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SiteMap - English
Updated : 25 May 2006
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Tree Form (Hierarchical Order)    Alphabetical Order

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1. Introductory Pages
Intro.  |  Mediev.  |  Contemp.  |  by Subj.  |  Gen.Ref.  |  Misc.  |  Top of Page
• Overview of Contents
• Welcome Page
• HomePage (this page)
       • (French) Page de bienvenue
       • (Dutch) Welkom Pagina
• What are Byzantine icons?
       • The Dogma of Chalcedon
• Summary
• Introduction: The Essential Feature of Icons
• Veneration of the Holy Virgin Mary
       • The Akathist Hymn
• Understanding Icons (copy of section included in chapter 4 'Icons by Subject')

2. Medieval Byzantine Icons
Intro.  |  Mediev.  |  Contemp.  |  by Subj.  |  Gen.Ref.  |  Misc.  |  Top of Page
• Overview of Contents
• Introduction: The Essential Feature of Icons
• Medieval Byzantine Icons - Links Page
       • Frescoes & Mosaics
       • Icons of the Coptic Church
• Ancient Byzantine Icons for Sale
• Exhibitions & Collections
• Byzantine Icons: Websites-Index
• Russian Icon Tour 2006
       • Map & Itinerary

3. Contemporary Byzantine Icons
Intro.  |  Mediev.  |  Contemp.  |  by Subj.  |  Gen.Ref.  |  Misc.  |  Top of Page
• Overview of Contents
• Introduction
       • A Selection of Icons
• Iconographers Index-Imagebase Entry Page
       • Index-Imagebase All-in-One
       • Index-Imagebase in 3 Parts
• Special Features
       • Vladimir Grigorenko, Iconostasis, Interview
       • Olga Kirichenko

4. Byzantine Icons by Subject
Intro.  |  Mediev.  |  Contemp.  |  by Subj.  |  Gen.Ref.  |  Misc.  |  Top of Page
• Overview of Contents
• Start of Page (Top Screen)
• Icon Gallery Center
       • Gallery - Christ Icons
       • Gallery - Theotokos Icons
       • Gallery - Feast Day Icons
       • Gallery - Angels Icons
       • Gallery - Saints Icons
       • Gallery - Special Icons
       • Scrolling Icon Galleries
       • Scrolling Icon Galleries(2)
       • Icon-Gallery-Index : medieval & contemporary byzantine images (sortable)
• Icon Types
       • Icons of Christ Pantocrator
             • The Dogma of Chalcedon
             • The Icon of Christ "not made by hand"
             • The Holy Passion of Jesus Christ
             • The Holy Resurrection of Jesus Christ
       • Mother of God icons (Marian Icons)
             • Virgin Kyriotissa, Mother of God Enthroned
             • Virgin Hodegetria (Hodigitria), Mother of God "She who shows the Way"
             • Virgin Eleousa (Eleusa), Mother of God of Tenderness
                   • Mother of God of Vladimir, Mother of God the Merciful
                   • Mother of God Oumilenie, Mother of God of Tenderness
                   • Mother of God Glykophilousa, Mother of God Sweet Kissing, Mother of God of Loving Kindness
             • Virgin Orans
                   • Mother of God of the Sign
                   • Mother of God of the Sign, Olga Kirichenko
Intro.  |  Mediev.  |  Contemp.  |  by Subj.  |  Gen.Ref.  |  Misc.  |  Top of Page
             • Other Mother of God Icons
                   • Icon Descriptions
                   • Miraculous (Marian) Icons
       • Feast Day Icons
             • The Nativity
             • Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (aka The Meeting)
             • The Holy Passion of Jesus Christ
             • The Holy Resurrection of Jesus Christ
             • Feast Day Icons - Slideshow
       • Icons of Angels
       • Icons of Saints & Lives of Saints
             • The Three Hierarchs of the Church 
             • Doctors of the Catholic Church (Magnificent Site of Tommy Ferris)
       • Special Icons
• Iconostasis
• Understanding Icons
• Icon Painting Masters and Schools
• How icons and frescoes are made

