If you have been Orthodox for any amount of time, you have seen some iteration of the icon of the Nativity of Our Lord and God, Jesus Christ. While this popular holy image circulates our churches and our homes, the symbolism contained within it is often foreign to those who fall in love with it’s…
The issue of icons and idols is a long-standing one within Protestant circles, namely those of the Reformed persuasion. The Reformed traditions often take extreme approaches to the issue of icons, declaring temples embellished with these holy images as “synagogues of Satan” and accusing Christians who affirm the necessity of icons in Christian temples as…
