Romanian Orthodox icons

Icons in Romanian Orthodoxy

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In the Romanian Orthodox Church, icons serve much the same purpose as they do in the rest of the worldwide Orthodox Church. The art of painting them has seen a revival after the end of the communist period, and today there are many active icon painters in Romania.

In Romania, icons painted as reversed images on glass and set in frames were common in the 19th century and are still made. "In the Transylvanian countryside, the expensive icons on panels imported from Moldavia, Wallachia, and Mt. Athos were gradually replaced by small, locally produced icons on glass, which were much less expensive and thus accessible to the Transylvanian peasants..."[1]

Although exceptions exist, "Roman Orthodox icons rarely show Jesus nailed to the cross as they do in Catholic Churches."[2]

Religious icons and crucifixes are allowed in Romanian schools, by order of the Romania high court, in contrast to the United States.[3][4]

Romanian icons commonly use a halo to indicate saints, and was used for the ghost in Shakespeare’s Hamlet as well, to indicate the supernatural character of the dead king.[5]

## See also

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* Byzantium after Byzantium

## References

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1. ^ Dancu, Juliana; Dancu, Dumitru (1982). Romanian Icons on Glass. Wayne State University Press.
2. ^ Townson, Annabelle (2005). We Wait for You: Unheard Voices from Post-Communist Romania. Hamilton Books. p. 108\. ISBN 9780761832423.
3. ^ Bhatia, Gautam (2021). "27". The Oxford Handbook of Freedom of Speech, 2021. Oxford University Press. p. 510\. ISBN 9780198827580.
4. ^ Tanase, Laurentiu D. (2017). "13". Presence of the Cross in Public Spaces: Experiences of Selected European Countries, 2017. Cambridge Scholars. pp. 228–233\. ISBN 9781443878661.
5. ^ C. Dente, ed. (2013). Shakespeare and Conflict: A European Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137311344.

## Gallery of modern hand painted Romanian icons

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* Icon of Jesus, a rare example of him nailed to the cross

* Icon of the Nativity

* Icon of Saint Peter

* Icon of the Trinity

* Icon of Saint Nicholas

* Icon done by George Huszar tempera and 23 kt. gold leaf on glass

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