Holy Week Icons

Set of Icons The Stations of the Cross is a powerful Western Christian devotion used during Lent and Holy Week. Also called "The Way of the Cross" (or in Latin, Via Crucis), it follows the journey of Christ from His condemnation by Pilate to His...

Our Lord is depicted at His trial, stripped of His clothes and beaten, hands tied, wearing the crown of thorns and holding the reed in His hand. This icon of Christ is used during the first three days of Holy Week, especially at the Bridegroom Matins...

As recorded in Matthew 26, a few days before Christ's death, a harlot came and anointed his feet with expensive ointment and wept for her sins. When they saw this, the disciples and especially Judas were angry. But Christ rebuked them and said she had...

This unique icon of the Crucifixion of Christ is from the 10th century Bamberg Psalter. It is a glorious depiction of the Gospels' accounts of Christ's voluntary death and sacrifice. The Theotokos (Blessed Virgin Mary) and St. John the Beloved Disciple...

This unique icon of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem is from the 10th century Bamberg Psalter. It is a beautiful depiction of the Gospel accounts of Christ's celebrated and prophesied entry into Jerusalem at the beginning of Holy Week. The anonymous...

This unique icon of the Arrest of Christ is from the 10th century Bamberg Psalter. It is a glorious depiction from the Gospels' accounts of Christ being greeted by Judas Iscariot with a kiss and then being arrested by guards. The anonymous iconographer...

This unique icon of the Washing of the Feet is from the 10th century Bamberg Psalter. It is a glorious depiction from St. John's Gospel (13:1-17) of Christ washing the feet of his disciples on the night of the Last Supper and his imminent betrayal...