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Saint Paisios of Mount Athos

Owner-supplied photographic portrait identified as Saint Paisios of Mount Athos; not a painted icon.

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Saint Nectarius of Aegina

Historical photograph of Saint Nectarius of Aegina at the Rizarios school, taken before 1908; not a painted icon.

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Unknown photographer; historical photograph taken in Greece before 1908; via OrthodoxWiki and Wikimedia Commons
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The Most Holy Theotokos

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Michel Bakni; historical Vladimir icon
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Saint Anthony the Great

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Unknown artist, 18th century
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Saint Athanasius the Great

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Unknown artist, 17th century
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Saint Basil the Great

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Novgorod school, 15th century; National Museum, Norway
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Saint Gregory the Theologian

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Unknown Russian artist, 16th century
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Saint Gregory of Nyssa

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Unknown artist; historical Eastern Orthodox image
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Saint John Chrysostom

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Dionisius, 1502
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Saint Maximus the Confessor

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Unknown Greek artist, 16th–17th century
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Saint John of Damascus

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Emmanouel Tzanes, 17th century
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Saint John Climacus

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Emmanuel Tzanes, 1663; John of the Ladder
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Saint Mary of Egypt

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Mstera school, late 19th century; life scenes
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Saint Macrina the Younger

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Unknown artist, 11th-century fresco; Saint Sophia, Kyiv
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Saint Spyridon of Tremithus

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Unknown artist, 1720; Ano Melas
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Saint Mary Magdalene

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Unknown Russian artist, 19th century
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Saint Peter the Apostle

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Unknown Byzantine artist, 13th century; Dumbarton Oaks
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Saint Paul the Apostle

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Historical Russian icon, Kirillo-Belozersky; Commons credits: Michel Bakni; ساندرا (SanBonne)
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Saint Andrew the First-Called

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Unknown Greek artist, 14th century; Walters Art Museum, accession 37.559
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Saint James, Son of Zebedee

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Unknown Russian artist, early 18th century; Kizhi
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Saint John the Theologian

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Unknown Russian artist, early 19th century; John the Evangelist
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Saint Philip the Apostle

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Unknown Byzantine artist, 10th century; Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai
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Saint Bartholomew the Apostle

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Unknown Cretan artist, 17th–18th century
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Saint Thomas the Apostle

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Unknown Russian artist, early 19th century
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Saint Matthew the Evangelist

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Unknown Palekh artist, mid-19th century; Matthew the Evangelist
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Saint James, Son of Alphaeus

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Unknown Greek artist, 13th century; Saint John’s Monastery, Patmos; James son of Alphaeus
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Saint Jude the Apostle

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Unknown Russian artist, 18th century; Kizhi; Jude of the Twelve
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Saint Simon the Zealot

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Unknown Russian artist, 1720; Simon the Zealot
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Saint Matthias the Apostle

Matthias in a historical martyrdom fresco (1547), not an individual panel portrait.

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Unknown artist, 1547; Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos; martyrdom fresco of Matthias
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Saint Nicholas of Myra

Historical painted icon of Saint Nicholas of Myra, from Sinai.

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Unknown Byzantine artist, first half of the 13th century; Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai; reproduction via K. Weitzmann, Die Ikone
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Saint George the Greatmartyr

Historical painted icon of Saint George Diasoritos; the original damaged paint is preserved.

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Unknown Northern Greek artist, second quarter of the 15th century; Pushkin Museum, accession Ж-2862
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Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica

Historical Bulgarian painted icon of Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica.

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Ioaniki, 1824; Bulgarian icon of Saint Demetrius
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Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Historical painted icon of Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Victor of Crete.

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Victor of Crete, second half of the 17th century; Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, accession ΒΧΜ 01568
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Saint Barbara the Greatmartyr

Historical painted icon of Saint Barbara, from the Ivan Honchar Museum in Kyiv.

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Unknown artist, dated 1810–1838; Ivan Honchar Museum, Kyiv; reproduction via Google Art Project
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Saint Seraphim of Sarov

Early-20th-century painted icon of Saint Seraphim of Sarov; not a lifetime photograph.

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Anonymous Russian icon painter, after 1903 and before 1917; private collection; attribution to the Seraphimo-Diveevsky workshop is uncertain
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Saint Sergius of Radonezh

Historical painted icon of Saint Sergius of Radonezh surrounded by scenes from his Life.

