Monastery Icons: Icons, gifts, and Incense from Monastery Icons

The monastery of Decani in Serbia has some of the best frescoes and icons viewable on the web. And the site called BLAGO | BLAGO is a remarkable collection of photos of these icons and frescoes, not only from the Monastery of Decani, but also the remarkable iconography of Pec Monastery, Sopacani Monastery, Gracianitsa Monastery, Studenitsa Monastery, Ravanica Monastery, and Mileseva Monastery. Besides the icons of the monastery, the site also shows the unique Serbian/Byzantine architecture of the main church of Decani, which is a beautiful setting for the extensively frescoed interior, and the decorative iconostasis and Byzantine Church furnishings. It is well worth the time to peruse the wonderful icons, frescoes, and unique church furnishings of the Monastery on this extensive site.

Christ fresco from Decani Monastery

Another site which has wonderful icons produced at Decani Monastery can be seen here.

Virgin Mary Icon-Monastery of Decani

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The Monastery Icons collection of sacred art is a unique, modern testimony to the timeless ancient, classical tradition of Christian iconography. In the ancient tradition of Christian sacred art, icons are frequently called "Windows into Heaven," for through them we receive a vision of the spiritual world. Over the past twenty-years Monastery Icons have been an inspiration to thousands of churches, homes and schools. The online Monastery Icons catalog includes over 170 icons of the most beloved themes of sacred art. Visit the Monastery Icons website (www.monasteryicons.com) and explore the icons, incense, and other religious art unique to the Monastery Icons collection.

Monastery Icons has established a number of sites online where Monastery Icons' Icons can be found and viewed in larger sizes than may be seen on the main Monastery Icons website, in addition to making it easier to find our icons on the web:

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Andronnikov Monastery Icons are featured in this WebShots album of Olga Pavlova, which also features photos of wonderful shots of Russian style churches shot during her travels through Russia. A photo album well worth exploring.

With iconography, the style of icons often varies with the Christian tradition in which they were developed. The coptic tradition of iconography has a unique style dating back to the earliest of known icons. At left is a coptic icon of Saint Menas from the 7th century. Saint Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery in the deserts of California keeps up the Coptic tradition of iconography with modern icons in the ancient Egyptian Christian style.

Icon of Saint Menas with Jesus

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