ICONS OF SAINT JOHN OF DAMASCUS |
"Show me the icons that you venerate, that I may be able to understand your faith." St. John of Damascus
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Arabic Icons
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Arabic Icon (Surrounded by the words of his hymn in Arabic). |
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Balamand Icon (Arabic Inscriptions) |
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Icon from Damascus (Syria), 19th c., attributed to Iconographer Ne'meh Naser Homsi. |
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Greek Icons |
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Greek Icon(With English Inscriptions), Iconograher Photios Kontoglou from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, USA |
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Greek Icon of Saints John and Ephrem the Syrians, source unknown |
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Icon from Skete of St. Anne, early 14th c, Wood, egg tempera, 40 x 29 cm, Hellenic Ministry of Culture |
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Icon from Skete of St. Anne, early 14th c, Wood, egg tempera, 40 x 29 cm, Hellenic Ministry of Culture |
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Theophanes of Crete (16c.) IconSaint John with Sts. Theophanys the Great and Theodosios Koinoviarchsi. Location: Stavronikita Monastery. |
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Cretan Icon 17c. by Emanuel Zarfounares. |
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Anagnostos Michael Chomatzas Iconof St. John of Damascus (c. 1734). Location Chios Medieval Musem, Greece. |
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Georgian Icons |
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Georgian Orthodox Church, XIII century, with st. Maxim |
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Russian Icons |
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Novgorod Russian Icon of Sts. John Climacus, John Damascene, and Arsenios the Great
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Russia, 20 c. Moscow |
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Another Russian Icon |
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Manuscript Icons |
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Icon from Codex in Iviron Monastery,(Music Manuscripts Papadike 1686 Iviron Monastery, Cod. 970 Paper, 22.5 x 14.6 cm, ff. 345 (+1) Scribe: Kosmas Iviritis the Macedonian, Hellenic Ministry of Culture |
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Icon from Docheiariou Monastery,Music Manuscripts Anthologia 1760 Docheiariou Monastery, Cod. 332 Paper, 21.5 x 16.5 cm, ff. 580 Scribe: Paisios, hieromonk, Hellenic Ministry of Culture |
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Icon from Codex 380 Xyropotamou Monastery. Music Manuscript Papadike 1759. John of Damascus barefooted |
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