Eastern Orthodox Christian catechesis: About Icons

  • Orthodox Worship (mp3 format)
  • Icons Theology,symbolism
    Holy Fathers Of The Seventh Ecumenical Council
    2010-10-24
    SYNOPSIS:An after liturgy talk about the Holy Fathers Of The Seventh Ecumenical Council, and icons. The major contribution of this council, the reasons for iconoclasm (one of the reasons is Islam), parallels to today, the major theological "statement" of icons, and a little about symbolism in icons, such as their being in 2 dimensions and having "unrealistic" details, the meaning of a cross or gospels in an icon, and the appearance of Jesus in icons with the Virgin Mary.
  • Theology of the Icon. Why Icons? Why Iconoclasm? How do they differ from Western Religious Pictures? Why does it matter? (mp3 format)
  • SYNOPSIS:The Sunday of Orthodoxy explained. What is iconoclasm? Where did it come from and why? A description of the reasons for the iconoclasm of Islam. What does the depiction of Jesus Christ on an icon teach? Since we are spiritual and immaterial, the fact that we can depict the God-Man, Jesus Christ has enormous implications for our salvation. Also, a discussion of the critical artistic and theological difference between Western religious pictures and Orthodox icons. This homily is part of a catechetical series for inquirers.
  • Orthopraxis (Word DOC format)
  • Three Questions About The Cross regarding the sign of the cross,prostrations on sunday and ,venerating the cross or any icon in church
    2010
    Also in Format: mp3
  • Venerating icons: Why do we do it (theological and practical human reasons) and how do we do it? (mp3 format)
  • 2013-12-15
    SYNOPSIS:A little talk about venerating icons. Why do we paint icons? There is an important theological reason. Why do we venerate them? Is this important? There are important theological and understandable "human" reasons. Read this especially if seeing people venerate icons freaks you out!



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