decorated their homes

and microscopic paint fragments taken from actual works of art

and history

John Harris is a former senior editor at Getty Publications

meticulously edited

Icons and Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church Ages 0-3 decorated their homesAlfredo Tradigo Explore the extensive imagery and fascinating stories of hundreds of Orthodox Christian icons and saints. An icon (from the Greek word eikon, "image") is a wooden panel painting of a holy person or scene from Orthodox Christianity, the religion of the Byzantine Empire that is practiced today mainly in Greece and Russia. It was believed that these works acted as intermediaries between worshipers and the holy personages they depicted.