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« Reply #181 on: September 05, 2011, 09:11:30 PM » |
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sorry to rain on the byzfest  What is that, the Infant of Prague? I have a prayer card somewhere. |
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« Reply #182 on: September 05, 2011, 09:24:24 PM » |
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sorry to rain on the byzfest What is that, the Infant of Prague? I have a prayer card somewhere. Could be, looks similar enough. |
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« Reply #183 on: September 08, 2011, 01:40:18 PM » |
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i know i dont have anything on you guys, but here is my start up icon corner. i will add more soon! its facing southeast. thats the closest thing i have to east.
(not sure why the pic is sideways...)
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« Reply #184 on: September 08, 2011, 01:56:46 PM » |
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Nice start  (though some would question why I call it a start, and would say that's all you need) Regarding sideways pics, you should be able to fix it with pretty much any graphics program... Microsoft paint, Irfanview, etc. |
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« Reply #185 on: September 08, 2011, 04:06:17 PM » |
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i want to get an icon of michael the archangel, who is my saint. i also really like the icon of the ladder.
and the pic i uploaded looks normal until i upload it here. in my other recent post (Theotokos Icon Help) it worked fine when I uploaded the pic. oh well. not a big deal.
ill post another pic when i get more stuff!
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« Reply #186 on: September 08, 2011, 04:21:37 PM » |
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my icon corner, which is currently residing in my closet here at college. sadly I cannot have candles or use the censer, and technically I'm not allowed to use tacks, but I usually fill them in at the end of the year so they don't notice...
the closet already had the dresser setup in the little niche so I figured it'd be a good place. I'd use my eastern wall, but I would have to place my prayer books and stuff elsewhere.
I got most of my icons while in Greece. they were a lot cheaper over than than here in the US (well, they were absolutely everywhere in Greece, even in the supermarkets).
I had no idea you could fit an entire Church in a closet. No one went for this . . . really? I must otherwise the universe will get mad at me. The . . . darn. Convert Issues . . . |
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« Reply #187 on: September 08, 2011, 04:27:21 PM » |
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Is that a grave stone ready to go without the end date? lulz. Gotta tour of a "house" once in Romania, replete with matching his and hers coffins handmade and at the ready. My buddy's parents here in the States purchased his grave plot and had his tombstone made without the end date before he was born. Death speculation is a hot industry. I thought it would have been awesome if they had picked an end date. |
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« Reply #188 on: September 08, 2011, 08:27:33 PM » |
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i want to get an icon of michael the archangel, who is my saint. i also really like the icon of the ladder.
and the pic i uploaded looks normal until i upload it here. in my other recent post (Theotokos Icon Help) it worked fine when I uploaded the pic. oh well. not a big deal.
ill post another pic when i get more stuff!
Photobucket does that to me too sometimes. Nice corner. |
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« Reply #189 on: September 08, 2011, 10:25:08 PM » |
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Is that a grave stone ready to go without the end date? lulz. Gotta tour of a "house" once in Romania, replete with matching his and hers coffins handmade and at the ready. My buddy's parents here in the States purchased his grave plot and had his tombstone made without the end date before he was born. Death speculation is a hot industry. I thought it would have been awesome if they had picked an end date. No, it has an end date (1962), we just haven't gotten around to putting it in the cemetery yet. Hopefully within the next 40 years or so. |
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« Reply #190 on: September 17, 2011, 02:00:18 PM » |
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Here are a couple pics of my updated icon corner. Still simple, but im pretty content with it right now!
