Liturgical Renewal
The conversation below took place in June 1990, between Archimandrite Victor (Mamontov), rector of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk Church in Karsava, Latvia, and Hieromonk Zinon, a talented young iconographer of the Pskov-Caves Monastery. It is translated from an unpublished manuscript.
APOLOGIA OF ST JOHN DAMASCENE AGAINST THOSE WHO DECRY HOLY IMAGES.
In "Apologia Against Those Who Decry Holy Images," St. John of Damascus defends veneration of images by appeal to the Incarnation: the invisible God became visible in the Son, who took material flesh; since Christ was seen and touched, His human form may rightly be depicted.
Eastern Orthodox and Catholic teaching about Icons
St John the Baptist Cathedral, Washington DC
