Ioannikios the Great, the righteous saint
Saint Ioannikios was born in a village called Merqa in the province of Bithynia. He was raised in piety, but he inherited from his parents their hostility to icons in […]
Theophanus of Singrian the Confessor, the Righteous Saint
Saint Theophanes was born in Constantinople in the year 759 AD, during the time of Emperor Constantine V, known as “Al-Zubli” (742-775 AD), into a family of
The holy icon, a historical and doctrinal overview
The beginning of the use of icons: The historian Eusebius narrates that he saw a statue of the Lord Jesus in Banias, Mount Hermon, and that he saw real icons of the apostles.
Saint John of Damascus and the Seventh Council
The question of icons that arose in Byzantium at the end of the seventh century appears in the Eighty-Second Law of the Council of Trullo (
Frequently asked questions about the icon
1- What is an icon? An icon is an often two-dimensional image of the Lord, Lady, saints, and Biblical incidents and parables
John Damascene - Gold Rush
The misery of the Melkites: The Jacobites took advantage of the wars between the Romans and the Umayyads and assured them of the loyalty of the members of the Universal Church to the religion of the Roman king, calling them “melchists” and accusing them of
Icon war
717-787 Leo III of Assyria: (717-740) During their ordeal, the Romans gave birth to Leo of Assyria, who inflicted a severe defeat on the Muslims and drove them away from Constantinople. So it was