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People are going off the ladder of divine ascent but going sideways... that's profound |
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« Reply #192 on: September 17, 2011, 03:51:27 PM » |
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sorry to rain on the byzfest What is that, the Infant of Prague? I have a prayer card somewhere. Could be, looks similar enough. Isn't that the pribavlenie uma icon? It is for students, those with memory problems, and for those with mental retardation I think. It is one of my favorite ones. I guess it does kind of look like the Infant of Prague. Our Lord and Lady are both wearing cone-like dresses. I think it is beautiful. |
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« Reply #193 on: September 17, 2011, 07:01:56 PM » |
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People are going off the ladder of divine ascent but going sideways... that's profound Yea, it's a really deep theological concept. I'd explain it, but you probably wouldn't understand.... |
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« Reply #194 on: September 17, 2011, 07:04:01 PM » |
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People are going off the ladder of divine ascent but going sideways... that's profound Yea, it's a really deep theological concept. I'd explain it, but you probably wouldn't understand.... I appreciate your concern with not burdening me with things over my head, which might cause spiritual harm. However, I think I have some experience in this area, as I have been going sideways for about 6 years now  |
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« Reply #195 on: September 17, 2011, 07:07:57 PM » |
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People are going off the ladder of divine ascent but going sideways... that's profound Yea, it's a really deep theological concept. I'd explain it, but you probably wouldn't understand.... I appreciate your concern with not burdening me with things over my head, which might cause spiritual harm. However, I think I have some experience in this area, as I have been going sideways for about 6 years now Haha. I'm with ya brotha!! |
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« Reply #196 on: September 28, 2011, 12:16:15 AM » |
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I just visited a dear friend who recently moved and just finished putting up their main icon "corner".
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« Reply #197 on: September 28, 2011, 12:54:56 AM » |
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I just visited a dear friend who recently moved and just finished putting up their main icon "corner". Where did your friend get the main icon of St. John of San Francisco in the middle? |
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« Reply #198 on: September 28, 2011, 01:35:07 AM » |
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I just visited a dear friend who recently moved and just finished putting up their main icon "corner". Where did your friend get the main icon of St. John of San Francisco in the middle? He had this painted by the man who painted the icon of St. John which is above his relics in San Francisco:  It is the same icon, except St. John is holding the Cathedral in the icon above his relics, rather than a staff. |
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« Reply #199 on: September 28, 2011, 02:47:09 AM » |
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« Reply #200 on: September 28, 2011, 03:14:51 AM » |
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Thinking about spending 200 dollars on the Theotokos and Christ icons...is this ridiculous?
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« Reply #201 on: September 28, 2011, 07:42:32 AM » |
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"Beauty will save the world." -Dostoevsky- Selam
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« Reply #202 on: September 28, 2011, 12:04:03 PM » |
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Timon and JAH....
Both are beautiful in each of their different approaches! How very lovely!
I was blessed to visit ST John's relics while visiting my son in San Francisco last February.
I was able to attend the Moleban and venerate his relics. I brought back Holy oil from the lampada that is illuminating his remains. If you go to the website of the cathedral you can add prayer requests online, and order the Holy oil there. I am so richly blessed though...my son just arrived to help me through my next chemo round and he made a trip down there and brought me more oil! So thoughtful!
Your friend JAH has a real blessing in having had that icon written for him. It is truly brilliant!
Oh..and Samkim...I LOVE your color scheme! The wall paint is outstanding and really sets off the icons!
Beautiful!
Thanks for posting...I am still trying to figure out how to do mine..ipad's are wonderful but I haven't mastered the knack of pic posts yet!
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« Reply #203 on: September 28, 2011, 12:12:18 PM » |
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im almost more impressed by the green wall!! but seriously, it does make the icons look great. i also like how everything is lower and closer together. looks good! and Gypsy, my prayers are with you as you go through this next round of chemo. |
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« Reply #204 on: September 28, 2011, 05:42:34 PM » |
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LOL... The wall is white. The green is something to do with the lighting...
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« Reply #205 on: September 28, 2011, 09:30:31 PM » |
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Thanks Timon, I'm on round five of 12 treatments over 6 months. Second time around, It got whipped in 2008 but is trying to beat me down with a recurrence. Lord have Mercy!
