Icons of the Mother of God

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The Mother of God

No subject appears more often in Christian iconography than the Mother of God. The classical types were fixed centuries ago: the Eleusa (tenderness), in which the Child presses his cheek to his mother's; the Hodegetria ("she who shows the way"), in which Mary holds the Child and points to him; the Platytera, in which she is shown with arms raised and the Child in a medallion; and the Panagia, the all-holy one enthroned with the Child.

Why every prayer corner has one

An icon of the Mother of God with the Child is the heart of a home prayer corner in both Catholic and Orthodox tradition. It is the icon traditionally placed in a child's room, given at a wedding, and kept at the door of the house. Mary is invoked as protector of the family, of mothers, and of those who travel.

Our collection

We carry the great classical types — Perpetual Help, Our Lady of Good Counsel, the Virgin of Tenderness, the Platytera — together with the most venerated national and monastic icons: Our Lady of Kazan and Vladimir, the Virgin of Smolensk, Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn, the Panagia Portaitissa of Mount Athos, Our Lady of Kykkos and the Mother of God of Aglona. See also our saint icons, the A-Z index and the buyer's guide.

Finish and sizes

Every icon is printed on a solid alder wood board and finished by hand with genuine gold leaf in Poland. Sizes range from small devotional formats to large pieces for churches.

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