In Greek, these words are the same; icon – eikona is simply the Greek word for “image ... a point drawn from the enormous number of images focusing on Jesus Christ and on the Theotokos, the Mother of ...

Did Christmas came from Saturnalia? Some say yes while others claim that it emerged organically. And what about Jesus' real ...

The Feast commemorates the repose (dormition and in the Greek kimisis) or "falling-asleep" of the Mother of Jesus ... The Icon of the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos shows her on her deathbed ...