|
Icons
of Glory
By
Peter Dzyuba
      
|
The "Holy Napkin",
or the
icon “Not Made By Hands”
|
Photo Gallery of Icons
Holy Trinity and Angels
Our Lord Jesus Christ
Holy
Mother of God
Christian Feasts
Saints in
Christ
Miscellaneous
Petro has a strong
desire and urge for iconographic work; however, he has limited
resources. Many projects are done for donations. This is an
opportunity for you to become an active enlightener of Christian
Holy Scriptures and traditions through icons.
Please share some
of your resources for him to be able to share the images of
God's love for mankind and knowledge of the Heavenly Kingdom
among people of this world.
|
The "Holy Napkin", or the icon “Not Made
By Hands”, is the very first icon ever made, and it was made in a
miraculous way by Our Lord Jesus Christ himself.
When King Avgarus (who had leprosy)
heard of Jesus Christ's miracles and His power helping numerous people,
he sent an artist from his court to invite Christ to come to his
kingdom, Osroene. The
artist was also asked to bring back a portrait of Christ, because the
king felt that if he could only see the image of
this notorious "Man", it would heal him. The artist
tried many times to capture Jesus Christ's Face but was unsuccessful
at accomplishing this task. The men-loving Lord
took a cloth and brought it to His Face, and a true likeness was
impressed on the cloth. This cloth was brought to King Avgarus and it healed him.
This first icon given to us was "Not Made By Hands".
Later when the Apostle Jude Thaddeus
was sent to preach to Edessa, capital of the Osroene's kingdom, Avgarus
converted to Christianity and became one of the first
Christian kings.
The original Holy Napkin cloth was kept in Edessa
until 944 when it was brought to Constantinople, and it has become a pattern
from which all subsequent icons of Christ Not Made By Hands are made.
©Petro Dzyuba. No reproductions or copying by any means are allowed
without permission of the author. |
