Light from the East: Icons in Liturgy and Prayer

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This would be a wonderful and refreshing book to page through during Eucharistic Adoration.

Book Description
This book showcases a collection of extraordinarily beautiful icons that introduces readers and art appreciators to the spiritual riches of the Byzantine liturgical tradition. The author, Father Michael Evdokimov, presents an icon for each of the twelve great feasts of the Orthodox Christian liturgical year. Preceding each icon is a brief commentary of what the reader can hope to find in the icon, including nuances for meditating on the icon. Quotations from spiritual writers of all ages of Christianity are interspersed in the book. In a simple, straightforward manner, Evdokimov shows how the prayers and the icons used to worship God can nourish the spiritual life. Although he sets before his readers beliefs and practices common to Orthodox people everywhere in the world, anyone who appreciates beautiful art will find much to savor here. List of Icons: --Icon of the Birth of the Mother of God --Icon of the Exaltation of the Cross --Icon of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple --Icon of the Nativity of the Lord --Icon of the Epiphany of the Lord --Icon of the Holy Meeting of the Lord --Icon of the Annunciation --Icon of the Entrance into Jerusalem --Icon of Easter --Icon of the Ascension --Icon of Pentecost --Icon of the Transfiguration --Icon of the Dormition --Rublov's Icon of the Trinity --The Icon of Christ

About the Author
Michael Evdokimov is a Russian Orthodox priest in Paris.


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This extraordinary collection of full-page, full-color icons introduces readers, art appreciators, and historians to the spiritual riches of the Byzantine liturgical tradition. Father Michael Evdokimov, a Russian Orthodox priest living in Paris, has presented an icon for each of the twelve great feasts of the Orthodox Christian liturgical year, as well as for other special moments of prayer. Preceding each icon is a brief commentary explaining its meaning and significance. Furthermore, facing each icon are prayers appropriate for meditation that have been translated by the Monks of New Skete Monastery in upstate New York. In a simple and accessible manner, translator Robert Smith has brought text, prayers, and icons together to show how the beliefs and practices common to Orthodox people everywhere in the world can be appreciated by all.


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