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for Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Object number2004.143.4
Date1920
MediumPaper/Wood/Metal
Credit LineGift of John Righetti
DescriptionFramed color print. The icon of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Image of Jesus with a glowing heart with flames, a cross and thorns on his chest.Dimensions22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm)Historical NotesIcon used in the Carpatho-Rusyn church, St. John the Baptist Orthodox Greek Catholic 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
Jim Fedasz
c. 1965
1905-1915
c. 1963
Anthony Richards
1936-1956
1942
