Icons of the Theotokos

Key Details of the Icon Original Location: The Katholikon (main church) of the Stavronikita Monastery, Mount Athos. Artist: It is attributed to Theophanes the Cretan, a famous iconographer of the Cretan School who was active in the mid-1500s...

The name "Kykkotissa" (or "Kiksk" in your spelling) refers to the Monastery of Kykkos in Cyprus. According to tradition, the original icon was painted by St. Luke the Evangelist. The Pose: It belongs to the Eleusa (Tenderness) type, but with a unique...

This beautiful icon set is from Corfu. These icons are sold individually here:Christ EnthronedTheotokos Enthroned **Our icon sets are always offered at a 10% or more discount** About Our Icons (Print and Mounted): Theophany Works Icons are handcrafted...

Feast Day/Commemorated: March 25 The Annunciation: Gabriel's Message to Mary "In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and...

This celebrated panel, known as the Kahn Madonna, draws its spiritual and formal authority from the Hodegetria—the "She Who Shows the Way"—one of the most venerable iconographic types in the Orthodox tradition. In this sacred arrangement, the...

This icon beautifully written in the 13th c. in Constantinople portrays the Most Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary alongside her Son and our God, Jesus Christ. Sometimes, angels overshadow her in these depictions, a powerful visual link to the Ark of...

The Glykophilousa Icon belongs to the "Eleousa" or "Virgin of Tenderness" category, depicting the Mother of God affectionately embracing and kissing the Christ Child. This particular icon emphasizes a profound sense of maternal affection, with the...

The Glykophilousa Icon belongs to the "Eleousa" or "Virgin of Tenderness" category, depicting the Mother of God affectionately embracing and kissing the Christ Child. This particular icon emphasizes a profound sense of maternal affection, with the...

Behold the Panagia Hodegetria, the "Directress," a sacred icon that elevates the spirit and directs the soul. In this venerable image, the Virgin Mary, in her boundless grace, cradles the Christ Child upon her left arm. With a gesture both tender and...

This complex icon features a hieratic composition centered on the Virgin and Child enthroned, which immediately establishes a sense of formal grandeur. The Virgin, seated frontally, is flanked by two military saints, Theodore on the left and George on...

Commemorated on November 27 The Icon of the Mother of God “Of the Sign” is one of the most ancient iconographic images of the Theotokos, depicting the Most Holy Mother of God with Her hands prayerfully uplifted and the Divine Infant resting...

Commemorated on November 12The All-Merciful Kykko Icon of the Mother of God is a sacred and ancient artifact, with a tradition asserting it was personally painted by the Holy Evangelist Luke. The icon derives its name, “Kykkiotisa,” from...