For 1600 years the church had Zero prayers for blessing icons. 7th ecumenical council says they are holy because of the image and name written on them. An icon can be made with any color medium. If there was an icon of the the Blessed Theotokos made with sidewalk chalk I’d venerate it.

Nuns and monks often make religious objects (as well as food and other items) to sell in support their abbey or monasteries. We support Christ's work when we purchase these items. Many of these religious centers have accommodations for guests; who wish to make a retreat.

One of the best cases against the mentality that icons MUST be Byzantine and MUST be handpainted to be "real" icons is the miraculous myrrh streaming ( and on occasion blood streaming ) icon "The Softener of evil Hearts" It's without a doubt a western image, softstyle of the Mother of God. The specific one in Moscow that streams myrrh is from the Sofrino icon factory, it's a foil print on cardboard fiber board. Also little paper copies of the Hawaiian Iveron icon have began to stream myrrh after being placed on the miraculous icon, also a print, mounted on wood.

If in doubt, give it to your Priest and ask him to place it on the altar for 40 days.

Dont forget wonderworking images of icons made from a computer printer. That has happened and it wasnt even made by any human hands....

I know some catholic nuns and friars that paints icons...but now that i know how to carve them and i had been baptized Orthodox,i do them by my own✌💪☦☦☦

I’m a Protestant, but I draw Orthodox icons because they look very interesting. I just look at the icons and draw them.

is it ok if an iconographer is a nonorthodox but atleast is a practicing orthodox christian?

Orthodox artisans in the middle-ages had no quams in selling icons to Catholics, or even decorating whole Catholic Churches in mosaic. Some of the better preserved medeval byzantine art is found in Catholic churches, having always remained in use. If Orthodox artists can sell art to Catholics then the opposite direction seems fine.

Where would I purchase online and digital ilustration of ícons?

What about simply printed icons? I mean any printed icon I have, even ones I got from church, I consider "secondary" and wouldn't put them in my iconostasis.

Is it ok to use icons that aren't painted as long as they are blessed? I had an image of an icon printed onto a plaque for my mother and she loved it.

What about the infamous site Monastery Icons? A lot of paganism is involved there and both Catholic and Orthodox laymen and clergy advise against it and quickly dispose of their objects

Glad there’s no issue. I have Catholic and Orthodox icons which I like a great deal. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it at all. In fact, I kind of envy my Orthodox brethren as iconography has never been lost in your tradition. As of late it is become more common place in the Catholic world again.

I’m catholic but what do you think of monasteryicons?? They are not painted. They are not even catholic or orthodox, it’s actually a cult. They have some of my favorite saints so I’m really tempted to buy some.

At least make sure the iconographer is a VERY Traditionalist Roman. The shorter the gap between them and Orthodoxy the better.

Bojon do I worship in rite church.

Coptic? And albanian oriental eastern Christian.