Catalogue Raisonné des icônes de Sœur Marie Paul Farran

et de l’atelier d’iconographie des Bénédictines du Mont des Oliviers
Le Catalogue Raisonné des icônes de Sœur Marie-Paul Farran, et de l’atelier d’iconographie du Monastère des Bénédictines du Mont des Oliviers, est conçu comme un travail en cours. Ce catalogue sera régulièrement modifié et enrichi à la lumière des informations rassemblées par l’auteur. Toute utilisation des icônes est strictement interdite et doit faire l'objet d'une demande d'autorisation via le formulaire de contact
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Christ au Trône - Entrée de l'Iconostase

194
1992
106 x 70 cm
Eglise melkite grecque-catholique, Maghar, Galilée

Christ sits on a throne because he is king; Christ on the throne represents Wisdom: Wisdom is king. God creates through his wisdom, through his Son. In the icons of the Pantocrator, although creation is attributed to the Father, the Father is never represented, the Father does not have a human face, but Christ, it is always through the Son that God creates: "Whoever has seen me has seen the Father" (Gospel according to Saint John ch.14, v.9).

Christ is in blue, the colour of the high, the colour of wisdom, which is the gift of tasting God, it is contemplation, communion, meditation, union. To taste God is to live of his life.

Christ is also dressed in purple, the colour of royalty.

He is seated, because he is well established, he is king for ever. His feet are placed on a pedestal; kings never put their feet on the ground. Jesus is elevated above the lower plane.

Christ is the Word, which is why he holds the book in his hands.

Sister Marie-Paul

“ Si ton regard est lumineux, tu illumineras toutes choses ”
“ Dieu ne détruit pas les ténèbres, il les transfigure ”
“ Tout finira dans la lumière ”
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