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==North Star Logo== | ==North Star Logo== | ||
[[Image:Northstar.jpg|left|Webmaster Constantine's North Star logo]] | [[Image:Northstar.jpg|left|Webmaster Constantine's North Star logo]] | ||
| − | <br>This logo was submitted by | + | <br>This logo was submitted by [[User:WebmasterConstantine]] on Tuesday, Sept. 27th 2005. He writes: "It is a modified Alaskan Flag, a Midnight Blue field with a Golden Big Dipper. Replacing Polaris, the North Star, is the Blessing Cross. The Year 1794 is also displayed, all pointing to the fact that Orthodox Christianity first set foot in America in 1794 on Alaskan Soil, that Christ, symbolzed by the North Star, is whom we navigate by, and that American Orthodoxy points to Christ, as proclaimed by our early Alaskan Fathers."<br><br> |
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* My initial take is this: I appreciate the symbolism very much, and I like the stylized font for "OrthodoxWiki." I am concerned however, that, though the official language of this Wiki is English, it is not intended specifically as an American (or North American) project. We are grateful to have contributors from all over the world. I also have concerns about the visual effect of the strong blue background and the square-block design. One thing I like about it though is the way it nicely integrates an OrthodoxWiki logo with a sense of mission. - [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 16:41, 27 Sep 2005 (EDT) | * My initial take is this: I appreciate the symbolism very much, and I like the stylized font for "OrthodoxWiki." I am concerned however, that, though the official language of this Wiki is English, it is not intended specifically as an American (or North American) project. We are grateful to have contributors from all over the world. I also have concerns about the visual effect of the strong blue background and the square-block design. One thing I like about it though is the way it nicely integrates an OrthodoxWiki logo with a sense of mission. - [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] 16:41, 27 Sep 2005 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 20:44, September 27, 2005
Please post your submissions for the OrthodoxWiki:Logo Contest here. Thank you!
North Star Logo
This logo was submitted by User:WebmasterConstantine on Tuesday, Sept. 27th 2005. He writes: "It is a modified Alaskan Flag, a Midnight Blue field with a Golden Big Dipper. Replacing Polaris, the North Star, is the Blessing Cross. The Year 1794 is also displayed, all pointing to the fact that Orthodox Christianity first set foot in America in 1794 on Alaskan Soil, that Christ, symbolzed by the North Star, is whom we navigate by, and that American Orthodoxy points to Christ, as proclaimed by our early Alaskan Fathers."
Comments:
- My initial take is this: I appreciate the symbolism very much, and I like the stylized font for "OrthodoxWiki." I am concerned however, that, though the official language of this Wiki is English, it is not intended specifically as an American (or North American) project. We are grateful to have contributors from all over the world. I also have concerns about the visual effect of the strong blue background and the square-block design. One thing I like about it though is the way it nicely integrates an OrthodoxWiki logo with a sense of mission. - Fr. John 16:41, 27 Sep 2005 (EDT)
