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Oct 2nd 2025
What Are Icons? Understanding Orthodox Iconography and Its role in Christian Worship Pt.1
Pictured above is from Legacy Icons visit to Greece: Rotunda of St George (Agios Georgios), Thessaloniki — a 4th‑century imperial rotunda later converted to a church — preserves some of the earliest and finest Early Christian mosaics, including a dome program on Christ’s Second Coming with processions of saints that shaped Orthodox iconography. Recognized by UNESCO for its masterpiece mosaics and far‑reaching influence on Byzantine monumental art.
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