Many miracles are attributed to this icon, one being the healing of a child that was not able to speak or hear. Holy Mother of God appeared to Saint Gherman assuring that the icon will be done, and the wood parts had united themselves and the icon started to be self-written in a reddish light. The Saint prayed to God so that icon will be made. However the piece of wood had splintered in several parts. Saint Gherman wanted an icon of the Holy Mother of God. Third example is the icon done in Pangheo Mountains to Saint Gherman. After several days of prayer, they found an icon of Saint George painted in the church. They asked God for help, leaving an empty icon support in the church and praying for God to show the Patron Saint. He prayed for help and then found the icon done.Īnother example is the icon of Saint George, and in this example, several monks did not agree on the patron Saint of their church. The first draft was not liked by the icon writer. There are several icons with unknown authors that were found done after people were praying. If there would be an interdiction of all images, the groups claiming this interdiction would not use any images, photos or movies and Old Testament would probably not describe the Temple as having images of cherubim.
Pictures of cherubim on temple door, on temple walls are mentioned in Old Testament in III Kings 6:29. The Service of the Small Paraklesis (GOARCH) Icons in The Old Testament Your great icon, the sacred one Which is called Directress, And was depicted for us By one of the apostles, Luke the Evangelist. Luke wrote the first icon, of the Most Holy Theotokos Directress or Hodigitria, mentioned in the Paraklesis to the Theotokos: The story is recorded by the 4th century Church historian, Eusebius of Cesarea.Īpostle Luke painted icons of the Most-holy Theotokos-not just one, but three-as well as icons of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. The Apostle preached the Gospel and baptized the Abgar and all living in Edessa. He continued healing until the arrival of the disciple Thaddeus, Apostle of the 70. With thanksgiving Abgar received the sacred objects and started healing. The Savior sent the towel and a letter to Edessa back with Ananias. He wiped His face with the towel, and on it was His Divine Image. Then the Lord called for water and a towel. The Lord called Ananias and promised to send his disciple in order to heal Abgar from the leprosy and instruct him in salvation. He attempted to produce an image of the Lord Jesus Christ from afar, but could not. Ananias was not able go to near Christ because of the great many people listening to his preaching. Abgar sent his court painter, Ananias, with this letter to Palestine telling him to paint an image of the Divine Teacher.
Although not having seen the Lord, Abgar believed in him and wrote a letter requesting Christ to come and heal him. Reports of the great miracles performed by the Lord extended throughout Syria (Matt.
Orthodox Tradition tells us, for example, of the existence of an icon of the Christ during his lifetime, the Icon-Not-Made-With-Hands, and of the icons of the Theotokos immediately after him written by the All-laudable Apostle and Evangelist Luke.ĭuring the time of the earthly ministry of the Savior, Abgar, ruler in the Syrian city of Edessa, was afflicted with leprosy. From the first centuries of Christianity, icons have been used for prayer.
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