If you could have one FREE hand-painted icon right now, which would you choose?

[gurneyhalleck1]

Just a crazy idea for a thread I had in my feeble brain floating around. I have been looking at some icons to have painted, and I'm just in LOVE with this one not only because it's incredibly beautiful, but it has all three of the saints whom I adore and love so very much....

What icons would you guys just love to have if you could get one free?

 

[ArmyMatt]

prolly one of the American saints, with ALL the American saints

(surprise, surprise you pick the patrons of educators)

 

[Mary of Bethany]

The one in my avatar, which I've not been able to find for sale.

Mary

 

[Joseph Hazen]

Probably the Harrowing of Hades, or the Nativity. I like those.

BTW where is the line under your username from? I love it, it's beautiful!

 

[Cappadocious]

Hosea, because there aren't prints of him available.

 

[Anhelyna]

This

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

Beautiful, Angela!

This

 

[Ioustinos]

St. Raphael of Brooklyn

He said of himself: "I am an Arab by birth, a Greek by primary education, an American by residence, a Russian at heart, and a Slav in soul."

As an American convert to Orthodoxy, this resonates with me as I feel like I am a mixture of all flavors of Orthodoxy. Plus St. Raphael was a very integral part of the growth of Orthodoxy in the US.

 

[Ioustinos]

Just a crazy idea for a thread I had in my feeble brain floating around. I have been looking at some icons to have painted, and I'm just in LOVE with this one not only because it's incredibly beautiful, but it has all three of the saints whom I adore and love so very much....

What icons would you guys just love to have if you could get one free?

This is a very beautiful icon. I have always had a special place in my heart for an icon of the three hierarchs...however my bank account doesn't share that sentiment

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

I LOVE that quote, Kirillos! Love it! That's how many of us feel. Orthodoxy isn't "ethnic" as outsiders think. I think all of us feel a little Russian, Serbian, Antiochean, Greek, etc. the minute we get that oil on our heads!

St. Raphael of Brooklyn

He said of himself: "I am an Arab by birth, a Greek by primary education, an American by residence, a Russian at heart, and a Slav in soul."

As an American convert to Orthodoxy, this resonates with me as I feel like I am a mixture of all flavors of Orthodoxy. Plus St. Raphael was a very integral part of the growth of Orthodoxy in the US.

 

[Augustinosia]

The one in my avatar, which I've not been able to find for sale.

Mary

Mary of Bethany's avatar icon for sale

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

I hear ya...my Bulgarian iconographer to whom I've given around $900 through the years, is asking WAYYY too much for this one. I can't handle that! LOL

This is a very beautiful icon. I have always had a special place in my heart for an icon of the three hierarchs...however my bank account doesn't share that sentiment

 

[seashale76]

I would want this for my husband. This is a hard one to find. At least, I haven't been able to find it anywhere.

 

[Ioustinos]

I know this is a thread about a hand-painted icon, but are you having difficulty finding this as a mounted icon? If so I know a monastery you can try. PM me if interested.

I would want this for my husband. This is a hard one to find. At least, I haven't been able to find it anywhere.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

If you're looking for that icon hand-painted, I know where you could get it for $120 out the door...

I would want this for my husband. This is a hard one to find. At least, I haven't been able to find it anywhere.

 

[Mary of Bethany]

Mary of Bethany's avatar icon for sale

Wow! Thank you so much!

Mary

 

[Augustinosia]

Wow! Thank you so much!

Mary

You're welcome!

 

[rusmeister]

My favorite and dream icon is a pastel-colored icon of the Descent into Hades, an American work; I like it better than the more commonly depicted Greek one. Unfortunately, I don't have a URL for it, and so don't know how to post it here.

 

[RKO]

Have to be one with the Theotokos and the child Jesus for me.

 

[InnerPhyre]

The family of St. Basil the Great. A whole family of saints! What a source of inspiration. Plus it has St. Gregory of Nyssa in it