Christ, "Fiery Eye"

Christ, "Fiery Eye"'Christ the Fiery Eye' is one of the most compelling and searching of all iconographic types depicting Our Lord with eyes of fire that see into the very depths of the human soul. This 20th century Russian icon of this type is a powerful image of divine omniscience and the inescapable love of the One who knows us through and through. A Damascene Gallery mounted icon of 'Christ the Fiery Eye' is not merely decorative it is an invitation to live one's

Boniface the Martyr of Tarsus suffered for Christ in the late 3rd century

reflecting the deep reverence of the Old Believer tradition for the icons of ancient Russia

is one of the great spiritual fathers of the 19th-century Russian Church

and building up the Church from the ground

Gabriel the Archangel — the great messenger of God who announced the Incarnation to the Most Holy Theotokos — is depicted here in a modern Russian icon from the Lavra iconographic tradition

the Roman general who was martyred for refusing to honor the pagan gods and for destroying an idol that had terrified the people of his city

The icon of the Mother of God "Of the Sign

monumental quality of the Novgorod iconographic tradition

Boris Kustodiev's exuberant 1916 painting "Maslenitsa" — depicting the Shrovetide carnival week before the Great Lent — captures the rich folk traditions of Russian Orthodox life: the troikas racing over snow

Raphael of Brooklyn

this 20th-century composition radiates the joy and wonder of God's Incarnation

restrained — in which every line points toward eternity