Questions about iconography...

jas3 said:

What about the "Holy Face" icon? I've never seen this one specifically put out for veneration, but there is one in one of the side rooms at my church.
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One other question on proper veneration, several weeks ago we had an icon with around five saints on it placed in the middle of the nave for veneration. It had a unique feature I hadn't seen before: below each saint's feet was a kind of metal "button" that protruded from the surface of the icon. I noticed a lot of variation in how people venerated this icon - some kissed all of the buttons, some kissed all of the saints' feet, some kissed only one saint's feet. What's the proper thing to do in a case like that? Are the buttons standard on some icons to prevent the paint from getting worn off?

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