Icon as Windows of Prayer Saint Lives Eternity.

Publication: Women Magazine

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The word "icon" is derived from Greek word, which means "image". An icon can be in wood, stone, metal, mosaic, inlay or painted wood or canvas. Icons are not paintings. The objective being not images and beauty but the reality behind them. Icons are bridges between heaven and earth, and seek to carry the faithful into the spiritual realm of Eternity. Therefore, every detail, every angle, every feature is a purposeful, theological expression of the meaning of a life of faith in Christ Jesus and the...

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