Εικόνες Μονής Καρακάλλου

ICONS OF KARAKALLOU MONASTERY

by ΕΥΘΥΜΙΟ ΤΣΙΓΑΡΙΔΑ, ΚΡΙΤΩΝ ΧΡΥΣΟΧΟЇΔΗΣ, ΑΓΓΕΛΙΚΗ ΣΤΡΑΤΗ, ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ ΠΑΠΑΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, ALEXANDRA TRIFONOΝΗ, kai ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ ΦΟΥΣΤΕΡΗ

One hundr ed a nd fifty-two icons from Karakallou Monastery have been carefully selected from a much larger number spanning the period from the second half of the 14th to the first half of the 19th century. The text which follows a time-chart and an introductory preface on the icons in the Monastery, is arranged in six sections, dealing respectively with: 1. Icons of the second half of the 14th century to the end of the 16th century; 2. Icons of the 17th century; 3. Icons painted by Dionysios of Phourna and his atelier; 4. Icons of the first half of the 18th century; 5. Icons of the second half of the 18th century; 6. Icons of the first half of the 19th century. The icons published in this volume depict a d iversit y of iconog raph ic subjec t s a nd iconographical types of saints, inspired by the Old and New Testaments, the Apocr y phal Gospels and hagiographical literature and reflecting the Church calendar of feasts and saints, and meet various needs relating to veneration, liturgical use and private monastic prayer. They also reveal the importance that icons gradually acquired in the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church after the end of the iconoclastic age.

Cover type: Hard
549 pages
Edition #1 published in 2011 by Εκδοτησ Ιερά Μονή Καπακκάλλου.
ISBN: 978-960-99914-0-7