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Unknown Russian artists, late 16th–17th centuries with later narrative additions; Yaroslavl Art Museum, accession И-394; dating varies in scholarly catalogs
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Saint Gregory Palamas

Historical painted icon of Saint Gregory Palamas, shown as a bishop.

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Unknown Northern Greek artist, early 15th century; Pushkin Museum, accession Ж-2853
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Saint John the Baptist

Historical painted icon of Saint John the Baptist, the Angel of the Desert, with scenes from his Life; wings are symbolic, not a claim that he is an angel.

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Unknown Yaroslavl artist, 16th century; Yaroslavl Art Museum, accession И-138
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Saint Mark the Evangelist

Historical painted icon of Saint Mark the Evangelist by Emmanuel Tzanes.

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Emmanuel Tzanes, 1657; Benaki Museum, Athens, accession ΓΕ_11198; reproduction via Google Art Project
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Saint Sophrony of Essex

Photograph of Saint Sophrony taken in 1976; not a painted icon.

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Jack1956, photograph taken in 1976; author released it into the public domain.
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Saint Silouan of Mount Athos

Licensed painted portrait of Saint Silouan by Andrei Mironov, 2018; not a lifetime photograph.

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Andrei Nikolaevich Mironov (Андрей Николаевич Миронов), 2018; oil on canvas; CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Saint Tikhon of Moscow

Archival press photograph of Saint Tikhon of Moscow, catalogued in April 1925; not a painted icon.

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Central News / Agence Rol; archival press photograph catalogued in April 1925; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Rol 99828, ark:/12148/btv1b53146531c.
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Saint John of Kronstadt

Bulla Studio photograph of Saint John of Kronstadt, dated 1900; not a painted icon.

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Bulla Studio, photograph dated 1900; Saint Petersburg photographic archive, object 2001555896; via Wikimedia Commons.
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Saint Nicholas of Japan

Historical photograph of Saint Nicholas of Japan from before 1912; not a painted icon.

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Unknown photographer; historical photograph of Nicholas Kasatkin from before 1912; via Wikimedia Commons.
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Saint Elizabeth the New Martyr

Photograph of Saint Elizabeth in court dress in 1897, before the Martha and Mary community; not a photograph of her as a nun.

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D. Asikritov, 1897; Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 2935112; via Wikimedia Commons.
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Saint Euphemia the All-praised

Seventeenth-century painted icon of Saint Euphemia the All-praised.

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Anonymous seventeenth-century iconographer; reproduction via days.pravoslavie.ru and Wikimedia Commons.
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Fr. Seraphim Rose

Owner-supplied photograph identified as Fr. Seraphim Rose, not a painted icon. The photographer, original publication and reproduction rights have not been independently verified. Copied unchanged.

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Saint Iakovos Tsalikis of Evia

Owner-supplied photographic portrait identified as Saint Iakovos Tsalikis; not a painted icon.

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Saint Isidore of Seville

Owner-supplied painted portrait identified as Saint Isidore of Seville; not a lifetime photograph. Reproduction rights have not been independently verified.

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Saint Nicholas II, Royal Passion-Bearer

Owner-supplied painted icon of Saint Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia; not a lifetime photograph. Artist and reproduction rights have not been independently verified.

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Saint Gabriel of Georgia

Owner-supplied photographic portrait identified as Saint Gabriel of Georgia; not a painted icon.

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Saint Gennadios Scholarios

Owner-selected painted icon of Saint Gennadios Scholarios from Pinterest, not a lifetime photograph. Creator and reuse permission have not been independently verified.

Painted icon of Saint Gennadios Scholarios, owner-selected Pinterest image
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Saint Augustine of Hippo

Historical painted panel of Saint Augustine by Lippo Memmi, early fourteenth century, in the Pushkin Museum; not a lifetime portrait.

Saint Augustine of Hippo, early fourteenth century
Lippo Memmi; Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. Reproduction retrieved from Encyclopaedia Britannica; matches the artwork selected by the site owner.
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The reported photograph miracle

Owner-supplied reproduction associated with the reported appearance of Saint Iakovos in a photograph about eleven months after his death.

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