5. General References
Intro.  |  Mediev.  |  Contemp.  |  by Subj.  |  Gen.Ref.  |  Misc.  |  Top of Page
• Overview of Contents
• Start of Page (Top Screen)
• History and Geography
       • World History
       • Byzantine Empire
       • Maps & Timelines
• Icon History, Art, Architecture
       • The Catacombs
       • Iconoclasm
• Eastern Orthodoxy
       • The Orthodox Tradition
       • The Jesus Prayer (The Prayer of the Heart)
• Early Church Fathers
• Eastern Rite Churches
• Roman Catholic Sites
       • Apparitions
       • The Holy Shroud
• Ecumenical Issues
       • The Great Schism
       • The Fourth Crusade
• Bibles, Encyclopedias
       • The New American Bible
       • La Bible, traduction Louis Segond (1910)
       • The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Special Reports
       • Gigantic Art Theft
• More Links

6. Miscellaneous
Intro.  |  Mediev.  |  Contemp.  |  by Subj.  |  Gen.Ref.  |  Misc.  |  Top of Page
• Overview of Contents
• SECTION 1
       • Bibliography
       • Bookmarks
       • Copyrights
       • Daily Readings
       • Dagelijks Evangelie (Ned)
       • Email
       • Guestbook
       • Links
• SECTION 2
       • Music Page
Feedback / Suggestions. If you encounter an error, or if you would like to suggest additional pages to be included, or would like to comment on an entirely different subject (relative to this website), then please click this link and send me an email. I'd love to hear from you.
       • Navigation Tutorial
       • News
       • Note by Author
       • SiteSearch & Bookmarks
       • Specials
             • Interview with God
             • The Lord's Prayer, Flash Movie
       • Translation Utility
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SiteMap - English
Updated : 25 May 2006
Top of Page
Français
Alphabetical Order    Tree Form (Hierarchical Order)

