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Immaculate Heart of Mary
Object number2004.143.5
Date1920
MediumPaper/Glass/Wood/Metal
Credit LineGift of John Righetti
DescriptionFramed color print. The icon of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Image of Mary holding lilies and pointing toward her chest; on her chest is her flaming heart with four roses and a sword piercing it.Dimensions22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm)Historical NotesUsed in the Carpatho-Rusyn church, St. John's Orthodox Church, in Ambridge, PA when the church first opened in 1922.Label TextReligious images such as these were found in almost all Carpatho-Rusyn homes. The use of these pictorial representations of religious figures was an important aspect of the religious culture and traditions among this ethnic group. The word icon comes from the Greek word eikon, meaning image.
Related institution
St. John the Baptist Orthodox Greek Catholic Church
(founded 1922)
On View
On view
1905-1915
Fratelli Bonella
1966-1970
1999
