Hidden Life of Christ

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Circumcision - Η Περιτομή του Χριστού



Holy Family

Presentation - Η Υπαπαντή του Χριστού

The visit of the Magi

The Flight to Egypt

Christ Discoursing in the Temple

Wedding at Cana - Ο εν Κανά Γάμος

On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine."
"Dear woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied, "My time has not yet come."
His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet."
John 2:1-8 NIV

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Christ and the Woman of Samaria

The meeting of Christ with the woman at the well, the Samaritan woman, is an ikon of the self-revelation of Jesus as the Anointed One (ha-Moshiach) of Israel. This important event is commemorated on the fourth Sunday after Pascha. The woman herself, known to us by the name Photiní (the enlightened) is an isapóstolos (equal to the Apostles), and also is depicted on her own ikon.

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Christ Heals the Man Born Blind

Christ's healing of the man born blind is commemorated on the fifth Sunday after Pascha.

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Christ Heals the Paralytic

Christ's healing of the paralytic is commemorated on the third Sunday after Pascha.

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Christ in the Wheat Field

One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. Some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?" Jesus answered them, "Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions." Then Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
Luke 6:1-5

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NOTE: This is not actually an ikon, but a prayer card that I received from my first Orthodox friends, and so it has sentimental value for me. It has always represented somehow the earthiness and approachableness of Jesus, which is to me one of the signs of true Orthodoxy—the nearness of the priests to the people.

Parable - Publican and Pharisee - Τελώνου και Φαρισαίου

The parable of the Publican and the Pharisee, found in Luke 18:9-14, is the subject of the first Sunday of the Lenton Triodion in the Orthodox Church.

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Parable - Prodigal Son - του Ασώτου Υιού

The parable of the Prodigal Son, found in Luke 15:11-32, is the subject of the second Sunday of the Lenten Triodion in the Orthodox Church.

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