In a life of Saint Basil, Fool-for-Christ, there is an account of him approaching an icon of the Virgin Mary and hurling a stone at it. Cracking the outer layer of paint, revealed something more sinister...The "Hell icons" were a legend in Tsarist Russia in which, an image of a devil was painted underneath the image of a saint depicted in an icon. Mass panic spread as people began to hunt down these wicked icons.But were they real? And if so, could you accidentally pray to the devil?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Join the Discord Community: https://discord.gg/4xnq6Egj78Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/thetabellionOr SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/thetabellionOr Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTabellionFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTabellionFind the host Gravantus on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GravantusOr my longform writings at https://www.thetabellion.com/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chapters00:00 Throwing Stones at Mary03:40 What are Hell Icons?07:08 Where in the Hell did they come from?11:42 Hysterics and Hell Hunts13:39 Okay, but were they even real?17:32 The Theology of Hell Icons20:46 The Soviet Addendum--------------------------------------------------------------------------------What Does Anybody Know About Anything by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/dtv/#orthodoxy #iconography #demons
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