NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Organic pigments, 24K gold leaf, and lots of faith enables non-artists to become an ‘icon writer’. In 2009 Teresa Darby of Nacogdoches took her first icon writing workshop.

Orthodox Christians consider writing icons to be a significant and scared form of prayer. In the Orthodox Christian tradition, icons are said to be written, not painted. The Orthodox consider making ...

ATCHISON? Looking at Sister Paula Howard’s icons you’d think she’s been creating them for a long time. But she’s only been writing icons for three years. She got started when she retired at the age of ...

BEIRUT — In London, prayers now rise up to God from the shrine of Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians, and also from Lebanon, where the shrine’s icon originated. The shrine is in the Church of Our ...

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Now, “writing” religious icons. In the Orthodox Christian tradition, icons are said to be written, not painted. The Orthodox consider making icons more a form of prayer than art ...