Icon Corners

[Giantsbran1227]

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Any specific chants that you play or just chants in general??

 

[Musa80]

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Any specific chants that you play or just chants in general??

I have a cd of Psalms by the Sons and Daughters of Antioch that I play a LOT. Specifically Psalm 118 for the win.

 

[Julina]

Russian Church Music by Slavyanka

i haven't listened to this while i'm praying, but i usually play it when i take naps during the day. The Kedrov arrangement of the Lord's Prayer is absolutely heavenly!

 

[Michael G]

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Any specific chants that you play or just chants in general??

Alot of times when writing icons I listen to Rachmaninovs Vespers. The version by Robert Shaw is especially beautiful.

 

[Michael G]

Hey michael. What do you think of having maybe one hand written icon of Christ, and then other "prints" to go beside it?

Also, does anyone ever play chants over a speaker while praying? Dont laugh if this is a dumb question

Anyone having a hand written icon in their icon corner is a wonderful thing! I am not dead set against prints, just against producing cheap quality prints that do not do the icon justice.

 

[Giantsbran1227]

Michael where can handwritten icons be purchased? How much will a small one cost aprox.?

 

[Michael G]

Michael where can handwritten icons be purchased? How much will a small one cost aprox.?

Handwirtten icons are usually purchased directly from an iconographer. The prices vary per iconographer but are generally above 100/each.

 

[Julina]

i saw a small Russian antique one that was selling for a few thousand dollars

 

[Giantsbran1227]

Michael why do you feel that printed icons are so "bad"? Skete.com and other sites sell high quality prints that do plenty justice to the icons. Do you not believe in having printed icons at all?

 

[Michael G]

Michael why do you feel that printed icons are so "bad"? Skete.com and other sites sell high quality prints that do plenty justice to the icons. Do you not believe in having printed icons at all?

Please re read my statement. I never said all printed icons are bad. I sad that those who take internet files and make their own prints of icons from them are not doing the icons they are attempting to make any justice and this is not a favorable way to do things. I sell prints of my own work, but they are very high quality. My personal friend Nutroll sells prints of his work as well. Again, his prints are very high quality.

 

[Michael G]

i saw a small Russian antique one that was selling for a few thousand dollars

I have a 200 year old Theotokos of Kazan that is 9x12 that cost me a very inexpensive $300 when I bought her 10 years ago.

My icon prices ususally start arround $300 and up. The most expensive I have sold cost thousands.

 

[Andrew21091]

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Any specific chants that you play or just chants in general??

I don't listen to chants during prayer but I like to before prayer just to get my mind focused. I have a large variety of different Orthodox music, but I really love Byzantine chant. Simonopetra Monastery on Mt. Athos have brought out some very wonderful CDs.

 

[Breaking Babylon]

There's another picture for you. Forgive the blurry quality, it was taken via laptop webcam.

 

[Julina]

There's another picture for you. Forgive the blurry quality, it was taken via laptop webcam.

that's more than blurry. i think you forgot to post the pic.

 

[Giantsbran1227]

that's more than blurry. i think you forgot to post the pic.

 

[-Kyriaki-]

I see the picture

 

[Breaking Babylon]

Here's a link, for those of you who can't see it: http://www.desertcalling.com/picture.php?albumid=49&pictureid=362

 

[Giantsbran1227]

Ha ha. Still cant see it. I appreciate the effort though !

 

[Breaking Babylon]

NOW you can see it... right?

 

[Michael G]

NOW you can see it... right?

Hey! I recognize two of those icons!