Sacred Art

Icon Gallery

Icons are theology in color — windows into heaven. Each icon is "written" (not painted) with prayer, according to the sacred canons handed down through centuries. Here you may place images of beloved icons to aid your devotion.

Christ

Christ Pantocrator — Byzantine Orthodox icon

Christ Pantocrator

Christ the Teacher — Byzantine Orthodox icon

Christ the Teacher

Christ the Good Shepherd — Byzantine Orthodox icon

Christ the Good Shepherd

The Holy Face (Mandylion) — Byzantine Orthodox icon

The Holy Face (Mandylion)

The Theotokos

Theotokos of Vladimir — Byzantine Orthodox icon

Theotokos of Vladimir

Theotokos of Kazan — Byzantine Orthodox icon

Theotokos of Kazan

Great Feasts

The Nativity of Christ — Byzantine Orthodox icon

The Nativity of Christ

The Baptism of Christ (Theophany) — Byzantine Orthodox icon

The Baptism of Christ (Theophany)

The Transfiguration — Byzantine Orthodox icon

The Transfiguration

The Crucifixion — Byzantine Orthodox icon

The Crucifixion

The Resurrection (Anastasis) — Byzantine Orthodox icon

The Resurrection (Anastasis)

Pentecost — Byzantine Orthodox icon

Pentecost

Angels

Archangel Michael — Byzantine Orthodox icon

Archangel Michael

Archangel Gabriel — Byzantine Orthodox icon

Archangel Gabriel

The Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers — Byzantine Orthodox icon

The Synaxis of the Bodiless Powers

Saints

St. John the Baptist — Byzantine Orthodox icon

St. John the Baptist

St. Nicholas of Myra — Byzantine Orthodox icon

St. Nicholas of Myra

St. George the Trophy-Bearer — Byzantine Orthodox icon

St. George the Trophy-Bearer

St. Seraphim of Sarov — Byzantine Orthodox icon

St. Seraphim of Sarov

The Theology of Icons

Icons are not mere decorations or religious art — they are a confession of faith. When we venerate an icon, we affirm that God truly became man in Jesus Christ, that the invisible God became visible and can be depicted. As St. John of Damascus wrote: "I do not worship matter; I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake."

The Seventh Ecumenical Council (787 AD) definitively affirmed the veneration of icons, declaring that the honor given to the icon passes to its prototype — the person depicted. Icons are thus a crucial part of Orthodox Christian life, present in the Church, in the home prayer corner, and carried in the heart.