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* Ezekiel in the Valley of Dry Bones -- Raising of Lazarus.
* Burning Bush - Womb of the Virgin Mary {{unsigned|Ixthis888}}
:''Here is my first contribution to help Angellight888, I hope it is a good starting point''
:In Eastern Orthodox parlance, the preferred name for the event is ''The Unburnt Bush'', and the theology and hymnography of the church view it as prefiguring the virgin birth of Christ; the theology refers to the Theotokos as the ''God bearer'', viewing her as having given birth to the ''Incarnate Logos'' without suffering any harm, or loss of her virginity, in parallel to the bush being burnt without being consumed.
:PROOF 1 - ''The Octoechos'', Volume II (St. John of Kronstadt Press, Liberty, TN, 1999), Dogmaticon, Tone II
:PROOF 2 - There is an icon by the name of ''the Unburnt Bush'', which portrays Mary in the guise of ''God bearer''; the [[feast day]] for this icon is [[September 4]].
===Feasts of the Lord===
::::This is just to ensure that the connections have some real basis in the tradition of the Church. [[User:Frjohnwhiteford|Frjohnwhiteford]] 11:37, December 2, 2008 (UTC)
:::::I thought so ... Thanks. See what I added beneath the Unburnt Bush and tell me if this is the sort of thing you were recommending? [[User:Ixthis888|Vasiliki]] 02:10, December 3, 2008 (UTC)
::::::I would use standard footnoting in the article. [[User:Frjohnwhiteford|Frjohnwhiteford]] 11:19, December 3, 2008 (UTC)
:::::Thank you Father for this question. To be honest I am not certain of the validity of the connections and that is why I wanted to list them in the TalkPage first -- all of the examples I listed above (except for the Feasts of the Lord) came from a full-year Medieval Art & Art History survey course I had taken long ago at the University of Toronto; I believe the instructor was listing a series of these types/antitypes '''supposedly''' based on *actual* iconographic examples where these connections were made in early Christian and Medieval Churches; however I am not sure if this is the case, and if so, how to identify those buildings; in the absence (to my knowledge) of any known formal statement of connection made by th Church, it will require further research I agree to be sure. I just wanted to get the ball rolling by showing the types of examples we can include, and how we should list them once we agree on them. (''I also have heard of the example Vasiliki gives above of the Burnish Bush and the Theotokos, and there is of course an icon of this particular typology, which we can include on the article as an excellent example'').
:::::As for the feasts of the Lord, I first heard of this from a modern day Messianic Jewish preacher (''who is not at all a stranger to criticism/controversy even among Messianic groups'') named Michael Rood. Although he is a non-Orthodox source, nevertheless when I heard of these typologies they captured my attention and share them here for discussion/debate (for example, we already know of Christ in the Orthodox Church as our "Passover", referred to somewhere in the Easter service books is it not? ); the others Feasts have a very powerful co-relation I think, and I am humbly submitting this to the administrators/clergy for further consideration (or dismissal) one way or the other, so we can learn. Hope this clarifies my above listings. Will try and do true research further as time permits. Many thanks. Cheers :):)
:::::Chris.
:::::[[User:Angellight 888|Angellight 888]] 04:43, December 3, 2008 (UTC)