Talk:Panagia Ierosolymitissa

History of the Icon

Hi, please excuse the clumsiness of this section. I translated this from a Greek source and there are some words that I just can not know the exact translation for some things. Example, what do we Orthodox call the iconographer in singular tense? Also, do Iconographers 'paint'? Is there a better word for this? Also, this icon was not painted by human hands ...in Greek there is a specific word for this ...do we have an English equivalent so that i can insert it into the correct spot of the Holy Tradition story? Many Thanks -- Vasiliki 19:21, January 23, 2008 (PST)

'Iconographer' is the singular; iconographers most often 'write', based on an interesting justificatory translation from the Greek original, but they can equally-properly be said to paint; there is no specific word in English ('uncreated' might be the best we have, but the meaning is confusing) but it's easy enough to say that the icon wasn't written by humans.

Also - OW doesn't have the concept that articles can be copywritten by editors - OW itself is considered to be the collective author...Orthodox Source does have that concept, though (indeed, that's what it was designed for). — edited by Pιsτévο ^{talk complaints} at 01:19, January 25, 2008 (PST)

Source

Hi Magda, I wrote this article from scratch so I dont understand the Source that you added. I never even knew that the blog existed so I am really confused how his words are similar to those in this article (although I dont even recall writing the initial paragraph that way either). Nonetheless, I have never used that blog to prepare this article ...can you offer any insight as it is not a Source rather it is an external link? The information I used, as clumsy as it was written, was all from Greek knowledge and then translated, hence the clumsiness. Cheers lovely lady! Vasiliki 15:03, March 10, 2008 (PDT)