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Dear friends, I bought some icons from Monastery Icons which is a Byzantine Catholic but then I read an article in www.orthodoxinfo.com stating they have \"icons\" of \"St\" Albert Einstein and other syncretistic doctrines, Hinduism, as well as icons of papist \"saints\" unrecognized by the Orthodox Church. So I had to dispose of several \"icons\". I did not know any better when I bought them; I think some unfortunately are sold by Light and Life in Minneapolis and some seem to ecumenically produced and not made in (by) an Orthodox iconographer. Anyway, I think they do good icons at Saint Anthony\'s monastery in Florence AZ and Dormition Skete Icons in Buena Vista CO and the Monastery of the Glorious Ascenscion Resaca GA Holy Trinity Monastery Jordanville NY Holy Transfiguration Monastery Boston MA Saint Isaace of Syra Skete Boscobel WI I have an icon of the martyrdom of Orthodox Christian at the hands of Roman catholic priests and hierarchs in Estonia who were cast into a frozen snowy icy river and drowned by the papists who were trying to force them to convert to papism by force of violence. It is documented in one of the issues of Orthodox Life by Holy Trinity Monastery Jordanville NY I want to order some icons from Jordanville and from Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Brookline (Boston) MA I think some of the better Orthodox icons come from Boston though the HOCNA diocese in Boston is a kind of ultra Orthodox withdrawal from ROCOR and an unnecessary schism as ROCOR is not at all syncretistic or ecumenist as some in HOCNA fear. Anyway, there is an excellent article on the Boston schism of Father Panteleimon and the alleged misconduct and hypocrisy and problems of the jurisdiction. I am sad for all this and wish we would all get closer to God, for at times, for some of us, it is true we love our sins more than we love God. We all need repentance while there is still time. Anyway, I don\'t use icons as much as I should, though I do make the sign of the cross before some of them at times. I need to be more open to Orthodox iconic piety than I currently am.\\ God help you find icons. I hope to get another icon of the blessed Theotokos and of Saint Andrew the First Called Apostle of Christ from Holy Transfiguration Monastery. I recommend one get an icon of whatever patron saint one can find. God save us. Always, Scott

These are good websites that offer a wide selection of icons. I bought an icon of the Theotokos Abysess of Mount Athos (I\'lm pretty sure that\'s the name of it) from skete.com and it is wonderful and is my second favorite icon next to the hand-written Nativity icon that I bought while in Russia. http://www.comeandseeicons.com/ http://www.skete.com/

Holy Transfiguration and others are great sources and if you want you can buy the icon laminated but unmounted for some savings if needed. Stay away from monastery icons as suggested and make sure the site is a canonical skete before purchasing.

Hello Scott I suspect it was Trinity Stores, not Monastery Icons which has \"icons\" of Albert Einstein, Vincent van Gogh, and depictions of Christ and the Mother of God as blach Africans, Native Americans, and other politically correct and/or heretical depictions. The Monastery Icons material is simply bland, it looks like it was produced using Photoshop. I agree, that there is plenty there which is of Roman Catholic origin. One truly non-canonical icon of theirs is of St Joseph the Betrothed, where the saint is shown holding the infant Christ (much as His mother would). Despite their dubious jurisdictional canonicity, the icons available through the Holy Transfiguration monastery are very good, both in content, and artistic finesse.The only icon in their range which is dodgy is of the Holy Trinity, where the central angel has the distinctive halo associated with Christ (no time to explain why this is wrong, just trust me!) I agree with icxcpainter\'s comments, though I would also add the following advice: A large number of Orthodox sources of icons still persist in carrying uncanonical icons such as the so-called \"New Testament Trinity\" (with God the Father as an old man sitting next to Christ, with a Holy Spirit dove hovering over them), the related composition known as \"Paternity\", the \"Angel of Great Counsel\" (a youthful beardless winged Christ) and the similar \"Holy Wisdom\", etc. Even the prolific and very talented Monk Michael of Karyes Monastery, Mt Athos, has somehow produced an NT Trinity in Byzantine style .... aaargh!

You can find the most beautiful Orthodox icons in antique stores..but they can be really really expensive..

We bought ours at www.archangelsbooks.com They have a wonderful selection and they have Russian ones. Look at the Russian silk ones.

While I have not actually purchased from Uncut Mountain, they do have a nice selection. It seems they may have inherited an icon business from St. Anthony\'s Monastery somehow. I might be completely wrong about that, but if I\'m not, I know no details. http://www.uncutmountainsupply.com Another one (in Greece) is: http://www.oramaworld.com Then there\'s eBay.

My spiritual father owns company called OrthodoxImages.com, he can find you almost anything, and print to order. Many our done ny our Fr. Luke Dingman!

www.notofthisworldicons.com

I have received a couple of icons from St. Isaac of Syria Skete in Bascobel, Wisconsin. The website is: www.skete.com. Since I recieved one from a seminary student and another form a priest\'s family I am pretty sure they sell coanonical stuff. By the way, if you want to learn more about iconography, especially how it relates to correct doctrine, then I highly recommend \"Ikon as Scripture\", it is by an Archbishop from Canada. I purchased it from Eighth Day Books (www.eighthdaybooks.com). I couldn\'t find it on their online catalog, so you might have to call them. They also have a lot of Icons available.

I\'m afraid that the site notofthisworldicons.com also carries a number of uncanonical icons, such as \"Unsleeping Christ\", \"Christ Holy Wisdom\", \"Angel of Great Counsel\" (though no Old Man trinities - phew!). This is not surprising, as the icons they stock are sourced from the Sofrino company in Russia, which carries many such images, including many western-style images, as well as proper canonical icons, many of which are as good as you\'ll find anywhere. The trick is to be able to distinguish between the proper, canonical stuff, and the dodgy ones. It\'s a matter of education, for layman and priest alike.

Ordering Icons from Russia is best. And cheap.

St. Nektarios Press is pretty good as well. I\'ve bought a fair amount from them, but most of the time I end up buying icons at seminary bookstores (when I get to go to the seminaries of course).

I try to buy mine at monasteries directly, at parish festivals - bought one yesterday at a Ukrainian parish festival, and anytime our parish offers any.