Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church

by Alfredo Tradigo

Explore the extensive imagery and fascinating stories of hundreds of Orthodox Christian icons and saints.

An icon (from the Greek word eikon, "image") is a wooden panel painting of a holy person or scene from Orthodox Christianity, the religion of the Byzantine Empire that is practiced today mainly in Greece and Russia. It was believed that these works acted as intermediaries between worshipers and the holy personages they depicted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892368454
• ISBN13: 9780892368457
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 7.8"