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« Reply #206 on: September 29, 2011, 02:36:48 AM » |
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LOL... The wall is white. The green is something to do with the lighting...
gotcha... well, either way it looks great! |
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« Reply #207 on: September 29, 2011, 10:22:55 PM » |
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Thinking about spending 200 dollars on the Theotokos and Christ icons...is this ridiculous?
Depends, I think. If it means you have to sacrifice, it's not a big deal. Or if you have that kind of money to spend just laying about, and if not for the icons you'd end up spending it on the Collectors Ultimate Greatest Blu-Ray Edition of something, then it's not a big deal. If you usually give alms, give to your Church, etc., and that giving would suffer because you decide to buy the icons, then that's a bit more difficult. If someone else would have to sacrifice so you could buy then, that's also a bit more difficult. Two other things to consider: $200 probably wouldn't even get you a small comissioned icon; and it's not about the dollar figure anyway, but more about if what you are getting is valuable and helpful to you. |
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« Reply #208 on: September 29, 2011, 10:22:56 PM » |
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I gave away most of my icons to family last year, though I did keep an icon of Jesus and my prayer books. The reaction to the gifts were interesting. My gram, for instance, seemed confused, because she already had religious pictures, so what did she need another one of the Virgin Mary for? My Father and stepmother each had a different reaction to the diptych I gave them. My Father, raised a Catholic, and also someone who has remarked positively about Orthodox icons to me before, was really happy with the gift; my stepmother was very confused who the lady was, and a bit embarrassed when it was explained to her. My Mother and stepfather were also confused, but in that Protestant, quasi-iconoclastic, "I don't know what to do with this" type of way. Anyway, so yeah, most of my icons were gone this year, and I haven't really had much money to start rebuilding. So for now this is what my icon corner looks like...  |
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« Reply #209 on: September 30, 2011, 04:28:14 PM » |
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My icon corner . I'm a Catholic, which explains the rosaries!  |
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« Reply #210 on: September 30, 2011, 04:41:15 PM » |
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Interesting, are those paper icons by any chance (the ones on the shelf)? I ask because, as you can see, most of my icons in my prayer corner are paper icons. |
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« Reply #212 on: April 29, 2012, 09:02:37 PM » |
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Im glad this was bumped. This was one of my favorite threads.
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« Reply #213 on: April 29, 2012, 10:09:03 PM » |
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« Reply #214 on: April 30, 2012, 01:16:20 AM » |
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Unfortunately I do not have an Icon corner because I am afraid of the tension it may cause between my mother and I :-( So I will not be much help.
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« Reply #215 on: April 30, 2012, 09:32:08 AM » |
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Anyone else have any updated corners?
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« Reply #216 on: April 30, 2012, 09:33:27 AM » |
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i keep brooms and such in the corners
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« Reply #217 on: April 30, 2012, 09:36:41 AM » |
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« Reply #218 on: April 30, 2012, 09:54:32 AM » |
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« Reply #219 on: April 30, 2012, 11:34:06 AM » |
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I'm attaching my arrangement for the Holy 50 days in the main room. The other icons I keep in various places of my flat. The first reason is that some of them "belongs" to my mum (she's roman-catholic but she very venerates the holy icons), the second one is that some years ago I had an idea that it would be better for me that wherever I look at, I see the icons – just to not have bad thoughts. But now when I’m praying I don’t know where to stay in my room; I usually choose my Slava’s icon (which I’m attaching too) or for much longer prayers I sit before the icon of the Theotokos that I was given from my priest for my chrismation in the Orthodox Church (the third picture; there is also the candle I was keeping during the service). So, I’m planning do something similar as you did: one place for all church items (just buy a table under the Slava’s icon) and only for Nativity and Pascha arrange something in the main room. Now some my friends say that when they come into my room they feel like in a chapel  |
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« Reply #222 on: April 30, 2012, 12:54:39 PM » |
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are those paper icons by any chance (the ones on the shelf)? I ask because, as you can see, most of my icons in my prayer corner are paper icons.
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