Byzantine Icons Returned

[Viggen]

A ceremony at the Consulate General of Cyprus in New York on January 10 marked the return of six stolen Byzantine icons to the Church of Cyprus. The repatriation was amicable, with the Charles Pankow Foundation voluntarily giving the icons to the Church. The Foundation, based in Ontario, California, had consigned the icons to Sotheby's in 2005. Hearing of the proposed sale, the Cypriot government intervened and through its Washington embassy requested that the sale in New York be halted, maintaining that the lawful owner was the Church of Cyprus.

 

full article at Archaeology.org

[Julius Ratus]

Nice to finally hear some good news comming from Cyprus.

[Gaius Octavius]

I always thought that icons were never painted by one person, but rather by many hands.

 

If you look at the right hand of Christ in the last picture, you will see the index and middle fingers fully extended. This represents the two Natures of Christ - Man and God. The thumb, ring and pinkie are enclosed on each other representing the Trinity.

[Rameses the Great]

If you look at the right hand of Christ in the last picture, you will see the index and middle fingers fully extended. This represents the two Natures of Christ - Man and God. The thumb, ring and pinkie are enclosed on each other representing the Trinity.

 

Also, the people of Cyprus are known for making the sign of the cross in that way.