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Icons aren't supposed to be literal depictions, as if they were portraits or photos.He must have had a beard, but we never see in our Holy Icons Jesus having a long beard... I find that kind of odd.
Being 33, He must have had a very decent sized beard.
How long was it? I think the icons are not exactly holding true to His actual beard length.
Hmmm.... I've heard that said before from Fr Hopko, but in this case it wasn't what I was expecting. I think I need to elaborate on my question: Do you think that His beard should have been depicted as being longer? Why do you think they painted His beard short as it is? Are there theological realities to why it is painted so short; if so then what are they?
I think the folks over at Monachos.net would tell me why. Those folks over there are specialists at these kinds of questions. You should check them out sometime.
The Holy Mandylion bears a miraculous image of the face of Jesus. The king of Edessa had leprosy and sent for Christ. Christ touched his face to a cloth, and his image miraculously appeared on the cloth. When the king gazed at the image of Jesus, he was healed. Many miracles have followed this cloth, but it is now lost. The replicas, however, all show Christ with a short beard. Who are we to second-guess the image that the Lord Himself left for us?Hmmm.... I've heard that said before from Fr Hopko, but in this case it wasn't what I was expecting. I think I need to elaborate on my question: Do you think that His beard should have been depicted as being longer? Why do you think they painted His beard short as it is? Are there theological realities to why it is painted so short; if so then what are they?
Well, maybe you should ask over there, then.I think the folks over at Monachos.net would tell me why. Those folks over there are specialists at these kinds of questions. You should check them out sometime.
In early icons He was even depicted without a beard.
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