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!
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