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Could anyone help me in finding out what the icon in my signature means and the title? I’ve tried looking and haven’t been successful Thank you in advance! 
Hello Shoshana,Could anyone help me in finding out what the icon in my signature means and the title? I’ve tried looking and haven’t been successful Thank you in advance!![]()
Yes. “Extreme Humility”.This icon is known as “Extreme Humility” This is the first time I have seen the Mother of God included.
It looks suspiciously like the image I scanned of our copy of the icon and posted on Christian forums in early 2004Could anyone help me in finding out what the icon in my signature means and the title? I’ve tried looking and haven’t been successful Thank you in advance!![]()
Oops! Sorry. Meant to post this one.The one Mickey shows is a different icon entitled Christ the Bridegroom.
See here for an explanation of the difference.
The inclusion of the Theotokos with the dead Christ is quite usual in Orthodox iconography and is a depiction of the Hirmos of the ninth ode of the canon sung at matins of Holy and Great Saturday, and takes its name from the opening words:Could anyone help me in finding out what the icon in my signature means and the title? I’ve tried looking and haven’t been successful Thank you in advance!![]()
The sigma in Byzantine iconography is almost always written as a ‘c’. So βαcιλεὺς, then the first three would match. The t would probably stand for τῶν, so then the first 4 would match.Hello, I find this icon also very beautiful.
My question is: does anyone know what the letters at the top of the cross mean? I have asked people that know Greek and they have not been able to decode the message. The king of the Jews would be translated in greek by " ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων ". Only the first 2 letters would match… clearly there is something else written there… Does anyone know??? Thanks!![]()
Abbreviated form of O VASILEUS TIS DOXIS - the King of Glory (TSAR SLAVYI on Russian icons) - sorry I don;'t have time to call up the appropriate fonts or to find a more standardised transliteration.Hello, I find this icon also very beautiful.
My question is: does anyone know what the letters at the top of the cross mean? I have asked people that know Greek and they have not been able to decode the message. The king of the Jews would be translated in greek by " ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων ". Only the first 2 letters would match… clearly there is something else written there… Does anyone know??? Thanks!![]()