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[[Image:icon_corner.jpg|right|frame|An icon corner in an American home]]An '''Icon corner''' is the family's place of worship.  Its concept of the church of the home is an old Orthodox tradition.  It started in the first century when there were no churches and Christians would gather in private homes to worship.
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[[Image:icon_corner.jpg|right|frame|An icon corner in an American home]]
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An '''icon corner''' is the family's place of worship, also called the '''home [[altar]]'''The concept of the [[church]] of the home is an ancient Orthodox tradition, beginning in the first century. At this time there were no separate churches, so Christians would gather in private homes to worship.
  
If possible, locate the icon corner on an east wall of the house so that you face east while praying.  According to Orthodox belief, Christ, the light of the world, will come again from the East.  Choose a relatively private area conductive to prayer but accessible to all of the family.  Some people prefer an upstairs halllway; others select the parents bedroom.  The choice is yorus.
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[[Icon]] corners are typically located in the north- or south-east corner of a room, or on an east-facing wall of the house, since East is the traditional direction for Orthodox [[prayer]].   
 
 
There are many ways to arrange the icon cornerThe items may go into a glass-enclosed cabinet, on open shelves, and/or hung on the walls above a small table.
 
  
 
== Contents ==
 
== Contents ==
*Icon of [[Jesus Christ|Christ]]
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*Icon of [[Christ]]
*Icon of the [[Theotokos|Virgin Mary]]
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*Icon of the [[Theotokos]]
*Icon of the family patron saint
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*Icon of the family's [[patron saint]]
 
*Optional: Other icons such as those of saints of family members and significant church events
 
*Optional: Other icons such as those of saints of family members and significant church events
*A cross
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*A [[cross]]
 
*A prayer book
 
*A prayer book
*The Bible
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*The [[Holy Scripture|Bible]]
*Season Items:
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*Seasonal items:
-First piece cut from the [[Vasilopita]] at New Year's
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**First piece cut from the [[Vasilopita]] at the [[feast]] of St. [[Basil the Great|Basil]]
 
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**Holy water from the [[Theophany]] church sevice
-Holy water from the [[Theophany|Ephiphany]] church sevice
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**Palms or pussy willows from the [[Palm Sunday]] service
 
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**Holy oil from the [[Holy Unction]] service on Holy Wednesday
-Palms from the [[Palm Sunday]] service
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**Flowers from special services: Good Friday, etc.
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**[[Pascha]]l egg
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*Seal for [[prosphora|communion bread]]
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*[[Censer]] with [[incense]] and charcoal pellets
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*Light or [[candle]] ([[vigil lamp]])
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*Optional: [[Marriage]] crowns
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The perishable items should be eaten, distributed to the birds, or burnt if it is necessary to dispose of them.
  
-Holy oil from the [[Holy Unction]] service on Holy Wednesday
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-Flowers from special services: Good Friday, etc.
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==Articles about icon corners==
 
 
-[[Pascha]] egg
 
 
 
*Seal for communion bread
 
 
 
*Censer with incense and charcoal pellets
 
 
 
*Light or candle
 
 
 
*Optional: Marriage crowns
 
 
 
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==Articles about Icon Corners==
 
 
*[http://holytrinity.orthodoxmission.org/2005/03/icon-corner.htm The Icon Corner] - by Subdeacon James Davis
 
*[http://holytrinity.orthodoxmission.org/2005/03/icon-corner.htm The Icon Corner] - by Subdeacon James Davis
 
*[http://orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/xc_home.aspx#corner Marriage and the Christian Home: The Icon Corner] - by Fr. Michael B. Henning
 
*[http://orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/xc_home.aspx#corner Marriage and the Christian Home: The Icon Corner] - by Fr. Michael B. Henning
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* [http://www.byzantines.net/prayer/prayerInHome.htm The Icon Corner] - A Byzantine Catholic source
 
* [http://www.byzantines.net/prayer/prayerInHome.htm The Icon Corner] - A Byzantine Catholic source
  
==Personal Accounts==
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==Personal accounts==
*[http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/OldWorldBasic/THE_ICON_CORNER.htm The Icon Corner - КР
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/OldWorldBasic/THE_ICON_CORNER.htm The Icon Corner - КР�?С�?ЫЙ УГОЛ]
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*[https://toddmricker.com/icon-corner-asheville/ Todd Michael's Icon Corner] - See also the [http://raphael.doxos.com/comments.php?id=P1517_0_1_0 living room] and [http://raphael.doxos.com/comments.php?id=P1513_0_1_0 Raphael's Room]
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*[http://southern-orthodoxy.blogspot.com/2005/02/saints-in-family.html Fr. Joseph's Icon Corner]
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==Other photos==
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*[http://www.si.edu/oahp/russia/photos.htm Icon corner in a Russian peasant house]
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==See also==
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*[[Domestic church]]
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*[[Icons and Home Items]]
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*[[Vigil lamp]]
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*[[Icon Corners]] - Images of people's icon corners on OrthodoxWiki
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[[Category:Church Life]]
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[[Category:About Icons]]
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[[Category:Links]]

Latest revision as of 19:34, January 20, 2024

An icon corner in an American home

An icon corner is the family's place of worship, also called the home altar. The concept of the church of the home is an ancient Orthodox tradition, beginning in the first century. At this time there were no separate churches, so Christians would gather in private homes to worship.

Icon corners are typically located in the north- or south-east corner of a room, or on an east-facing wall of the house, since East is the traditional direction for Orthodox prayer.

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The perishable items should be eaten, distributed to the birds, or burnt if it is necessary to dispose of them.


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Articles about icon corners

Personal accounts

Other photos

See also