I is for Icons or from iconoclast to icon lover
If you would have said to me 6 years ago, maybe even just 5 years ago that I would some day write a post sharing about my love of Eastern Orthodox Icons, you would have gotten an earful about the “graven image” part of the 2nd commandment and how wrong I thought the whole idea was. I’ve come along way, baby! It wasn’t easy though. I really wasn’t sure I could become an Orthodox Christian because I just didn’t understand icons or iconography or why they were important. Why would I want to have these hanging in my house? Do I have to kiss them? Why? My very first visit to on Orthodox service was overwhelming. The walls are covered in icons! There are three analogions (podiums). The one in the center held a wreath with a cross. This wreath holds a teeny tiny fragment of the True Cross and I have since learned is only displayed at certain times. The other two analogions are the left and right side as you look at the iconostasis. When facing the iconostasis the one on the left ho