Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.
Jesus told his followers in John 14: "I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you"
The icon (gr. eikon) is one of the most essential attributes of the orthodox church. Its significance for the spiritual life of the christians was established by the dogma on the veneration of the icons of the Ecumenic Council, Nicea in 787. An icon can be revered with incense, candles, kisses and bows...
