Icon

An icon (from Greek {{polytonic|?????}}, eikon, "image") is an image, picture, or representation; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it, or by analogy, as in semiotics; in computers an icon is a symbol on the monitor used to signify a command; by extension, icon is also used, particularly in modern popular culture, in the general sense of symbol — i.e. a name, face, picture or even a person readily recognized as having some well-known significance or embodying certain qualities.

External links; various points of view

• What is an icon?
• Catholic Encyclopedia:"Veneration of Images" (The C.E. avoids an entry "Icon")
• Religious Icons Gallery
• Some examples of orthodox iconography
• The Use of Statues and Other Icons in the Latin Church
• Icons and links to Russian lacquerware, etc.
• Theology of Icons: a Protestant Perspective
• The Icon Faq; an Eastern Orthodox perspective
• Russian Icons Gallery and a forum on this site (both links in English).
• Eastern Orthodoxy, Icons, and Christology; a Protestant perspective