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In browsing our new site, we hope that you will find it better organized, better designed, with improved features.New & Updated FeaturesVisual Improvements The site will be reorganized, with updated images and graphics throughout the site. It will be easier to navigate and find the products you are looking for. And with over half our customers using mobile devices, we have worked to significantly improve the mobile user experience.Filter and Search A prominent search bar will be on …

The real reason for the season… For the last few years, we have seen for sale figurines and artwork depicting Santa Claus kneeling to the Christ Child. Evidently, these are a popular item. But it strikes us as odd. Recently, Legacy Icons sent a newsletter with a photo of one such figurine, contrasted with an icon of St. Nicholas of Myra, with the headline: “Ho Ho Ho, or Holy Holy Holy?” We believe the creators of these figures and artwork have good intentions. If we are unde …

July 2 Update We have successfully completed our move, and we are working hard on your orders! We have a backlog of a few hundred orders, so we appreciate your patience as we work through them.Legacy Icons will be closed on Monday, July 5, for Independence Day, and we'll be back at full-speed on Tuesday, July 6. Legacy Icons is excited to announce that we are moving to a much larger facility! We are grateful to our spectacular customers who have helped our mission grow. As we …

By the grace of God. On Saturday, 30 September 2017, I shall be visiting the family with two severely disabled children. So far we have received 200$ which was earmarked by our friends to be given to this family for their needs. I hope and pray that with the few days before this visit, you will find the family worthy of support. If you do, you may donate towards their support via our donation account. Please mark donations “Disabled Children.” I continue to worry and pray a …

We just delivered food stuff to the family as we promised. All this work of love is through your support in donations.. Please Pray for us. At St Barnabas orphanage and school, you can make a difference today by giving a small portion of yourself and what our Dear LORD Jesus Christ has blessed you with, and it is for our Christian Orthodox Missions in Africa. The difference is so important that each and every young child is praying every day for even the smallest of gifts. This …

Most are the time we get what we say. Our words becomes self-fulfilling prophecies. If you allow your thoughts to defeat you, giving in to negative ideas through your words, your actions will follow suit.That is why we should be careful of what we say. Our words have tremendous power, and whether we want to or not, we will live according to what we’re saying, either good or bad.Many people in our days live because of their words. They say things such as: “Nothing good ever happen …

When I was a little boy back in the 60s I was fascinated by photos of my ancestors taken a century before. I often wondered why they looked so different from modern people. When I inquired about it, I was told that was just the way styles change, or that it was colder in those days and they needed to wear more clothing.When I came to know Christ in my 20s, I pondered the question anew. I understood that my ancestors were devout Christians, but I viewed them as repressed by Purit …

We welcome a new contributor to our blog, Fr. Methodius Jm Kariuki, director of the St. Barnabas Orphanage and School in South Kinangop, Kenya.Most people do not realize there is a financial expense associated with serving Divine Liturgy. There are candles on the altar. There is flour and yeast needed to make the bread for prosphora and communion. Wine is needed for the chalice. Many churches purchase their own supplies, but more churches accept donations from the people.God giv …

The following document is part of an official record of actions taken against a house church in the town of Cirta* in Algeria during the Diocletian persecution. It provides a description of both the church hierarchy of the Ante Nicene period (consisting of a single bishop, as well as priests, deacons, subdeacons and readers as it is in the Orthodox Church to this day) as well as an inventory of material possessions (including gold, silver, and bronze liturgical items, as well as …

On August 16 we celebrate the Icon of Our Lord "Made Without Hands." This icon, also known as the Holy Face, the Holy Napkin, or the Mandylion, portrays the face of Christ on a piece of cloth, carried by the Archangels Michael and Gabriel. According to Christian legend, King Abgar of Edessa wrote to Jesus, asking him to come cure him of an illness. Jesus declined the invitation, but sent a disciple with a miracle-working image of Jesusthe first icon. The "Made Without Hands" …