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« on: December 14, 2007, 12:50:48 PM »
Hey everyone,

 I need a little help with describing the different scenes in this icon . 

 Thanks a million,

 Gabriel
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« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2007, 01:04:10 PM »
GOARCH has a description, but I don't know if its exactly what you want: http://www.goarch.org/en/special/listen_learn_share/nativity/learn/
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« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2007, 11:51:41 PM »
Thank you, Drewmeister2!  That really helped!
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« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2007, 06:15:14 PM »
Beautiful icon cards! I think it's too late for me to get any this year, though. Sad
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« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2007, 07:09:36 AM »
I cannot believe it I have had this icon  about a year now and I mostly understood the obvious parts but I never knew that was meant to be Satan in the corner. Is he ever depicted like this in any other icons?
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