Icon of the Anastasis

[Moros]

Who are all the people in this picture? Bearded fellow in white looks like Elijah.

 

[Iacobus]

Who are all the people in this picture? Bearded fellow in white looks like Elijah.




I think its Adam. The woman is Eve.

James

 

[Michael G]

Christ is in the center, pulling Adam (left) and Eve (right) out of the Hell. Hell is depicted as a black cave always in icons, although not all black caves are hell. If this were a larger icon the cave would be present under the tombs which Adam and Eve are coming out of, and the devil would be bound lying at the bottom of the icon. To the immediate left of Christ is St. John the Forerunner and to his left is King David. To the right of Christ the person depicted here is no one particular, he is merely an acolyte.

 

[Moros]

Thanks.

 

[Eusebios]

Having an Iconographer in the house is SWEET!
His really tired and wholly unworthy servant,
Eusebios.

 

[Oblio]

I agree, it is a blessing to have you here Michael

 

[Matthias]

Yeah, I agree. Although, isn't Hell a state of being?

 

[Moros]

Maybe if you're Buddhist.

 

[Matthias]

I must be one in disguise then!

 

[Michael G]

I agree, it is a blessing to have you here Michael

Thank you for the compliment, I hope I am of assistance to everyone.

 

[Michael G]

Yeah, I agree. Although, isn't Hell a state of being?

Hell is a very real thing, and a very real place. And the devil is very real as well.