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# Icon

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  This article is concerned with the religious images called icons, principally in Eastern Christianity. For other senses of this word, see icon (disambiguation).

Christ the Redeemer (1410s, by Andrei Rublev)

An icon (from Greek εἰκών, eikon, "image") is an image, picture, or representation; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by meaning or representing it. In history religion has often used images. Some, such as Hinduism, have a very rich iconography called murti, while others, such as Islam, limit the use of images.

In Orthodox Christianity and other icon-painting Christian traditions, the icon is generally a flat panel painting that shows a holy being or object such as Jesus, Mary, saints, angels, or the cross.

## [edit] External links

### [edit] Pictures

- Online exhibitions of over 1000 ancient icons
- Icons of Mount Athos
- Russian Icons from 12th to 18th century
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America: Icons
- Gallery of icons, murals and mosaics (mostly Russian) from 11th to 20th century
- Two 19th century Russian icons depicting Saint Nicholas
- Sacred Icons painted by the famous artist David Ongaro

### [edit] Orthodox

- The Iconic and Symbolic in Orthodox Iconography
- Church of the Nativity - Explanation of Orthodox Christian Icons
- On the difference of Western Religious Art and Orthodox Iconography
- about painting techiniqu and who paints icons at the church clergy men or monks or laity
- Romanian glass icons

### [edit] Catholic

- Catholic Encyclopedia: "Veneration of Images"

### [edit] Protestant

- Theology of Icons: a Protestant Perspective

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