Need help interpreting an icon

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I recently was given a personalized icon of St. John the Apostle, but could use some help interpreting it (in terms of the symbology as well as the Greek). Here are some pics; any help would be great. (and because I used the Mac camera you might need a mirror to read the Greek)

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It is St. John the Theologian across the top…and the initials for Jesus Christ under the hand.

I was having a hard time making out the side…but it is St. Prochorus.

salaam.
 
I see you replied before I got the edit finished…

the younger scribe is St. Prochoros (I missed the Rho at first read). He is apparently someone who is supposed to have traveled with John. I am, admittedly, unfamiliar with the story.

It is an absolutely lovely icon though.

salaam.
 
OOOO!!! St. John the Theologian is my patron saint! That other link you posted has a very beautiful Icon, which I have not seen before today.

I’ve got the icon you originally posted pictures of hanging in my room back home. Badaliyyah was correct in the names given. This Icon specifically is of John’s receiving of the Revalation from God through Christ (shown by IC XC in the icon). In the later years of his life, John was banished to the island of Patmos, where he spent much time praying. There he had many visions which came to be put in the book of Revalations.The Orthodox Church in America website (OCA.org) has a brief “Life of the Saint” summary which is much better than I can personally paraphrase. The last chapter of which I’m pasting in here, but of course, feel free to read the whole thing on the site:

St Prochorus at first accompanied the holy Apostle Peter and was made by him bishop in the city of Nicomedia. After the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, Prochorus was a companion and coworker of the holy Apostle John the Theologian and was banished to the island of Patmos together with him. There he wrote down the Book of Revelation concerning the final fate of the world. Upon returning to Nicomedia, St Prochorus converted pagans to Christ in the city of Antioch and there he received a martyr’s crown.
 
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Thank you very much!

Look what I found- this must be what the icon-writer used as inspiration

bridgebuilding.com/narr/nojop.html**

**I can assure you that traditional Eastern iconography has nothing whatever to do with the products of “Bridgebuilder Icons.” Iconography reflects the teaching of the Church. There is more to iconography than mere technique. The produts of “Bridgebuilders” reflects their own ideas.

In this particular case–for a change–BB based its product on traditional models, not the other way around.

Real iconographers abhor BB.**
 
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