of Mt Athos who allowed as the bless us for this ebook, and the friends who helped and they do not want their names to be in public, but I know they will be reviled to all in the kingdom of God. My gratitude to Michael Kampuridis, Olga and Anna Stetsko, Spyros Gourvelos and their families. Pelagia Yu Chuan

Theology of the Icon

Theology of the Icon
Author: Léonide Ouspensky
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1992
Genre: Art
ISBN:

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This is the most comprehensive introduction available to the history and theology of the icon, and is the standard text upon which most modern studies of iconography are based. It includes more than the basic theory of the transfiguration of beauty and the sanctification of art. It is a fundamental element in the entire body of Orthodox Tradition. n this two-volume work, author Leonid Ouspensky provides the reader with a deep and serious approach to the mystery of the sacred image. He surveys the development of the sacred art of the Christian East from its beginnings in catacomb art through the iconoclastic controversy of the eighth and ninth century. Drawing especially on the Russian Orthodox tradition, the author studies a large number of texts with care and in great detail. He includes an analysis of the flowering of early Russian iconography, tracing its later development and the state of the art today. The 51 black and white photo illustrations, along with the four-panel foldout and six color plates, will enable the reader to appreciate the Orthodox icon with an informed mind and open heart. Volume I, originally published in 1978, has been updated by the author and contains large sections of new material [Publisher description]

Behold the Beauty of the Lord

Behold the Beauty of the Lord
Author: Henri J. M. Nouwen
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2007-09-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1594715092

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This twentieth anniversary edition (more than 111,000 copies sold) brings Henri J.M. Nouwen's writings on Eastern Orthodox icons to a new generation and adds to the Nouwen collection published by Ave Maria Press. With a foreword by Br. Robert Lentz, a well-known painter of contemporary icons, this classic Nouwen book invites readers to pray with four Russian icons with their eyes open by emphasizing seeing or gazing, which are at the heart of Eastern spirituality. Nouwen's meditations reveal his viewing of the icons not as decorations, but holy places. The book includes four full-color icons for private contemplation or meditation.

A Light from the East

A Light from the East
Author: Tony El Khoury
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019
Genre:
ISBN: 9781941709870

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Women

Women
Author: Phyllis Zagano
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809155002

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Phyllis Zagano is an internationally acclaimed Catholic scholar and lecturer on contemporary spirituality and women's issues in the Church and is a member of the papal commission for the study of the diaconate of women. Her other books with Paulist Press include Women in Ministry: Emerging Questions about the Diaconate and Women Deacons: Past, Present, Future. She is senior research associate-in-residence and adjunct professor of religion at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York. Book jacket.

Byzantine Iconography

Byzantine Iconography
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2014
Genre: Christian art
ISBN: 9789868402638

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The Dwelling of the Light

The Dwelling of the Light
Author: Rowan Williams
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780802827784

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Drawing on a rich source of devotional theology, Archbishop Rowan Williams shows readers of all Christian traditions how to understand and interact with four classical icons depicting Jesus.

Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Author: Alfredo Tradigo
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2006
Genre: Christian saints in art
ISBN: 9780892368457

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Catalogues the heritage of images according to type and subject, from the ancient at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai to those from Greece, Constantinople, and Russia. This book includes chapters such as role of icons in the Orthodox liturgy and on common iconic subjects, including the fathers and saints of the Eastern Church.

Living in The Story

Living in The Story
Author: Charlotte Vaughan Coyle
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2021-08-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666705233

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What kind of book is the Bible? Is it a rulebook or a guidebook for moral living? Is it a history book or a book filled with fascinating (and sometimes fantastic) stories? Did humans write the Bible or did God somehow speak a perfect message that the authors transcribed? Many people have asked these questions about the nature of this beautiful, odd, comforting, disturbing book the church calls its “Holy Scripture.” Charlotte Vaughan Coyle shares her own journey to make sense of the Bible in this read-through-the-Bible-in-a-year project. She discovered that the crucial work of asking hard questions and even arguing with the Bible revealed the Scriptures to be a symphony of polyphonic voices, a work of art that paints an alternative vision of reality, a complex novel-like story unavoidably embedded in its own culture and time, and yet able to give witness to the God beyond history who has acted (and continues to act) within history. With the heart of a pastor and the passion of a preacher, Rev. Coyle invites seekers and students (both churched and un-churched) to strap on their scuba gear and join her for a deeper dive beneath the surface of this immense, colorful, mysterious world of the Bible.