An interesting Icon

[Anhelyna]

I was passed this link to this Icon this evening.

I like it - never seen anything like this before

 

[~Anastasia~]

Dp

 

[~Anastasia~]

DP

 

[gzt]

That's very nice, I like it.

 

[All4Christ]

DP

What is DP?

That's very nice, I like it.

Agreed!

 

[Anhelyna]

Usually I believe it means double post

 

[~Anastasia~]

Lol, yes it means "duplicate post". But now I see the real one is gone. I posted something like "I really like that too! Thank you for sharing it." And three posts popped up exactly the same. I changed the 2nd and 3rd to "DP" ... which CF made the 1st and 3rd. Now I see the one I meant to leave has disappeared?

Computer servers are fun sometimes. . Sorry for being the object of confusion though.

I really do like the icon, very much! It's almost the entire Gospel.

 

[MilesVitae]

What is the bottom right event in the icon?

 

[~Anastasia~]

What is the bottom right event in the icon?

That should be Pentecost.

 

[ArmyMatt]

very nice icon!

 

[Anhelyna]

I'm really glad it appeals to you all - I was stunned when I saw it - as Kylissa says 'almost the entire Gospel '

Annunciation

Nativity

Resurrection

Pentecost

 

[~Anastasia~]

I'm really glad it appeals to you all - I was stunned when I saw it - as Kylissa says 'almost the entire Gospel '

Annunciation

Nativity

Resurrection

Pentecost

That's how I read it too. My very first thought is that I'd rather see the Crucifixion included than Pentecost, but the Crucifixion is right in the center of it all.

I think the only part of the Gospel that's missing is what necessitated it in the first place.

That really is an awesome icon.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

That icon is AMAZING!!!!

 

[Anhelyna]

My GodPapa is wonderful finding things like this

 

[Gxg (G²)]

I was passed this link to this Icon this evening.

I like it - never seen anything like this before

That's beautiful

 

[Wryetui]

It is truly beautiful, but I am always bothered and ashamed because of my lack of russian language knowledge and I don't understand what the icon says hehe

PS: I just looked at it more carefully and realized it's actually greek and not russian, sorry!

 

[MarkRohfrietsch]

My GodPapa is wonderful finding things like this

Very beautiful indeed; I noticed also the iconic symbols for the four evangelists as well.

 

[MilesVitae]

That should be Pentecost.

Oh, that makes sense now - I only just noticed the tongues of fire (I guess that's just more confirmation for me that I'm on my way to needing glasses). Who are the two men in the middle?

 

[~Anastasia~]

Oh, that makes sense now - I only just noticed the tongues of fire (I guess that's just more confirmation for me that I'm on my way to needing glasses). Who are the two men in the middle?

Well, most often I've seen only one man shown in the bottom center - a king. He is usually called King Cosmos/ Kosmos and I believe he represents the world - in the sense that the Holy Spirit descends and is received by those present, and through them He will be carried to the world.

(Forgive me if I've used the wrong way of expressing any of these ideas - like if one says "taking" Communion - any corrections appreciated.)

I don't know who the other figure represents?

It's like the icons of the Harrowing of Hades, to me. Usually I see one man beneath the broken doors. Sometimes there are two, sometimes it is a devil. The figures may be the devil, or death, or both.

I believe I have seen a robed woman in the Pentecost icon with the king figure as well, in at least one icon.

Maybe someone else will be so kind as to clear up the confusion?