Icon definitions

The first century AD, the Roman Empire was at its height of prosperity on the occasion, the whole community peacefulness, caught in an endless pleasures. Aristocratic ruling class is living a life of debauchery erosion, spiritual areas of life has lost its bottom line, social justice and to the theory of complete collapse, the entire community of normal appeal Ben collapse edges. An official in the corner this time, one of the three world religions Christianity The rise of the Roman Empire - the area around the Palestinian West Asia

In 63 BC after the Jews conquered the Roman Empire, a sect of Judaism Christianity as a continuation of the gradual evolution of inheritance by a lower Judaism faction and transformed into a new religion, the country is gradually spread in the Roman Empire. Christianity the only religion to uphold the Jewish God - God's teachings, but also led to a new savior - great image of Jesus Christ. Legend has it that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, Jesus Christ glorified believer, in Greek Christos, translated the Hebrew word Messiah, meaning anointed, referring to God's holy anointing oil deposited, sent revival of the State of Israel savior.

Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, she is Christ the Savior in action closest collaborators. Since the birth of Jesus to be crucified on the cross, the Virgin Mary to participate in every job his son, along with the implementation of his great and lonely soul.


God is multifaceted and multiform appearing to us - through language, action and image.The degree of the Word of God and to man appeared "with man" in accordance therewith, it is depicted with images. ʱ?? ʱ?? Christ is the Word of God reflected in the human, so this aspect of human nature is God's man depicted. Icon depicting Christ not only human nature to the image of Christ, not his history portraits, portraits of believers and non-believers like secular painter painting as great and historical activities, but which should show the image of Christ's divinity.

Dekor in the picture is a man of God. But this task is beyond the boundaries of art, into the religious sphere, rather, it is the religious and art combine two areas. It requires not only the artistic quality of the icon painter, but also that only the combination of the art of living and religious life and religious buildings savvy athletes, that is the basis of the Church's life, the only possible.

Greek Religious silver icon art of Saint Nicholas