Explanations of Icons

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**This is another interesting Icon. What is the meaning of this one? **

It’s St. John of Damascus and his Ladder of Divine Ascent–not a book for beginners.
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Yes, I have no idea about what that is. I know who St. John of Damascus is, however I don’t know about the Ladder of Divine Ascent.
 
bpbasilphx said:
**This is another interesting Icon. What is the meaning of this one? **

It’s St. John of Damascus and his Ladder of Divine Ascent–not a book for beginners.
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I’m going to give a slight correction, my friend, St. John Climacus didn’t live in Damascus, he lived for 65 years at St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mt. Sinai. His feast is 30 March and his book The Ladder of Divine Ascent is read one chapter per day on the 30 days of March that lead up to his feast. And, as bpbasilphx has written, it should not be read without discussing it over with your Spiritual Father.

St. John of Damascus lived about 100 years later in Syria.
 
Was it typical to dress the dead and young in mummy like wrappings at the time. Also is Lazarus a saint?

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Great Lent is a period of time when the people are more conscious of their spiritual character. The passages of the Gospels and the Epistles, the hymnology and prayers, the spirit of the Church - all endeavor to help the Christian cleanse himself spiritually through repentance.
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holdencaulfield said:
Was it typical to dress the dead and young in mummy like wrappings at the time. Also is Lazarus a saint?

Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha in the Orthodox Church - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
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Yes, St. Lazarus is a saint and his feast day is the day before Flower/Palm Sunday. In many Orthodox countries, like Bulgaria and Serbia, his feast day is a day of great rejoicing with the young girls going from house to house in the village singing of the coming of spring and the promise of the Resurrection.

This is also the day that ***** willows and other branches are blessed for the Flower/Palm Sunday procession.

St. Lazarus is depicted in his burial wrappings. Tradition tells us that the Jews were buried in a shroud with linen wrapped around the head and jaw to keep the jaw closed.

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Remember this?



There is also the Sudarium:



It was wrapped around His head.
 
Oh yes I forgot about this. What about in the Nativity and the Dormition. Were babies normally dressed in wrappings. I assume for protection from the elements like sand.
 
Yes, I do remember reading that baby King Solomon was also wrapped in swaddling clothes.
I was nursed in swaddling clothes, and with great cares. For none of the kings had any other beginning of birth.
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Wisdom 7:4-5

(The original Title was The Wisdom of Solomon.)
 
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I assume that this Icon is depicting the Theotokos’ enrollment as a temple virgin.
 
Is that in the background the Annunciation. It looks like it. Why wasn’t the Protoevangelion of James in the Bible. It seems like it should have been as all Catholics, Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox view it as being an authentic historically correct work.
 
holdencaulfield said:
Is that in the background the Annunciation. It looks like it.
No, it isn’t the Annunciation. Holy Tradition tells us that Mary was often in with the Holy of Holies and that the Angels brought her “bread from Heaven” or heavenly nourishment. This is what is depicted in this part of the ikon.

Holy Tradition also tells us that one of the duties of Mary when she was in the Temple was to spin the threads that were used to weave the veil of the Temple that hid the Holy of Holies from those in the main part of the Temple.

Hope this helps…
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Patchunky said:
No, it isn’t the Annunciation. Holy Tradition tells us that Mary was often in with the Holy of Holies and that the Angels brought her “bread from Heaven” or heavenly nourishment. This is what is depicted in this part of the ikon.

Holy Tradition also tells us that one of the duties of Mary when she was in the Temple was to spin the threads that were used to weave the veil of the Temple that hid the Holy of Holies from those in the main part of the Temple.

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Could you please cite that? I’m not disagreeing, just wanting to know where it comes from. However how could the Blessed Theotokos go behind the Holy of Holies because first of all she was a woman and she was not the high priest. Why did they allow her to?
 
holdencaulfield said:
http://www.assumptioncathedral.org/content/image/gallery/Cathedral Tour of Iconography/20.jpg

Whats this Icon of? What are those keys beneath Christ?
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That is the icon of the Resurrection. The keys, nails, etc. are the remains of the gates of Hades, which have been broken into pieces by Christ’s death and resurrection. You can also see Adam and Eve (who represent the human race) being pulled from their graves.

More info: orthodoxinfo.com/death/resurrection_icon.aspx
 
But I thought there were not Icons of the Resurrection, since no one actually saw it happen.
 
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