... A variety of forms...

The greek road-iconostasis tradition has generated a wide variety of shrines and the walker will find...

• Some single, some twofold, other threefold...
• Some modest and some showy...
• Some in the country and some in the mountain...
• Some carefully closed and some exposed to the four winds...
• In shape of boxes, houses ou churches...
• In dangerous curves or in VERY dangerous curves...
• Some anonymous and some bearing names...
• Neatly ordered or not!...
• Made out of marble, iron or masonry...
• White or coloured...
• Some deserted, other well-kept...
• Those that lean sideways or these that stand up straight...
• Big ones and small ones...

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Credits

Thanks to CompuServe members E. Michaliadis, R. K. McMeekin, Maurice Rowe for interesting discussions and the informations they gave about iconostasis. Were also useful:

- Lawrence Nees iconostasis article in Grolier Encyclopedia,

- Nicholas Gage book "Hellas, a portrait of Greece", Efstathiadis group A.E., 1995.

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Other related sites

Having seen some examples of containers, you may be interested in having a look at the contents. In such case, it is worth jumping to the following sites that will display a lot of icons:

• Orthodox icons,
• On line OCF icon archive,
• The traditional byzantine iconography.

• in a database of hellenic web resources,
• and through the Greek Connection ;
• you may also have a look at Greece museums guide.
• If these are not enough, try to search the greek cyberspace thanks to Phantis.

Last modified June 22, 2006.