Festival Icons for the Christian Year

Festival Icons for the Christian Year
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Publisher : St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 0881412015
ISBN-13 : 9780881412017
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Festival Icons for the Christian Year by : John Baggley

Download or read book Festival Icons for the Christian Year written by John Baggley and published by St Vladimir's Seminary Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Christian year is full of great feasts, such as Christmas, Easter and Pentecost. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates, Festival Icons for the Christian Year introduces the general reader to the most important icons of the Orthodox Church associated with these major festivals, accompanied by words of prayer and liturgy." "Discussion of each festival includes background information, extracts from the associated liturgical texts, detailed analysis of the icon illustrated with information about its development, and comment on the theological and spiritual significance of the festival and its icon."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved


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