Above is the oldest known icon of Christ (Christ Pantocrator).
6th Century
Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mt. Sinai, Egypt
"One of the odd things that has happened to prayer in much of Western Christianity — in some churches with the Reformation, in others more recently — has been the drastic erosion of the physical dimension of spiritual life. Prayer has become mainly an activity of the head. Many of us have become like birds trying to fly with one wing. Icons can help us grow back the missing wing, the physical aspect of prayer." Praying with Icons from the Eastern Orthodox Tradition by Jim Forest
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