Chapter 5 - Contents
General References

All texts and links on this site is organized into six chapters:
         (1) Introductory Pages
         (2) Medieval Byzantine Icons - by Country of origin
         (3) Contemporary Byzantine Icons - by Iconographer
         (4) Byzantine Icons by Subject
  ==> (5) General References
         (6) Miscellaneous Pages

General References are proposed to aid better understanding Byzantine Icons and to help placing the Sacred Art of Icon Painting in the appropriate historical and religious context. You will find some excellent links on various different subjects, like the Byzantine Empire, the Great Schism, or the Crusades, for example. And there are many more.

All of the following is assembled on one and the same page,
and called General References

• History & Geography
- World History - The Byzantine Empire - Maps and Timelines

• Icon History, Art & Architecture
- Introductory Links - The Catacombs - Iconoclasm

• Eastern Orthodoxy
- Orthodox Tradition - The Jesus Prayer - Easter Holy Fire - Akathist Hymn

• Early Church Fathers

• Other Eastern Churches (Eastern Rite Churches)

• Roman Catholic Sites
- Resources, Links - Apparitions - The Holy Shroud - The Inquisition

• Ecumenical Issues
- The Great Schism - The Fourth Crusade - Resources Links

• Bibles, Encyclopedias
- The New American Bible - La Bible (Louis Segond) - Catholic Encyclopedia

• Special Reports
- Gigantic Art Theft (the Looting of Cyprus)

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