What about Post Your Praying Icon here?

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Hi Friends.

I was talking with some ine about Icons, and how lovely it is to pray with than.

So I imagine if we could set our praying Icon here.

I am starting with the Pantocrato, so He can tooks the head of our Thread.

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Its a beautifulIcon. I am a convert please explain how to pray with an icon.
 
petitfleur said:
Its a beautifulIcon. I am a convert please explain how to pray with an icon.
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For the first step keep your eyes opened looking deeply and deeply and by the contemplation grace you will start to pray.
 
Hi LilyM!!!

Just loved your Icons.

Do you have that one called Mother of God of the Portal?

I’ve been looked for it but didn’t find a good one.

Regards.
 
Very beautiful!!

But do you know one that we can see a balsam falling from her right arm?
 
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I have a quite small version of this Russian icon–Our Lady of the Eternal Bloom or Flower which never withers. It is one of my very favorites.
 
:gopray: This one…

:signofcross:This one…
:gopray2:This one…
:highprayer:This one…(my favorite)
:byzsoc:This one…
:crossrc: and this one.
 
Cranch said:
Can you say what the significance is of the symbols at the forehead and shoulders of icons of the Virgin? Also what does it say around her halo? Is it specific to the image?
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The eight-point star on her forehead was probably added by a later artist to represent the Eastern idea that Mary is the star that leads us to Jesus.

The MP OV is the Greek abbrevition for Mother of God and you will always see them in icons of Mary. Just like you’ll always see “won” around Christ’s head, Greek for I AM.

I have many Icons I pray with, here is one I meditate on when I am praying the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary:


I also really like this one: Theotokos of the passion

[Mother of God of the Passion](http://orthodoxwiki.org/image: Mother_of_God_of_the_Passion.JPG) St. Luke the Evangelist the NT writer originally wrote this Icon. It’s imagry is so rich. Christ sees His Passion forshadowed in the cherubim and clings to His mother, He is so afraid he literally somes out of His shoes. If you look close one of His sandals is falling off.
 
b_justb said:
The eight-point star on her forehead was probably added by a later artist to represent the Eastern idea that Mary is the star that leads us to Jesus.

The MP OV is the Greek abbrevition for Mother of God and you will always see them in icons of Mary. Just like you’ll always see “won” around Christ’s head, Greek for I AM.
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Thanks for the info. Unlike the Theotokos of the Passion, The Simple’s post shows an icon with the symbol at both shoulders as well, as do many other icons of the Virgin I’ve seen. I wonder if it means the same thing when used tripled. Thank you for the MP OV explanation which I didn’t know, but I was specifically asking about the writing along the circumference of her halo. Any idea?
 
Fr. Ambros on these forums will probablty be able to read it for you. He haunts the Eastern Forums area. He is a wealth of information on Icons. The writting in yours appears to be Cyrillic and I have no idea, sorry.
 
Cranch said:
Can you say what the significance is of the symbols at the forehead and shoulders of icons of the Virgin?
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Those three little stars signify that the Mother of God was a virgin before, during and after childbirth.
Also what does it say around her halo? Is it specific to the image?
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It says in Slavonic: Raduisya Nevesto Nenevestnaya.

This can be translated as Rejoice, Unwedded Bride or Rejoice, Bride without Bridegroom.

This the refrain from the earliest Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God.

What’s an Akathist? See here
orthodoxwiki.org/Akathist

For the text of this particular Akathist (one of the most loved devotions in Orthodoxy, used at home and in church)
monachos.net/library/Akathist_Hymn_to_Our_Most_Holy_Lady_Mother_of_God_%28Theotokos%29
 
petitfleur said:
Its a beautifulIcon. I am a convert please explain how to pray with an icon.
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What do you do before Icons?

From one of my previous posts:

Here’s a practical explanation of an icon corner.

Here’s a helpful article about how to pray. It has more advanced links at the bottom to further elaborate. Having a dedicated icon corner is helpful to many because it creates a prayerful space in their home, and therefore in their lives. It brings the reality of the communion of saints, and through them the awesomeness of God, home to them in a tangible and accessible way. We are a physical people. The Eastern practice acknowledges this and harnesses it by giving each of our senses something to focus on, all of which direct our attention to the Trinity. We can see and touch the icons, feel and smell and see the candles, smell the incense, taste the antidoran and holy water, hear and speak our prayers, think of the glory of God, bow in reverence, rise in a new life. We can enter into a new life with the Trinity by using all of our being and senses to worship God in this one.
 
Fr_Ambrose said:
Those three little stars signify that the Mother of God was a virgin before, during and after childbirth.

It says in Slavonic: Raduisya Nevesto Nenevestnaya.

This can be translated as Rejoice, Unwedded Bride or Rejoice, Bride without Bridegroom.

This the refrain from the earliest Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God.

What’s an Akathist? See here
orthodoxwiki.org/Akathist

For the text of this particular Akathist (one of the most loved devotions in Orthodoxy, used at home and in church)
monachos.net/library/Akathist_Hymn_to_Our_Most_Holy_Lady_Mother_of_God_%28Theotokos%29
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Thanks, Fr. Ambrose! That just leaves the words above each shoulder. Can I prevail upon you for a translation?

By the way, I especially liked Eikos 11– “As a brilliant beacon-light shining to those in darkness do we behold the holy Virgin…”
 
Cranch said:
Thanks, Fr. Ambrose! That just leaves the words above each shoulder. Can I prevail upon you for a translation?
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The words above her shoulders are the ‘name’ of the icon - Umilenie Presvyatiya Bogoroditsy - The Mercy-Tenderness-Compassion of the All-holy Mother of God.

It is really hard to translate Umilenie into English with a single word. It has a lot of connotations.
 
Fr_Ambrose said:
The words above her shoulders are the ‘name’ of the icon - Umilenie Presvyatiya Bogoroditsy - The Mercy-Tenderness-Compassion of the All-holy Mother of God.

It is really hard to translate Umilenie into English with a single word. It has a lot of connotations.
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Thanks again, Fr. Ambrose!
 
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