Who has an icon corner in their house?

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I wanted to revive this thread because I thought it would be a good idea. I have somewhat of an icon corner. See here.

This is what I have planned out. Link

I plan to paint most of them myself, many of which will be of the new Maronite “type.” The ones in my corner as of late were painted by me, with the exception of the San Damiano Crucifix. That one was purchased.

What do you think of my planned corner? It’s going to be somewhat expensive and will probably take a good amount of time, but in the end, it will be worth it. The little “home altar” will have a family Bible on it, a small censer, holy water and some votive candles.

Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?

Alaha minokhoun
Andrew
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Good luck, Andrew. Looks like it’ll be quite the task, but worthwhile in the end! I’m in RCIA, and as such a self-proclaimed “Latin at heart,” but I have a great appreciation for Eastern traditions. (Their images of Jesus are the only ones that don’t give me the creeps… 😛 )
 
After reading through various threads on these forums about personal shrines and icon corners, I was inspired to construct my own by printing off some icons from the internet. It’s kinda “East meets West.”
 
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It’s a bit slapdash in configuration, but I’m inbetween apartments and staying in the old bedroom at the parents… please pray for me. 😉
 
Harpazo said:
I wanted to revive this thread because I thought it would be a good idea. I have somewhat of an icon corner. See here.

This is what I have planned out. Link

I plan to paint most of them myself, many of which will be of the new Maronite “type.” The ones in my corner as of late were painted by me, with the exception of the San Damiano Crucifix. That one was purchased.

What do you think of my planned corner? It’s going to be somewhat expensive and will probably take a good amount of time, but in the end, it will be worth it. The little “home altar” will have a family Bible on it, a small censer, holy water and some votive candles.

Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?

Alaha minokhoun
Andrew
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Sounds good. When you finish, you can work on my place, OK? 😉
 
An Icon corner within your home. So many have wonderful displays, and some are simple but the whole idea of an icon corner, is that it is special-- FOR YOU— I have mine in my bedroom, where I sit when I go to sleep or get up. My bible, my Byzantine Book of Prayer, and now for Great Fast, my special prayer from book of Blessed Theodore(our Mission, 50 miles away from Anchorage,Ak.) On the walls are icons of my choice, rosaries on the wall and an electric votive candle that is always on with a red glow–even at night when I am sleeping. The icon corner–wonderful to display Our Lord, the Theotokos and all the saints(that we can afford to have–if you can’t afford one, I may be able to help). Cantor John
 
I have an icon stand at home, but I don’t have a Theotokos icon. I have the Christ the Teacher icon (with riza) and a Holy Family icon. Would it be “illegal” to print a Theotokos (or any other icon) on an inkjet printer from a digital reproduction and use it?
 
porthos11 said:
I have an icon stand at home, but I don’t have a Theotokos icon. I have the Christ the Teacher icon (with riza) and a Holy Family icon. Would it be “illegal” to print a Theotokos (or any other icon) on an inkjet printer from a digital reproduction and use it?
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No. Frame it and have it blessed and you are good to go.
 
My godmother has a gorgeous icon corner made up of many printed framed icons that were then blessed by a priest. Mine is quite small in comparison and is in my bedroom. I have a cross over my bed, which is a hop, skip and a jump away from my icon corner.Do I also need a cross in my icon corner?

What does the cloth over the icons symbolize? There are none in my church but I’ve seen them in other churches and in monasteries.

Blessings,
Triana
 
I am a Latin Rite Catholic, but I have never been fond of statues. I started collecting icons a couple of years ago. I also have beeswax candles, a vigil lamp, a censer, holy water, blessed salt, rosaries and a prayer rope, and a bible (opened to Psalm 51 for Lent), and last but not least, a card with a picture of Pope Benedict XVI.

 
Here is mine, it’s not really an icon corner, but is evolving quickly in that direction
 
I’ve made a few improvements to my icon corner in the past few days since I first posted an image. Let me know what you think…







 
BennyBoy89 said:
I’ve made a few improvements to my icon corner in the past few days since I first posted an image. Let me know what you think…

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Looks very nice.👍 If you really wanted to spice it up you could buy a hand censer. Although they can be a bit pricey considering you have to buy the incense and charcoals as well.

Very nice though!

Alaha minokhoun
Andrew
 
ok, it’s not really an icon corner, but evolving in that direction, I do like the incense as I say my prayers… :highprayer:
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Harpazo said:
Looks very nice.👍 If you really wanted to spice it up you could buy a hand censer. Although they can be a bit pricey considering you have to buy the incense and charcoals as well.

Very nice though!

Alaha minokhoun
Andrew
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I’ve considered getting a censer. What I’d really like to get is a nice statue of Our Lady and a real San Damiano crucifix instead of a printout.
 
BennyBoy89 said:
I’ve considered getting a censer. What I’d really like to get is a nice statue of Our Lady and a real San Damiano crucifix instead of a printout.
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I bought a San Damiano Crucifix from my parish gift shop for $20. If you look on eBay you can probably find a good deal. Don’t you just love the San Damiano Crucifix?👍

Alaha minokhoun
Andrew
 
triana said:
What does the cloth over the icons symbolize? There are none in my church but I’ve seen them in other churches and in monasteries. Blessings,
Triana
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Most people of Eastern European descent have a cloth (textile was/is very important in their culture, especially if you do a search on Ukrainian textiles). Anyway, they’re usually called a Rushnyk (towel) and are important in many ceremonies, not just to decorate icons. Incidentally, my Babka (Russian grandmother) would drape her icons in purple during Lent. I never asked why, it was just the “thing to do,” I guess.

Here is my shrine, at the highest point in my house. I save the incense for my outside shrine to Our Lady of LaVang.



The pussywillow and forsythia are signs of spring. In fact, in many Eastern European countries like Poland, more pussywillow was passed out than palms on Palm Sunday, due to availability.

You can consider my shrine the kind you’d find in a pious peasant’s home, not very noble or noteworthy.
 
I have since becoming Byzantine tried to have an icon corner, but as I live in a dorm I have two. The first is one that is seen, but it doesn’t really look like an icon corner, it is a icon of the crucifixion and of the Holy Family. The second one is one that can only be seen by me as it is only visible when I lie in my bed and look to the corner near my pillow…sounds weird but I find it private and functional as my roommate seems uncomfortable with religious images and it spares him of seeing them.
 
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