Unlike statues widely used in Roman Catholic worship, icons are two - dimensional images of Christ, Mary, “saints, ” angels, characters and events of the Bible, or events in the history of the Orthodox Church.
इन तसवीरों को आम तौर पर लकड़ी के तख्तों पर बनाया जाता है जिन्हें आसानी से कहीं भी ले जाया जा सकता है ।