Icon "Holy Family" does not belong to the canonical Orthodox icons, ie it lzheikona.The biggest resentment among the clergy is the fact that Joseph the Betrothed Virgin hugs, while it existed at it more as a guardian rather than a husband.They were only engaged, as evidenced by the very name of the Betrothed.And he was at the time of Christ's birth a hundred years old.Claims have and the white color of the clothes.
picture or icon
Icon "Holy Family" resembles, rather, a picture painted by the biblical story.The world knows hundreds of such works, the most famous of them are owned by Rembrandt, Raphael and Rubens.About 100 great artists painted pictures on biblical themes, but none of them (except the one - "The Three Joys") does not claim the title of the icon ("Icon" is translated from Greek means "image", sometimes an icon, which depicts oneor a saint, called the face).
icon in Orthodoxy - prayer, conversation with God.Before the revolution, no one would have never occurred to keep at home nekanonizirovannykh icon, and even pray to her.It was apostasy, sectarianism, heresy clean water.
Nowadays, there is a lack of education of the church, on this basis concepts blurred around a lot of false saints.Now you can travel to various countries, including Israel, in which there is a cult icon "Holy Family."It is located in churches, and all the shops and stores located along the route of tourists made for every taste and budget.
traditions and rules of "The Holy Family" in Christianity
positioned her as a homemaker, family unity, and all that is associated only with the word "family."Icon "The Holy Family" can help in the search for the second half and discourage razluchnitsa.Thus, bought in the Holy Land and the noble goals of serving the icon is becoming increasingly popular in Russia.And not many of its owners will come to a head check for pseudo-ecclesiastical.
Already around the image developed some traditions, rules and rituals, the holidays are listed, which should be present only this icon: newlyweds, the marriage was a happy one, a wedding anniversary, the birth of a child.So, the popular icon of the Holy Land "The Holy Family" (prayer at which saves the family from every conceivable ills) has taken root in Russia.This is despite the fact that Orthodoxy has its own icon "Three Joys", which has a second name - the icon "The Holy Family" namolennaya, with its interesting history.It depicts Joseph the carpenter (some present John the Baptist), but they are located on the second level, as it should be the custodians of, and under the "holy family" refers to the Mother of God with her son.In this way we meet all the canons of the church, and the subtleties of Russian Orthodoxy.
value to world culture icons
«Three joy" or "Holy Family" - an icon, the value of which can not be overestimated.Firstly, it is the only miraculous icon, which was painted in Italy in the manner of Raphael, and brought to Russia has become a national shrine.
addressed her not only a plea for the preservation of the family, it helps bring back bad debt, honor unfairly slandered man she pray for sinners and prisoners.Its fate, unfortunately, the same fate as many Orthodox shrines, when the 30-ies of the last century, thunder, plundered and destroyed churches.She was gone.
Now her list is the church of the Holy Trinity on Gryazeh in Moscow.Every Wednesday to the removal of this icon attracts hundreds of admirers, she is known to believers all over the country.Church festival in honor of the image falls on 8 January (19 December to the old calendar).Many people tend to visit the temple that day, and to pray to the Holy family, ask for intercession.
