Nominal icons or name icons, they are important icons with images of namesake or in other words your patron saint. Christians always pay respect to these icons. It is a tradition to have the icon of your saint. Nominal icon is an icon of the patron saint in whose honor the baptismal name given to its owner. People always pray in front of saint helpers asking them to help in needs. The icons are the interface between the person and God (or throne of the God).
If you do not know your baptismal name, the name in honor of the saint you baptized as a child and no witnesses who knows this then your patron saint is the one whose celebration is the next after your birthday. You always can get this information at the orthodox, religious calendar at out web-site.

In the year 2010 Easter Sunday celebrations will be on: Sunday 4th April 2010
The 2010 Easter Date applies to the western calendar (Catholic and Protestant Churches), and also to the The Eastern Orthodox church.
This is an unusual event since the two branches of Christianity have different methods for calculating the correct date for Easter.
There are only a few years each century when the Easter dates match like this so Easter 2010 is seen as extra special.
Why does the Easter date move every year? in the year 325AD, the Roman Emperor Constantine got the early Christian leaders together at Nicea to fix matters of doctrine and dates of important Christian events such as Easter.
They chose the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox; (as opposed to Christmas day which they fixed as 25th December).
Why are there usually two dates for Easter Sunday?
Not all early Christians attended the council of Nicea or agreed with the results.
The Eastern Orthodox church is the largest of the groups who chose a different criteria for determining Easter.
In years past people fought and died over the 'correct' date of Easter.
Thankfully we have grown up a bit since then and differences such as this are not considered important.

Happy Easter!
Christ is risen!

Holy Saturday ends with Holy Week for Christians around the world who celebrate Easter on Sunday.
Holy Saturday - the time of rest, joyful and focused expectations Easter celebrations.
Readings and hymns for worship on this day devoted to the upcoming holiday.

We are working on bringing on the market new sizes of cardboard icons. Wide variety of 15х18 cm icons would be available after Easter.

It is a rear copy of the medieval icon of Jesus. It was made by the order of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for the restoration but they changed their mind and this icon came to the market. The technology of the artificial aging make the icon almost identical to it’s original.
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We had added page on our site with info about an icons.

Holy Trinity The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in one Godhead or Wisdom, Intelligence and Love.
It is one of three main icons that would be at the each home. It is the confessional Icon.
Poole pray for absolution in-front of the icon.

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In Russia this holiday has long called Palm Sunday.
The name comes from the fact that on this day believers come with branches, usually willow plants or other trees, which are the first bloom in spring, to commemorate those branches that are cut Jews who have met Jesus in Jerusalem.

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