Icons
Use these beautifully-engraved tongs to more safely handle incense and charcoal.
Appearance may vary.
Use this brass spoon for scooping incense, especially small-grained varieties.
These Icons are printed directly on a 3/32 inch thick wooden plaque. Each wooden icon has a large magnet square adhered to the back and is packaged with a clear plastic easel in a hangable cellophane bag.
Made in Constantinople (Modern-day Istanbul, Turkey).
Size: 3.125" x 4.6875"
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Our Home Size Charcoal is ideal for use at home, in smaller spaces, and in shorter church services (such as Vespers). Each roll of Legacy Icons Home Size Charcoal contains six 27mm charcoal tablets. We guarantee they will light quickly and stay hot for about 30 minutes. In home settings, tablets can be gently broken into smaller pieces to extend the life of your roll.
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- Roll: 6 tablets
Safety Tips
- Do not burn incense unattended. Children should not use charcoal unattended.
- This charcoal contains a small amount of gunpowder to help it ignite more quickly. Use caution when igniting your charcoal; a long grill-style lighter is highly recommended. Avoid contact with sparks.
- Keep flammable items away from burning charcoal.
- Empty your charcoal ash regularly, after the ash has cooled completely. As the charcoal and incense were offered in prayer, it is customary to bury the ash in a place where it will not be walked on.
These Icons are printed directly on a 3/32 inch thick wooden plaque. Each wooden icon has a large magnet square adhered to the back and is packaged with a clear plastic easel in a hangable cellophane bag.
Made in Constantinople (Modern-day Istanbul, Turkey).
Size: 3.125" x 4.6875"
One of the most popular and beloved Christian Orthodox Icons from the most ancient times is the Orthodox icon of the Good Shepherd. As you look at Christ beautifully holding a sheep on his shoulder you are instantly taken to the Gospel of St. John, chapter 10, “I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep..I am the Good Shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.”
This Orthodox icon is one of the most ancient as it adorned the catacombs of ancient Rome where the persecuted Christians celebrated their Liturgy. The image of the Good Shepherd is the most common of the symbolic representations of Christ found in Early Christian art in the Catacombs of Rome, before Christian imagery could be made explicit. The image continued to be used in the centuries after Christianity was legalized in 313. Initially it was probably not understood as a portrait of Jesus, but a symbol like others used in Early Christian art, and in some cases may also have represented the Shepherd of Hermas, a popular Christian literary work of the 2nd century. However, by about the 5th century, the figure more often took on the appearance of the conventional depiction of Christ, as it had developed by this time, and was given a halo and rich robes, as on the apse mosaic in the church of Santi Cosma e Damiano in Rome, or at Ravenna (right). Orthodox Christian icons of the Good Shepherd often include a sheep on his shoulders, as in the Lukan version of the Parable of the Lost Sheep.
Through Legacy Icons you can order your own professionally replicated image of this most beloved and ancient representations of our Lord Jesus Christ today.
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This icon set includes icons of Christ and the Theotokos.
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Christ Blessing the Children Icon 6in x 7.5 in. Icons are hand-crafted and made-to-order
This icon is offered by Legacy Icons with the permission of the iconographer, Brian Matthew Whirledge.
This stunning icon depicts the Six Days of Creation in one single incredible icon.
The starry firmament above contains the sun, moon, and stars. The border of the sky is marked by a rainbow, which in iconography symbolizes God's divine power and authority. The seas below are gathered into one place, bordered by dry land. The seas teem with life, while the sky is filled with birds and the land contains numerous plants and animals. Adam, the first-created man, sits in his place, giving glory to God for all things.
The Lord Jesus Christ sits in an orb of divinity in the center, his arms outstretched in a gesture of blessing and authority. In Orthodox theology and iconography, it is the Word of God in particular who accomplishes the Creation of the world—as Genesis says, the Lord spoke all things into existence.
The Creation account is read four times each year in the Orthodox Church: on the eves of the greatest feasts of the Lord Jesus—the Nativity, Theophany, and Pascha—and during the first week of Great Lent.
This beautiful icon was painted by Bulgarian iconographer Georgi Chimev, exclusively for Legacy Icons.
This beautiful icon of the Guardian Angel brings to mind the angelic spiritual protector of every baptized Christian. Our Guardian Angel accompanies our life, and encourages us toward holiness while striving to protect us from danger through our conscience. He bears a spiritual sword for this purpose, but his true weapon is the holy Cross, which puts every demon to flight.
