16 November 2019
Word of the Day: Icon
ICON. A flat painting, sacred picture of the Eastern Church. It is generally
painted on wood and covered, except the face and hands, with relief of seed
pearls and gold or silver. The icon of the saint of the day is usually displayed
on an analogion. Icons of Our Lord and Our Lady are reverenced with great devotion,
incensed, carried in processions, and normally placed on the iconostasis screen.
The icons in the Eastern Church take the place of statues in the West. (Etym.
Greek eikōn, image.)
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