A man looks at the frescoes at the St. Dimitrija Church in Skopje
Fascinating! We have all heard of weeping icons but this - shining icons - seems to be a first. Beautiful image of saints.
Posted on 04/10/2012 6:07:11 AM PDT by NYer
SKOPJE — Hundreds of believers were lined up before the church of Sveti Dimitrije in Skopje to see icons that have started to shine without an apparent explanation, an AFP journalist reported Monday.
"It is really a miracle, it started Sunday in the central part of the iconostasis (a wall of icons and religious paintings), the golden colour is very visible and the phenomenon continues," Father Dimce Malinov told AFP.
According to the priest the icons and the frescoes in the Orthodox church started to shine as if they were being buffed by an invisible hand.
"Since this morning I have observed the phenomenon, half of the icons are already cleaned. First a red colour appears which turns golden (..) You can see the icons clearing up from top to bottom," Father Malinov said.
An AFP journalist on the scene said that it did look like the icons were getting brighter as she observed them.
The leader if the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MPC), Archbishop Stefan of Ohrid, came to the Sveti Dimitrije church on Monday to see the icons but would not comment.
Some 80 percent of the former Yugoslav republic's two million people are Orthodox Christians.
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Fascinating! We have all heard of weeping icons but this - shining icons - seems to be a first. Beautiful image of saints.
Maybe it’s just Thomas Kincaid having a little fun.
Lol ... you may be right.
Orthodox Holy Week this week.
NYer, would you please consider making this a Caucus thread? It is the Orthodox Holy Week and seeing the usual attacks on the traditional icons is something that we could all do without right now.
Thank you.
RM, please make this a Catholic/Orthodox Caucus Thread. Thank you!
On behalf of the Catholic list, please accept our sincerest wishes for a Blessed and Holy Pascha.
I’m going to be heading with some friends for Divine Liturgy at a nearby cerkiew on Pascha
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