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This icon is used in the Russian tradition for the feast of Pentecost, and in many churches it appears above the Holy Doors. It bears two meanings.
On its surface, this icon depicts a scene from the Bible. The image of three angels grouped around a food-laden table is understood to illustrate the story of the Hospitality of Abraham (Gen. 18:1-8). Here Abraham had just been told by God that he and his wife, Sarah, though beyond childbearing age, were to be blessed with a son. Shortly thereafter, Abraham greeted three men—messengers from Heaven, but also guests in their own right and entitled to good treatment—who appeared on his doorstep. Abraham did all he could to make his holy visitors comfortable, and with Sarah’s help served them from the best provisions he could offer. The guests confirmed Abraham’s blessing. Consistent with a Scriptural interpretation, they are portrayed as angels.
Second, while the icon does show the three messengers seated at Abraham’s table, icons like this one have come to be understood throughout Church history to be representations of the Holy Trinity, present even in the Old Testament covenant God made with Abraham.
It is not necessary, though, to identify each angel in the icon as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Different versions of the icon may reconcile the question by different means—in some, one angel is clearly identifiable as the Son, and in others, which emphasize the unity of the three Persons of the Trinity, all three angels are identical.
Other icons, make the angels both united and unique. Sometimes the eyes of each angel are focused on the companion sitting to his right. The lines of their gazes form a triangle suggesting that, despite their separateness , they are united in one existence. Their placement above the Holy Doors, through which Holy Communion is brought out during the Divine Liturgy, furthers their connection to God’s becoming incarnate for our salvation and being present today in the Eucharist. The angels, unified around the feast, are partaking of Holy Communion themselves.
Also, while the three are otherwise identical to one another, they are clothed in different colors: one in red, one in blue, and one in green. These colors all have divine significance: red for active power and sacrifice for God’s purpose, blue to the contemplative depths and mysteries of God’s love and presence, and green for the peace and regeneration brought forth in communion between God and ourselves. The three colors, in both their meanings and appearance, complement and balance one another. Here balanced are the opposite tones of red-orange and blue, and midpoint in green: here is present the God who smote Sodom and Gomorrah, the God willing to have mercy on either city for the sake of one just citizen, and the God who delivered a child and heir to an aging couple long after they had accepted this was impossible; and, while we may not be able to pinpoint which figure is which, here are represented the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Icon by the hand of Georgi Chimev.
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Christ said to the Apostles, "I am the Vine, you are the branches." This icon depicts this saying literally, illustrating the important truth that the Apostles were united to Christ, as we all must be.
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Made by St. Criox Iconographers Guild of Minnesota is unique piece represents the vision of Adele Briese at Champion, WI when the Virgin Mary appeared to her with instructions on teaching children their catechism. Our Lady of Champion is currently the only approved Marian Apparition Site in the United States.
Description
This historic icon depicts the Theotokos (or Blessed Virgin Mary) in one of her most renowned images in the West. Known as “the Black Madonna,” this icon has inspired pilgrimages from across the world for centuries and has been associated with many miracles of intercession. It has a deep history with the nation of Poland and Eastern Europe. Dating to the early middle ages, not much of its history is known until the 15th century.
The feast of the holy icon is celebrated on March 6.
This beautiful icon is a duplication of the original, painted by a Bulgarian iconographer in 2015. It is very similar to the prototype, although the sharp-eyed viewer will note the more traditional Byzantine style of this icon, especially in the faces.
Also known as "Theotokos of the Passion," the Perpetual Help icon has quite a storied past, stretching back to the time before the Great Schism. The original has been housed at the Church of Saint Alphonsus in Rome for centuries, under the protection of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, or the Redemptorists.
Icon by the hand of Georgi Chimev.
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Many Eastern prayers to the Theotokos speak of her Protection, or Protecting Veil. In this icon, it is depicted literally—her veil being a shield against all the attacks of evil. The depiction of the Bodiless Angels surrounding her is meant to teach us how powerful her protecting intercessions are for us. The Archangels and Guardian Angels stand by to assist us in our times of need as we live our lives in Christ.
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This detail from a large 16th century fresco features a Seraph. The Seraphim, which in Hebrew means "burning ones," are the highest of the nine angelic ranks. Their name indicates their closeness to God: so close that they are eternally burning with His divine fire and light as they commune directly with Him. They are depicted with six wings after the vision in Isaiah 6.
