Articles on icons, holy places and pilgrimage
About the holy places we travel to, how to choose an icon or a cross, how to prepare for a trip and how to care for items. We write ourselves, from our own experience.
Silver-Plated Orthodox Icons: Meaning, Tradition and Sacred Beauty
Where the custom of covering icons with silver and gilding comes from, how a silver-plated Orthodox icon is made, how to honour it and how to look after it at home.