Word Magazine March 1978 Page 5-7 THE IMAGE OF THE CHURCH She presides both from gleaming apsides and from “beautiful corners” in humblest homes — this icon of divine maternity in cobalt, vermilion, and gold. How many have sought solace in those brooding, knowing yet loving eyes? Innumerable tapers of supplication, of love, and of [...]
DO ICONS REALLY MATTER? By Archpriest Peter E. Gillquist Shortly after we moved to Santa Barbara, California, we re-decorated the house, painting the living room and papering the dining room. As we moved the table and chairs back into the dining area, along with the antique hutch that lined up against the west wall, I [...]
Word Magazine March 2000 Page 11 EMBRACING LOVE By Nick Papas The “More Spacious Than The Heavens” icon is very prominent in an Orthodox church, perhaps because it expresses some of our faith’s core beliefs. Principally it expresses the willingness of our Mother, the Church, to receive us with her outstretched and waiting arms. This [...]