The feast day of all the angelic hosts is November 8.
Saint Katherine (also spelled Catherine) was a Great Martyr who suffered in the year 305 at the hands of Maximinus of Alexandria.
She is commemorated in the Slavic churches on November 24, the date of her martyrdom. In the Byzantine churches, she is commemorated on November 25, her feast being combined with the Leavetaking of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple. This change was made at the request of the Monastery of St. Katherine on Mount Sinai.
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An angel is a messenger of God, and a being which has stood before God and praised Him from a time before human comprehension. We cannot fully grasp what an angel's exact nature is, but we can understand an angel's function on earth. In icons, angels—especially the high-ranking Archangels—are depicted in an earthly form. All the angels are dressed as humans, in clothing accented with gold, the color of holiness and Heaven.
The Archangel Michael is the warrior of God, and in any given instance of heavenly warfare is likely present fighting for Him. In icons, Michael can always be identified by his soldier's attire, his armor, and the sword he wields. Also, Michael is frequently clothed in some shade of red. The color red can symbolize power, war, blood, and sacrifice: all appropriate to the angel who is engaged in warfare. His liturgical hymns refer to him as "the Commander of the bodiless hosts." He holds a flaming sword in one hand, a reference to the angel who guards the Garden of Eden in the book of Genesis, and an orb in his other hand, symbolizing his authority as the supreme Archangel.
This icon was painted by Fr. Theodore Koufos.
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Shortly before the Lord Jesus' life-giving Death, He wished to give His disciples an assurance of His Godhood and reveal to them the glory that awaits those who follow Him faithfully to the end. He took Peter, James, and John to the summit of Mount Tabor, and there He was transfigured, His face shining like the sun. The prophets Moses and Elijah also appeared, revealing that Christ is greater than the prophets and Lord of the living and the dead. Once again, as at His Baptism in the Jordan River, a voice came from heaven saying, "This is My beloved Son" (Matthew 17:5).
This was the fulfillment of the Lord's promise that "some standing here will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom" (Matthew 16:28), for the fulness of the heavenly glory was revealed. This knowledge would strengthen the Apostles as they faced many persecutions for their preaching.
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This icon features the Theotokos offering a flower to Christ. According to tradition, the flower represents the Virgin's purity and sweetness, offered as a sacrifice in order to give birth to the Son of God. This icon is celebrated on April 3rd.
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Guardian Angel Icon 3.5"x5"
Adhering to Traditional Byzantine Iconography
Icon is Hand-Made, silk screen on wooden base.
St. Mary Magdalene Icon 3.5"x5"
Adhering to Traditional Byzantine Iconography
Icon is Hand-Made, silk screen on wooden base.
A remarkable rose fragrance with a subtle fruity and dewy petal character, harmonized with a rich and elegant amber.
Hand-made by the the brotherhood of Holy Cross Monastery in West Virginia.
Enjoy this fine-quality blend of the two classic, natural fragrances of sweet Frankincense and rich Myrrh. The blend gives a unique and worshipful scent ideal for both home and church use.
Ideal for both traditional charcoal censers and Legacy Icons Smokeless incense burners.
All natural Frankincense resin incense gathered from the same Eastern regions where the wisemen or magi purchased it. Our pure pearls of translucent Frankincense incense burn clean and fresh, filled with notes of vanilla, pine, and lemon.
Perfect for those starting out with incense, the fragrance is pure and free of the perfumes that sometimes bother sensitive noses. An important everyday incense that is fitting for all occasions.
A wonderful, earthy fragrance that is a classic incense. Premium Myrrh includes the finest pieces of natural resin, free of impurities.
This beautiful prayer rope is crafted from waxed string with beautiful wooden beads. The 100-knot prayer rope is traditionally wrapped around the wrist 2-3 times and worn like a bracelet when not in use.
A prayer rope is used in the Orthodox tradition to meditatively recite the Jesus Prayer and other short prayers.
*Type of beads may vary
Metal tongs with spoon-shaped ends for charcoal and incense.
Length: about 4 in. (10cm)
These Icons are printed directly on a 3/32 inch thick wooden plaque. Each wooden icon has a large magnet square adhered to the back and is packaged with a clear plastic easel in a hangable cellophane bag.
Made in Constantinople (Modern-day Istanbul, Turkey).
Size: 3.125" x 4.6875"