Icons
Icon
An image of Christ, the Mother of God, a saint or a sacred event, made for prayer — not a painting and not a portrait.
Церковный справочник
Что означают слова, которые звучат в храме: облачения, богослужения, таинства, устройство храма.
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The church building
Iconostasis
The icon screen dividing sanctuary from nave; its icons are arranged in tiers, each with its own meaning.
Icons
Icons of the Theotokos: the main types
There are hundreds of Marian icons but only a few types — Hodegetria, Eleusa, Oranta and the enthroned Theotokos — enough to identify almost any of them.
Church utensils
Incense
The fragrant tree resin burned in the censer; its rising smoke is a visible image of prayer.
Icons
Inscriptions on icons
IC XC, MP ΘΥ, NIKA, Ο ΩΝ — the short inscriptions that complete an icon and let you read it rather than merely look at it.
Books and chant
Irmos
The opening strophe of each ode of the canon: it is sung, and it sets the melody and metre for the troparia that follow.