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A
Akathist Hymn
Ancient Byzantine Icons for Sale
B
Bibles, Encyclopedias
Bibles, Encyclopedias, La Bible, traduction Louis Segond (1910)
Bibles, Encyclopedias, New American Bible
Bibles, Encyclopedias, The Catholic Ecyclopedia
Bibliography
Top of Page
Bookmarks & SiteSearch
Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire, Maps & Timelines
Byzantine Frescoes & Mosaics
Byzantine Icons by Subject (Chapter 4)
Byzantine Icons by Subject, Overview of Contents (Chapter 4)
C
Catacombs
Catholic Encyclopedia
Contemporary Byzantine Icons, Entry Page (Chapter 3)
Contemporary Byzantine Icons, Overview of Contents (Chapter 3)
Contemporary Byzantine Icons, Selection of Icons (Chapter 3)
Contemporary Byzantine Icons, Special Features
Copyrights
D
Dagelijks Evangelie (Ned)
Top of Page
Daily Readings
E
Early Church Fathers
Eastern Orthodoxy
Eastern Orthodoxy - The Jesus Prayer (The Prayer of the Heart)
Eastern Orthodoxy - The Orthodox Tradition (Saving Medecine)
Eastern Rite Churches
Ecumenical Issues
Email
Essential Feature of Icons (Introduction to Medieval Byzantine Icons)
Exhibitions & Collections
F
Fourth Crusade
G
General References (Chapter 5)
Top of Page
General References, Overview of Contents (Chapter 5)
General References, Special Reports
Gigantic Art Theft
Great Schism
Guestbook
H
History and Geography
HomePage (this page)
How icons and frescoes are made
I
Icon Galleries, Icon Gallery Center
Icon Galleries, Christ
Icon Galleries, Christ Holy Face : Icon of Christ "not made by hand"
Icon Galleries, Christ Holy Passion
Icon Galleries, Christ Holy Resurrection
Icon Galleries, Feast Day Icons
Icon Galleries, Feast Day Icons - Slideshow
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Icon Galleries, Icon Gallery Center
Icon Galleries, Mother of God of the Sign, Olga Kirichenko
Icon Galleries, Saints
Icon Galleries, Scrolling Icon Galleries
Icon Galleries, Scrolling Icon Galleries2
Icon Galleries, Special
Icon Galleries, Theotokos or Mother of God
Icon-Gallery-Index, medieval & contemporary byzantine images (sortable)
Icon History, Art, Architecture
Icon Painting Masters and Schools
Icon Types
Icon Types, Angels
Icon Types, Christ, Dogma of Chalcedon
Icon Types, Christ, Holy Passion
Icon Types, Christ, Holy Resurrection
Icon Types, Christ, Icon of Christ "not made by hand"
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Icon Types, Christ, Pantokrator (Pantocrator)
Icon Types, Christ, Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (aka The Meeting)
Icon Types, Feast Day Icons1
Icon Types, Feast Day Icons2 (Slideshow)
Icon Types, Feast Day Icons, The Nativity
Icon Types, Mother of God
Icon Types, Mother of God, Eleousa (the Merciful)
Icon Types, Mother of God, Eleousa (of Loving Kindness)
Icon Types, Mother of God, Glykophilousa (Sweet Kissing)
Icon Types, Mother of God, Hodegetria (She who shows the Way)
Icon Types, Mother of God, Icon Descriptions
Icon Types, Mother of God, Kyriotissa (Enthroned)
Icon Types, Mother of God, Miraculous Icons
Icon Types, Mother of God, of the Sign
Icon Types, Mother of God, of Vladimir (Mother of God the Merciful)
Icon Types, Mother of God, Orans
Icon Types, Mother of God, Other
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Icon Types, Mother of God, Oumilenie (of Tenderness)
Icon Types, Saints & Lives of Saints
Icon Types, Saints, Doctors of the Catholic Church (Tommy Ferris)
Icon Types, Saints, Three Hierarchs of the Church
Icon Types, Special Icons
Iconoclasm
Iconographers' Index-Imagebase : Entry Page (Contemporary Byzantine Icons)
Iconographers' Index-Imagebase : All-in-One (Contemporary Byzantine Icons)
Iconographers' Index-Imagebase : in 3 Parts (Contemporary Byzantine Icons)
Iconostasis
Iconostasis, Vladimir Grigorenko
Icons of the Coptic Church
Top of Page
Index of Websites
Interview with God, Flash Movie
Interview with Vladimir Grigorenko
L
La Bible, traduction Louis Segond (1910)
Links - Miscellaneous pages (Chapter 6)
Lord's Prayer (The), Flash Movie
M
Medieval Byzantine Icons, Introduction / Essential Feature of Icons (Chapter 2)
Medieval Byzantine Icons, Links Page (Chapter 2)
More Links (General References)
Music Page
N
Navigation Tutorial
New American Bible
News - Religious News, World News
Top of Page
Note by Author
O
Overview of Contents (Chapter 1), Introductory pages
Overview of Contents (Chapter 2), Medieval Byzantine Icons
Overview of Contents (Chapter 3), Contemporary Byzantine Icons
Overview of Contents (Chapter 4), Byzantine Icons by Subject
Overview of Contents (Chapter 5), General References
Overview of Contents (Chapter 6), Miscellaneous pages
P
Page de bienvenue (Welcome Page, French)
R
Roman Catholic Sites
Roman Catholic Sites, Apparitions
Roman Catholic Sites, The Holy Shroud
Russian Icon Tour 2006
Top of Page
S
SiteSearch & Bookmarks
Specials (Miscellaneous Pages)
Summary
T
Translation Utility
Feedback / Suggestions. If you encounter an error, or if you would like to suggest additional pages to be included, or would like to comment on an entirely different subject (relative to this website), then please click this link and send me an email. I'd love to hear from you.
U
Understanding Icons
V
Veneration of the Holy Virgin Mary
W
Welcome Page
Welkom Pagina (Welcome Page, Dutch)
What are Byzantine icons?
What are Byzantine icons? Dogma of Chalcedon
What's New?
World History

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