Comments on: New Tuesday Thing!

By: David Bryan

David Bryan — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:15:47 +0000

I know, I know, you said you didn’t actually want the response, but I looked it up today after I was given this EXACT icon yesterday as a gift. We are Orthodox ourselves, and a Ukrainian lady in our parish gave us the icon. If you grew up Roman Catholic, then, you probably wouldn’t know the icon, since Orthodox and Catholics in the Ukraine are pretty aloof…

It’s just as Nicky said — The Mother of God is said to have appeared above the Pochaev monastery in Ukraine in order to protect it from an advancing army. She alighted on a mountain, and the place where her foot touched the mountain is discernible due to the footprint that was left there. Many Pochaev icons have the footprint without the eerie, orange glow, though…

And, by the way, the “man-child” look of Baby Jesus is intentional — since He’s eternal God made man in order to die (as a man), He’s depicted not as a chubby cherub of a babe, but as a “mini-Man,” as it were.

Beautiful icon, all in all…

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:54:15 +0000

LOL- That’s The Holy Right Footprint of Compassion, don’t you know anything??!!? The matching icon card has The Evil Left Footprint of The AntiChrist on it. I think it’s a 1st century political thing.

By: Marcie

Marcie — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:21:43 +0000

LOL I’m a fanatical “special-trinket-with-an-interesting-story” collector too. I’ve got a few boxes of them myself. In your quest to reduce clutter, don’t get rid of too many, they make up the fabric of your life, believe it or not. LOL Organize them neatly in boxes where they can be stored out of the way. In years to come, it’s fun to break them out just to look, remember, and put them back.

By: Sophie,Inzaburbs

Sophie,Inzaburbs — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:08:53 +0000

This fascinates me too! Mary looks like she is comforting the poor Baby Jesus, who set foot on what looks like nice cool grass – but it was a trick, and burnt his foot…
Maybe the footprint actually shows where he made his mark on the Holy Land?
I tagged you for a meme. It is quite a nice one involving a photo, if you feel like playing please do!

By: can'ttell

can'ttell — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:05:52 +0000

Hi Alexa!
I really enjoy your writing and your updates about Miss Simone. I don’t comment much because I’m at work and uh, not really supposed to be on blogs at work! Anyways, I can’t figure out how to e-mail you (I’m slow sometimes), so I thought I’d try to reach you here. I follow many of the blogs on your Links page also. Just today I note that Lawyerish now requires a password to access….I hope everything is ok! Do you know of a way for me to contact her or get a password? I hope she has exciting adoption news and that it is not because of some horrible troll. Thank you for any help you can give. Sorry to hijack the comments section! Sincerely, can’t tell

By: Marti from Michigan

Marti from Michigan — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:35:17 +0000

That icon is kind of pretty. I grew up Catholic (am not any longer, no offense to Catholics here). I was so used to a church full of those icons, and that’s just what they are…..icons and idols. They bug me, not sure why. But, that one is very pretty and I like the colors too. Not sure what the foot stands for, even having been raised Catholic, I don’t recall that one!

By: angela michelle

angela michelle — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:58:06 +0000

i agree w aili–it’s the “how beautiful upon the mountains” bit.

By: Sprite's Keeper

Sprite's Keeper — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:33:27 +0000

As long as the foot isn’t stinky, I like it!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:44:46 +0000

What a crack up!

By: Hollylynne

Hollylynne — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:51:58 +0000

LOVE! I adore bizarre religious imagery. Can’t wait to see what else you dig up! :)