3. Byzantine Empire in the 6 th Century

4. St. Catherine’s of Mount Sinai, Egypt, 5 th Century CE.

5. St. Catherine’s of Mount Sinai, Egypt, 5 th Century CE.

6. St. Catherine’s of Mount Sinai, Egypt, 5 th Century CE.

7. St. Catherine’s of Mount Sinai, Egypt, 5 th Century CE.

8. St. Catherine’s of Mount Sinai, Egypt, 5 th Century CE.

9. St. Catherine’s of Mount Sinai, Egypt, 5 th Century CE.

10. Typical Iconostasis. Worship Row Deesis Row Festal Row Prophets Row Row of Patriarchs

11. Types of Icons Christ Virgin and Child Angels Saints Festal Narrative

12. Christ Christ Pantocrator, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mt. Sinai, 6 th Century CE Christ as Man of Sorrows, Greece, 12 th Century Acheiropoietos, Russian, 12 th Century

13. Pantokrator Christ Pantokrator, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mt. Sinai, 6 th Century CE “ The All Powerful”

14. Man of Sorrows Christ as Man of Sorrows, Greece, 12 th Century “ She who reigns in majesty”

15. Acheiropoietos, Russian, 12 th Century

16. Theotokos = The Bearer of God Moscow, 15 th Century Constantinople, 14 th Century Orans Eleousa Kyriotissa Hodegetria Vladimir Virgin, Constantinople, 12 th Century The Virgin of the Incarnation, Rome, 11 th Century

17. Kyriotissa, Moscow, 15 th Century Kyriotissa “ She who reigns in majesty”

18. Hodegetria, Constantinople, 14 th Century Hodegetria “ She who shows the way.”

19. Orans The Virgin of the Incarnation, Rome, 11 th Century “ Virgin of the sign.” “ Praying Virgin” Or Blachernitissa

20. Eleousa Vladimir Virgin, Constantinople, 12 th Century “ Virgin of tenderness.” Or Glykophilsousa “ Virgin of Sweet Kisses”

21. Saints St. Peter, St. Catherine’s at Mt. Sinai, 6 th Century

22. St. Peter, St. Catherine’s at Mt. Sinai, 6 th Century

23. Angels Portraits Miracles Archangel Gabriel, Moscow, 1387-1395 Archangel Michael, Greece, 14 th Century Miracle at Chonae, St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mt. Sinai, 12 th Century.

24. Miracles Miracle at Chonae, St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mt. Sinai, 12 th Century.

25. Festal The Annunciation, Russian Icon, 14 th Century The Nativity, St. Catherine’s Mt. Sinai, 7 th Century

27. Narratives The Ladder of Divine Ascent, from St. Catherine’s at Mount Sinai, 7 th Century. Andrey Rublyov, The Old Testament Trinity (Three Angels Visiting Abraham), 1410-1425.

28. The Ladder of Divine Ascent, from St. Catherine’s at Mount Sinai, 7 th Century.

29. Andrey Rublyov, The Old Testament Trinity (Three Angels Visiting Abraham), 1410-1425.

30. * Veneration is the act of honoring Christ and saints through their image. Processions

31. * Veneration is the act of honoring Christ and saints through their image. Kissing

32. * Veneration is the act of honoring Christ and saints through their image. Proskynesis

33. Iconoclasm (Eikon = Image) + (Klao = Break)

36. The Crucifixion and Iconoclasts whitewashing an icon of Christ, Khludov Psalter , 850-75.

37. Simon Magus and Patriarch Nikephoros, Khludov Psalter ,850-75.

38. Theodora Instructing her Daughters in the Veneration of Icons, Madrid Skylitzes, 12 th Century.

39. Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, Constantinople, 1400.