The Importance of Silence in the Icon of the Mother of God

There is a warm austerity that is particular to the Byzantine icon. It's a warm austerity, it translates to us as a type of dignity and otherness. The icon begins to invite us in such a way that the emotions become ordered,. And you'll begin to experience those energies if you sit silently in front of one. You may not be able to articulate them. But you'll know it by its fruit. Right. So, there are people who spend a lot of good time trying to get people to understand and to articulate the energies of God. We can never forget that we need to experience them.

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