Who wrote this icon and when was it written?
With the depiction of the Theotokos holding both St. Peter's and the Hagia Sophia, it appears to be an attempt to show divine favor upon the reunion of these two ancient sees. However, any hasty attempts at reunion would most likely be false.
Traditional Icons show the Theotokos holding the Christ-Child, but this icon seems to show a 'saint' instead.
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me a sinner.
VERY strange, I agree !
And that map of GREECE displayed like an advertisement ?? Almost shocking how they distorted a Znamenskaya Icon of the Mother of God.
Besides all the clutter, usually it goes only to what, waist length or so ?
This is WEIRD>
Who is the other Saint across from St John the Forerunner ?
Looks like St George at the bottom right [when facing the icon] and St Dimitry of Thessaloniki on the left ?
Why these particularly ?
Here is another strange icon that seems to depict New Calendarists "saints."
Since several icons of new saints have been produced, I now ask questions before venerating or buying one:
Does anyone have any knowledge about this icon?
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me a sinner.
Saint Gorazd was Bishop of Prague, then a part of the Church of Serbia. The commando that killed Heydrich, Nazi "protector" of Bohemia Moravia hid in the cathedral in unclear circunstances: nobody can tell if the saint knew this. As a consequence, he was executed. The face of Heydrich can be recognised in the icon. By the way, Saint Gorazd was not a new calendarist.
Priidite, poklonimsja i pripadem ko Hristu.
Well, I knew it was his feast day recently. Was going to check which day by looking at the link, rather than going to my Calendar. But the link has no info. Maybe not enough material was submitted on him.
Who are the priests Vaclav and Vladimir in the life story of St Gorazd ? And the layman Jan, all pictured ?
Obviously a Czech icon right ?
The dragon motif is quite something.
The wikipedia notice that I posted is quite detailed but the link not correct. Make a Google serach with "Saint Gorazd" and you will find many materials, including the Wikipedia page. Iconogrphically speaking, the icon is not correct according to me
Priidite, poklonimsja i pripadem ko Hristu.
